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31 January 2012:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  84,022. (Previous was 79,745 in December 2011)

15 January 2012:  Found "Using PKI" class on DISAs IA Training website

7 January 2012:  Passed 17,660 hits in the first 7 days of 2012 (took 6 months in 2008 to hit 17,660)

4 January 2012:  New Information regarding CAC only AKO

3 January 2012:  Mac users who have purchased the IO Gear GSR-202 from the PX / BX within the last few months may have problems.  I've worked with Thursby Software and IO Gear to find an update (downgrade) for the firmware on the reader.  Please use the following 2 files in this folder to update your CAC reader.

3 January 2012:  Visit the new page for customizing your iPhone or iPad

31 December 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  79,745. (Previous was 79,183 in August 2011)

28 December 2011:  Another CAC reader for the Apple i Products (coming soon)  this with PKard for iOS will allow you to use your CAC on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod

13 December 2011:  Broke record with 3,505 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 3,429 on 7 December 2011)

7 December 2011:  Broke record with 3,429 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 3,413 on 5 December 2011)

7 December 2011:  CSSI-PIV now available for using your CAC on your Mac (available from SCB Solutions).

5 December 2011:  Broke record with 3,413 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 3,281 on 30 November 2011)

3 December 2011:  Received information about another middleware product for Windows computers called OpenSC.  This will give Firefox users (or anyone else who can't get ActivClient) a free option for using their CAC.

30 November 2011:  Broke record with 3,281 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 3,150 on 3 August 2011)

24 November 2011:  News article titled:  Why then next "ObamaBerry" might run Android or iOS

14 November 2011:  CompITStore is offering discounts on ActivClient 6.2 and 7.0 for MilitaryCAC.com visitors.  Use coupon code:  MilitaryCAC to get ActivClient 6.2 for 29.25 (Regular price: $34.25), and MilitaryCAC7 to get ActivClient 7.0 for $29.25 (Regular price: $39.95).

8 November 2011:  Created Google + MilitaryCAC page added button to home page

23 October 2011:  Added LinkedIn, and Twitter share buttons to home page

20 October 2011:  Passed 1,000,000 visitors

19 October 2011:  InstallRoot 3.15A was released, download latest DoD certificates from DoD certs page

9 October 2011:  Recorded new video showing how to update firmware on SCR-331 reader using LPS

4 October 2011:  ActivClient 6.2.0.128 released and posted

2 October 2011:  Number of visitors in 2011 passed 500,000 visitors

01 October 2011:  Created Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.X) support page (this is also the 100th page for the website)

01 October 2011:  Passed 950,000 visitors

01 October 2011:  Video on the new Medicare Common Access Card

11 September 2011:  Passed 900,000 visitors

4 September 2011:  Added Change Detection to Mobile page.

31 August 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  79,183. (Previous was 72,823 in July 2011)

30 August 2011:  Created consolidated Apple page that links to all Mac related pages within the site.

27 August 2011:  New Firefox 6 on Mac - Snow Leopard video

25 August 2011:  Webutation scores MilitaryCAC with 100/100 score as being safe

 22 August 2011:  Visitors in 2011 passed 400,000 visitors

21 August 2011:  Passed 850,000 visitors

20 August 2011:  Tested the Cherry G83-6644 USB CAC keyboard.  See results by visiting link

3 August 2011:  Broke record with 3,150 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 3,030 on 25 July 2011)

2 August 2011:  Passed 800,000 visitors

31 July 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  72,823. (Previous was 71,442 in June 2011)

30 July 2011:  Tested 3 readers: ACR3801, GSR202, & HP KUS0133 Keyboard.  See results by clicking the links.

28 July 2011:  Created Mac Oberthur ID One 128 v5.5 Dual CAC specific page.  This gives this [very specific] CAC support on the Mac without purchasing a 3rd party program like PKard.

