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Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by Ron Carlson on December 9, 2023, 11:16 pm

Returning home recently from a period of time out of state, I was startled to discover that the Armed Guard website (wwww.armed-guard.com) was offline. Upon further investigation I learned that the Internet service provider (ISP) that hosts the Armed Guard website had gone our of business apparently with minimal notice. I had received no advance warning.

To be clear, the Armed Guard website does not currently exist.

I believe it will be possible to reconstruct the Armed Guard website but it may take some time. The original webmaster of the Armed Guard site, Mr. Tom Bowerman, provided me with copies of all the computer files that comprised the website at the time he left the website in my hands. That was more that 16 years ago and I have never needed to refer to those copies after taking over the website. So now I'll need to locate those files and find a way to upload them to a new ISP in order to reconstitute the website. Wish me luck.

I am disappointed that this has happened and I look forward to having the Armed Guard website back on line.

In the meantime this message board remains active for any communications you may wish to initiate.

Best wishes to all.

Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website

Re: Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by MikeS on June 18, 2025, 12:08 pm, in reply to "Status of Armed Guard website"

Looks like it's been rebuilt but uses a different web address.

https://armed-guard.net

Re: Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by Mitch Roberts on November 25, 2024, 12:53 am, in reply to "Status of Armed Guard website"

Ron,
The website still exists. But you have to go to the Internet archive, called the way back machine. I've attached the link here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230403234159/https://www.armed-guard.com/

Hope this helps.

Re: Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by Ron Carlson on November 25, 2024, 11:14 am, in reply to "Re: Status of Armed Guard website"

Thanks, Mitch. I’m well aware of the Way Back Machine but others are not. In any case I cannot make changes to the website which is the more critical matter.

Re: Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by Ella A on November 13, 2024, 2:37 pm, in reply to "Status of Armed Guard website"

Looking for the wesbite

Re: Status of Armed Guard website

Posted by J.P. Green on December 23, 2023, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Status of Armed Guard website"

Ron, hang in there brother. Sometimes life throws a curveball, and sometimes it throws a beanball to the shins. --JPG

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