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Milnet.ca is a website privately owned by former officer Mike Bobbitt which serves mainly as an online discussion group regarding the Canadian Forces. The site has been in operation since 1993, but up until 2007 it went by the name Army.ca and CdnArmy.ca. The site offers two levels of membership for registered users. Free registration is mandatory to participate in forum discussions, while paid subscription provides access to a private forum as well as entitlement to a complimentary numbered Army.ca challenge coin and a t-shirt. ==Overview== The site consists of discussion forums, real time chat, information pages and a wiki for various topics relevant to the current Canadian military, as well as sections on current foreign militaries and historical information on the Canadian Army. The site has received passing mention in news articles in various media including radio,〔(chqr website )〕 television,〔Noted on Global News newscast 9 July 2006, including a screenshot of the Army.ca forum. Noted in the post at (army.ca forum post )〕 and print.〔(National Post ), see also (Macleans )〕 and it is believed senior leadership of the Canadian Forces may monitor the site.〔(army.ca forum post )〕 The site's proclaimed goal is to be a source of information regarding the Canadian Forces, and members of the Canadian Forces have declared themselves to be among the membership.〔 Monitoring of army.ca by print and television journalists has become evident through their use of quotes from postings on the site, such as ''The Hill Times'',〔(Hill Times, 10 January 2005 )〕 an independently-owned weekly newspaper covering Canadian federal politics and government. Army.ca also publishes its own editorial content, and has received guest editorials by former Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish,〔(army.ca forum post )〕 and historian Dr Jack Granatstein.〔(army.ca forum post )〕 Army.ca has been listed by Library and Archives Canada as a general research website〔(Collections Canada website )〕 and has been listed on the web site of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Canadian War Museum among their listed reference sites for "Military and naval history - Canada."〔(CMC web site ) and (CWM website )〕 Army.ca has also been listed among other military websites by the online learning centre geometry.net〔(geometry.net website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milnet.ca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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