25 July 2011:  Broke record with 3,030 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,963 on 7 July 2011)

24 July 2011:  Redesigned the USB CAC readers page to find specific brands (and drivers) easier.

20 July 2011:  Created Mac Lion Support, and No CAC with Lion information pages

13 July 2011:  Passed 2010's total visitor count of: 298,324

12 July 2011:  Passed 750,000 visitors

7 July 2011:  Broke record with 2,963 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,953 on 6 June 2011)

4 July 2011:  Moved Error number code messages to separate page.

2 July 2011:  Added MD5, SHA1 & SHA256 Hashes to files downloadable from MilitaryCAC.com

1 July 2011:  Recommended on http://asoldier.net/ for AKO access problems.

30 June 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  71,442. (Previous was 57,054 in May 2011)

21 June 2011:  Passed 700,000 visitors

12 June 2011:  Added Facebook Like buttons to a majority of the pages within this website.

6 June 2011:  Broke record with 2,953 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,535 on 16 May 2011)

31 May 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  57,054. (Previous was 42,866 in April 2011)

31 May 2011:  Passed 650,000 visitors

30 May 2011:  Split Comments page into separate years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

17 May 2011:  Featured on urlpulse.co.uk

16 May 2011:  Broke record with 2,535 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,244 on 11 May 2011)

11 May 2011:  Broke record with 2,244 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,164 on 10 May 2011)

10 May 2011:  Broke record with 2,164 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,133 on 9 May 2011)

9 May 2011:  Broke record with 2,133 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 2,055 on 4 May 2011)

4 May 2011:  Broke record with 2,055 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,932 on 3 May 2011)

3 May 2011:  Broke record with 1,932 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,906 on 2 May 2011)

3 May 2011:  Passed 600,000 visitors

2 May 2011:  Broke record with 1,906 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,877 on 26 April 2011) 

30 April 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  42,866. (Previous was 36,039 in March 2011)

30 April 2011:  The day has finally come, the need to register your new CAC with AKO has gone away.  This also means dual CAC holders can use either issued CAC.  Read more about it here.

29 April 2011:  MilitaryCAC ranked on bizinformation.co

26 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,877 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,795 on 13 April 2011)

 18 April 2011:  Received updated ActivClient 6.2 hotfix

13 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,795 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,784 on 12 April 2011)

 12 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,784 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,724 on 11 April 2011)

 11 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,724 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,634 on 7 April 2011)

 7 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,634 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,628 on 6 April 2011)

6 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,628 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,603 on 5 April 2011)

5 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,603 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,508 on 4 April 2011)

4 April 2011:  Broke record with 1,508 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,439 on 8 February 2011)

31 March 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  36,039. (Previous was 32,564 in January 2011)

30 March 2011:  Passed 550,000 visitors

17 March 2011:  Added Contact APD page

14 March 2011:  Added Metric Mail statistics information

07 March 2011:  Featured on W3Spy.net

25 February 2011:  PKard is a new option if you are having problems getting your CAC to work on your Mac

13 February 2011:  Passed 500,000 visitors

10 February 2011:  Navy personnel having problems after trying the ideas here, can look here for more ideas to try.

8 February 2011:  Broke record with 1,439 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,385 on 10 January 2011)

31 January 2011:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  32,564. (Previous was 30,757 in August 2010)

30 January 2011:  Created new page with instructions on how to use LPS to download ActivClient

24 January 2011:  Received email informing me of a new way to access CAC enabled websites without ActivClient called Coolkey (I have not tested it yet).  If you do, please let me know how it worked for you.

10 January 2011:  Broke record with 1,385 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,260 on 31 August 2010)

20 September 2010:  Excellent presentation on how to find a form, complete it, route it and digitally sign it via MyForms

12 September 2010:  You can watch my presentation from CPAW (this is where I received my Certificate of Appreciation from AKO.

31 August 2010:  Broke record with 1,260 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,235 on 17 August 2010)

31 August 2010:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  30,757. (Previous was 28,324 in July 2010)

26 August 2010:  Passed 350,000 visitors

20 August 2010:  Set up new page with instructions on setting up AKO email on your Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry phone

17 August 2010:  Broke record with 1,235 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,215 on 11 August 2010)

14 August 2010  I received 2 emails from different Soldiers who figured out that the newest Firefox seems to work with ActivClient 6.1.  You can Download ActivClient 6.1 here but you may need the update to be able to use it with your newer 144K or 5.5 CAC.

12 August 2010: MilitaryCAC.com Featured on Unique Ed Techie blog

12 August 2010:  Found Boot camp installation guide for Mac users

12 August 2010:  Created visual steps for fixing IE to work with AKO

11 August 2010:  Broke record with 1,215 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,186 on 26 July 2010)

2 August 2010:  I received a Certificate of Appreciation from AKO for assisting people on the CAC Reference Center

31 July 2010:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  28,324. (Previous was 24,957 in June 2010)

26 July 2010:  Broke record with 1,186 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,170 on 14 July 2010)

14 July 2010:  Broke record with 1,170 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,149 on 13 July 2010)

13 July 2010:  Broke record with 1,149 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,141 on 12 July 2010)

12 July 2010:  Broke record with 1,141 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,125 on 9 July 2010)

12 July 2010:  Passed 150,000 visitors in 2010

10 July 2010:  Added Share this site on Facebook link

9 July 2010:  Broke record with 1,125 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,095 on 8 February & 4 June 2010)

