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Hello fellow Troopers, I believe Tapatalk is back online. Please give it a test when time permits. I was able to access MEPD from Taptalk on my mobile device. Let me know if you experience any issues. MANY thanks for your patience, I know this has been a very long wait.

I do see that DirtyDave is out of storage space:

Anyone else having an issue posting forum replies? I am using Chrome on a Windows workstation, I clicked reply, typed this message, and submit reply. It seems to be working.

Lookin' good Thomas! Love the birthday party pic. Glad you are recruiting them young! Nice job.

We haven't forgotten about Tapatalk Elections are over, and we have the new app installed on our forums. Mon Mothma put it best: "it is not yet operational." We are trying to track down some important info to get it back online. I'll update once it is ready. Thank you for your continued patience.

Troop 33: We had so much fun at the last Blue & Gold Banquet, we joined another group of Cub Scouts in the area just a few weeks later. On February 23rd, Garrison Tyranus did some heavy recruiting at this event.

Troop 32: On February 11th, 2018, our Garrison was invited to attend a Blue & Gold Banquet for the Cub Scouts in Leesburg. They had a Star Wars theme for the evening. The banquet was kicked off with the Imperial March, and we led the Scouts to the stage for the flag ceremony. Later, we got to join these future recruits for some chow in the mess hall.

It is a scavenger hunt for sure. I may be a little out of date here...Airborne, correct me if I'm wrong...Gordonator may still be selling those cisterns. I have one, it looks great, and its been going strong for 2 years. Also Crashmann (Charlie) offers a bunch of parts. Here is a link to all of the parts that he offers. http://tk386.com/sandtrooper_backpack_kit/

I use these straps on my pack: http://amzn.to/2CrPehN

Once elections have passed, we will be addressing the Tapatalk issue.

Hello Rob, I will check into the email notification issue. Will update everyone when its ready.

I hope to get the banner adjusted this evening...so you may see that banner moving around a little to the left...a little to the right...

As we all know, Taptalk has stopped working since the upgrade of the site. Eric (DarthAloha) has tried to work some magic behind the scenes but to no avail. I have disabled the Tapatalk app/plugin and it may seem that "submit reply" is now working on forums and messages? Prior to this, when I clicked "submit reply" on a forum or on a private message, my message would actually post, but you wouldn't know because the message was still sitting there. I would click submit reply a 2nd time and it would double post. We'll have to table the Tapatalk issue and try to get the forum back to working order.

Hello All, My apologies, as you can see, we are having some issues with our theme: -whitespace between sections - auto-complete not working when sending a message - reaction/reputation buttons We are also having an issue with our Tapatalk plugin. We are actively working on these issues and hope to have them resolved ASAP. Thank you for your continued patience.

Maintenance complete, however, we are experiencing an issue with Tapatalk. Will let you know once it is resolved.

Hello Troopers, My apologies for the short notice. This evening (January 17th) at 8PM Eastern Time, the MEPD forums will be going down for a brief maintenance window. We expect the maintenance to take 1 hour. Please use this downtime to remove any sand/debris from your weapons & field packs. Thank you, Damon

Not sure if this will help your ammo pack from folding...do your rear-facing securing loops on the ammo pouch run diagonally? I have a snap on my alice pack strap that secures the ammo pouch. Here is a photo of the snap on the alice strap. This is simply a piece of 1" nylon strapping, with a single snap, hand-sewn onto the alice pack strap. I have an Anovos kit, I didn't use their strapping, so I had some leftover. As you can see, this one has velcro (not used). Like a Jawa, I recycled I can slide my alice pack strap through both ammo pack loops. Then I just use the snap that was sewn onto the alice pack strap to secure the top ammo pack loop. As you can see, the loops on the ammo pack run diagonally, so my ammo pack can't fold. Are you utilizing both loops from your ammo pack? If you are only using one, it could cause that folding problem.

Troop 31: On October 21st, 2017, Garrison Tyranus was invited back to the 13th annual walk for autism, held by the Parents of Autistic Children of Northern Virginia. POAC-NoVA helped raise awareness and funding for autism research.

Troop 30: On October 14th, 2017, Garrison Tyranus helped the Cascades Public Library celebrate Star Wars reads day. We met a lot of great Star Wars fans, including this lady sporting a Darth Vader t-shirt. The Force was very strong with her.

Troop 29: On September 24th, 2017, Garrison Tyranus attended the Dulles Cars and Coffee event to help raise awareness and funding for children's cancer. Ellie's hats, an organization helping children with cancer, was onsite helping with the event. On a sidenote, there was a functioning landspeeder at the car show.

Troop 28: On September 23rd, 2017, I attended my third event with the Children's Tumor Foundation. This was a walk to help raise awareness for Neurofibromatosis.

Troop 27: On July 15th, 2017, Garrison Tyranus was invited to a Star Wars style birthday party. The young man celebrating has been battling cancer. The day started off a little rainy, but once all of his friends arrived (and the video game truck), the sun popped out and we were able to have a great outdoor party. The young man, who turned 6, is now in remission!

While not an official 501st event, I did help my nephew celebrate his 2nd birthday...Star Wars style in July 2017. He's also a big fan and already has his own armor.

Troop 24-26: On July 6th, 2017, I had a solo troop with the great folks at FunBotLab in Annandale, VA. This is a summer camp that helps kids learn about robotics, programming, and also stop motion videos. I ended up trooping with them 2 more times at 2 different locations on 2 different dates. The FunBotLab counselors were terrific. On my 2nd visit, my daughter trooped with me too: And my brother (TIE pilot) trooped with me on the 3rd visit:

In June 2017, I was able to travel to Japan and meet up with some members from the Japanese Garrison and Rebel Legion. There was also a member from Singapore. Star Wars fans...awesome family