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Although Websurfers from all domains are welcome at the Army National Guard (ARNG) Public Web Site, it is important that all of our guests understand the following:

All United States Defense Department systems are mandated to operate under the guidelines found under the standard DoD Privacy and Security Information page. Please be sure to read it.

DoD computer systems are provided for the processing of official U.S. Government information only. The system is monitored to ensure information security, system integrity, and the limitation of use to official purposes.

Parts of this server are available for use by non DoD individuals. You may use any link that is not locked to you. If the area is locked a notation to that effect will be provided, and/or you will receive an "access denied" error when attempting to follow the link.

The ARNG does not have any authority or responsibility in the maintenance of the servers listed herein that are outside of the www.arng.ngb.army.mil domain. These links are provided for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as an endorsement or agreement by or with the Department of Defense.

Your use of this system is subject to monitoring at all times. Unauthorized or illegal activities involving this system, can result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

This is an official United States Government System for authorized, unclassified use only. Do not discuss, enter, transfer, process, or transmit classified/sensitive national security information of greater sensitivity than that for which this system is authorized.

DoD Privacy and Security Information
  1. The ARNG Public Web Site and associated web services are provided as a public service by the Army National Guard.
  2. Information presented herein is considered public information and may be distributed or copied.  Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.
  3. For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes.  This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
  4. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
  5. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration General Schedule 20.
  6. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Our goals in accessibilities

Find ability: The development team for the Army National Guard public website has a commitment to our users to make http://www.arng.army.mil an informative and easy to use site.

Valuable information: The development team for the Army National Guard public website is committed to delivering the most reliable information about the Army National Guard. We are constantly and consistently improving and updating content - it's the content, accessibility and functionality that matter.

Accessibility: The development team for the Army National Guard public website consider browser type, method of access, screen resolution, number of colors, connection speed and which plug-ins have been utilized to insure that everyone can access information within the Army National Guard Public Web Site.


Accessibility Help and Information Accessibility Help and Information

Let us be of service to you: The development team for the Army National Guard public website is concerned that all pages contained on its Web site are accessible to all. If you find a problem that prevents or limits access, please contact us by e-mailing PublicWebsite@ngb.army.mil.

We are working hard to make every page on our site fully accessible by June 9, 2001. If you should find an accessibility problem, i.e. unreadable file download, visual/multimedia presentation that is not adequately described, media that is not presented in a format that is readable by assistive technology, please contact us by e-mailing PublicWebsite@ngb.army.mil. We will do everything possible to find a solution and address any accessibility issues that should arise. This is our highest priority and part of our commitment to making the web accessible to all.

  1. The development team for the Army National Guard public website is in the process of designing each page to insure it meets Priority Level 2 as established and described in the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. For more information see: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/.

  2. Each page of the ARNG site is reviewed using the current version of the Web-based accessibility analysis tool Bobby. For more information about the validation tool Bobby see:http://www.cast.org/bobby/.

  3. ARNG Public Web Team use the W3C HTML Validation Service to check HTML pages for their conformance to current W3C HTML recommendations and standards. While this conformance does not ensure accessibility for all people with disabilities, it does promote overall accessibility of the ARNG's Web pages. For more information on HTML Validation Services see: http://validator.w3.org/.

  4. We have also made considerations to make accessible special and multi-media features such as PowerPoint, webcasts, 3-D images, audio and video components, Realtime movies and other specialized applications with accessibility challenges in order to identify and/or rectify accessibility barriers that may be inherent in certain designs or software applications.

Accessibility Tools/Resources

(This list will be updated frequently to reflect new technologies and other pertinent resources)

Adobe Files - Readers: Abobe's .pdf format is used for some files on this site. You may download a free .pdf viewer from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html. Additional Adobe free tools are available to assist visually impaired users at http://access.adobe.com/tools.html.

Browsers: pwWebSpeak! A Web browser that does its own speech and Braille output.


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