7 July 2010:  Passed 300,000 visitors

30 June 2010:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  24,957. (Previous was 24,391 in March 2010)

13 June 2010: Completed a Snow Leopard specific Mac page

9 June 2010:  Featured on http://www.geekapproach.com

5 June 2010:  Site passed the 119,070 visitors this year.  This was the total number of visitors from 2009.

4 June 2010:  Tied record with 1,095 unique hits in one day from 8 February 2010

16 May 2010:  Mac, Linux, & Windows users can now all use DTS

15 May 2010:  Stanley Global CAC readers are now Mac compatible (with reader update)

7 May 2010:  New information to assist you getting the Smart Card service (re) started

5 May 2010:  Lotus Forms is now available for Army personnel

4 May 2010:  Passed 250,000 visitors

31 March 2010:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  24,391. (Previous was 23,274 in January 2010)

08 March 2010:  Air Force now has ActivClient 6.2 available via their Portal

27 February 2010:  Passed 200,000 visitors

22 February 2010: MilitaryCAC.com site keywords Top 100 positions in search engine (access card; cac; and AKO)

8 February 2010: Broke record with 1,095 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 1,058 on 11 January 2010)

31 January 2010:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  23,274. (Previous was 16,935 in December 2009)

30 January 2010:  If you have a PIV II compliant CAC (back shows: "Gemalto TOP DL GX4 144" or "Oberthur ID One 128 v5.5 Dual") and you are using Windows 7, you may be able to use your CAC without any the ActivClient software.  Visit this page for more information.

29 January 2010:  ActivClient 6.2 is now available for Marine Corps personnel

28 January 2010:  ActivClient 6.2 is now available for Army personnel

24 January 2010:  Site passed the 17,660 visitors already this month.  This was the total number of visitors between July and December in 2008.

23 January 2010:  Added Google voice free calling for support to the questions page

11 January 2010:  Broke the 1000 barrier, with a new record of 1058 unique hits in 1 single day.  (Previous was 859 on 05 January 2010).

05 January 2010:  Broke record with 859 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 745 on 16 December 2009)

05 January 2010:  Received phone call from Army CAC/PKI office.  The test has been completed for ActivClient 6.2.  I'll have download links as soon as the software is available on AKO.

05 January 2010:  Set up reciprocal link with SCB Solutions

05 January 2010:  Added a new inexpensive Smart Card and CAC 39 in 1 Multi Memory SIM Card Reader to list.  Visit: the USB readers page and look for the Stanley Global model 114

31 December 2009:  Completed year with 119,070 unique hits. 2008 only had 17,660 (which was July-December)

31 December 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  16,935. (Previous was 14,736 in November 2009)

27 December 2009:  Created DoD civilian CAC information page

26 December 2009:  Successfully installed ActivClient 6.1 (32 bit) onto Windows 7 (32 bit) using Compatibility mode.  Service members should not need to purchase ActivClient 6.2 any longer.

22 December 2009:  Passed 150,000 visitors since I started tracking visitors

22 December 2009:  Received Voicemail from Army CAC PKI office regarding ActivClient 6.2,  they are "looking into it."

21 December 2009:  Finished installation on my 64 bit Windows 7 laptop computer.

16 December 2009:  Broke record with 745 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 716 on 2 December 2009)

11 December 2009:  Registered http://MilitaryCAC.us, http://MilitaryCAC.net, http://MilitaryCAC.org, & http://MilitaryCAC.mobi

5 December 2009:  Found a new inexpensive CAC reader to list.  Visit: the USBReaders page and look for the Stanley Global model 111

2 December 2009:  Broke record with 716 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 706 on 26 October 2009)

30 November 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  14,736. (Previous was 14,287 in October 2009)

21 November 2009: ApproveIt 6.1 released (see updated ApproveIt page)

08 November 2009:  Signified the two year mark of this website being online rendering support to users worldwide.

01 November 2009: Emailed CAC/PKI office asking when AKO will get the new ActivClient 6.2 software

01 November 2009:  Envoy Data is selling ActivClient 6.2 software for $65.00 (Works with Windows 7)

31 October 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  14,287. (Previous was 11,250 in August 2009)

31 October 2009:  Removed Google search box from home page (it was making the home page "hang" while loading).  Added search function to every page in the site.  The Errors page has 2 searches, 1 for site and one for that page only.

26 October 2009:  Broke record with 706 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 637 on 19 October 2009)

19 October 2009:  Broke record with 637 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 606 on 7 October 2009)

18 October 2009:  Created DTS (Defense Travel System) instruction page / brief

17 October 2009:  Set up a second online store with MilitaryCAC memorabilia.  I'm still finding products for this page.

16 October 2009:  Briefed a group of Air Force personnel via DCO on MilitaryCAC.com

14 October 2009:  MilitaryCAC.com now secure at:  https://MilitaryCAC.com and verified with Starfield Secure

7 October 2009:  Photocopying military, CAC IDs is a violation of federal law

7 October 2009:  Broke record with 606 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 575 on 6 October 2009)

6 October 2009:  Broke record with 575 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 532 on 5 October 2009)

5 October 2009:  Broke record with 532 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 482 on 18 August 2009)

29 September 2009:  Removed the scrolling news and put in table (scrolling news was causing page to "hang" when loading).

26 September 2009:  Created another step by step process to assist people giving the site 4 different options

8 September 2009:  Site passed 100,000 visitors

31 August 2009: New Record of most unique hits in a month: 11,250. (Previous was 9,832 in July 2009)

18 August 2009:  Broke record with 482 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 468 on 13 August 2009)

13 August 2009:  Broke record with 468 unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 453 on 28 July 2009)

31 July 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  9,832. (Previous was 8606 in June 2009)

28 July 2009:   Broke record with 453 unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 425 on 13 July 2009)

13 July 2009:  Broke record with 425 pages unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 411 on 7 May 2009)

01 July 2009:  New AKO CAC Reference Center is live (I am the content provider)

30 June 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  8,606. (Previous was 7,699 in May 2009)

31 May 2009: New Record of most unique hits in a month:  7,699. (Previous was 6,921 in April 2009)

30 May 2009:  Created AKO specific question and answer page

9 May 2009: Created CACNews email list

7 May 2009: Broke record with 411 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 363 on 5 May 09)

5 May 2009:  Broke record with 363 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 303 on 4 May 09)

4 May 2009:  Broke record with 303 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 298 on 11 Mar 09)

30 April 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month: 6,921. (Previous was 6,805 in March 2009)

21 April 2009: DVIDS Article regarding National Guard CAC kiosk's

19 April 2009:  Now redirecting http://CommonAccessCard.net to AKO CAC Resource Center

12 April 2009:  Created Coast Guard CAC Support Page

31 March 2009:  New Record of most unique hits in a month:  6,805. (Previous was 5,571 in February 2009)

23 March 2009:  Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Three

17 March 2009:  Registered http://ChiefsCACSite.com

17 March 2009:  Site passed 50,000 visitors

14 March 2009: Created Mac specific contact page

11 March 2009:  Broke record with 298 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 282 on 10 Mar 09)

10 March 2009:  Broke record with 282 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 275 on 9 Feb 09)

28 February 2009:  New Record of most page unique hits in a month:  5,571. (Previous was 5,299 in January 2009)

21 February 2009:  Updated CACDrivers & Notes (aka: 1 Stop Shop) pages due to confusion regarding the need to install drivers for the CAC readers

14 February 2009:  Created Marine Corps CAC Support Page

09 February 2009:  Broke record with 275 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 262 on 5 Feb 09)

5 February 2009:  Broke record with 262 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 245 on 26 Jan 09)

 31 January 2009:  New Record of most page unique hits in a month:  5,299. (Previous was 3,964 in December 2008)

 26 January 2009:  Broke record with 245 page unique hits in 1 day.  (Previous was 228 on 12 Jan 09) 

12 January 2009:  Broke record with 228 page unique hits in 1 day. (Previous was 185 on 20 Aug 08)

  2 January 2009:  Added scrolling news box to homepage and updated errors page to make it easier to find information on the page

14 December 2008:  Created Common Access Card Group on Facebook

04 December 2008:  Site was down due to hosting company relocating server

8 November 2008:  Signified the one year mark of this website being online rendering support to users worldwide.

20 August 2008:  Most unique hits in one single day - 185

07 August 2008:  Found another link for the Mac users who visit this site.  Please look at the Apple support page to find out more.

27 July 2008:  Registered 3 other domain names that also resolve to MililtaryCAC.com.  They are http://MilitaryCAC.info, http://CommonAccessCard.info, & http://CommonAccessCard.us 

26 July 2008:  Set up an online store with MilitaryCAC memorabilia.

 14 July 2008:  A Site Map was added for personnel who cannot use or see the flash buttons at the top

28 June 2008:  MilitaryCAC.com was redesigned to make it easier to navigate through the many pages within the website.  Part of this update was the installation of flash buttons at the top of each page to break up the information into smaller (easier to follow) instructions / information.

November 2007:  MilitaryCAC.com started