How we keep this space worth being in.

Five Point Connect is for service members currently serving and veterans who have served honorably in any branch of the United States Armed Forces — Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Space Force, including Reserve and National Guard components.

Membership is verified — through a military email (.mil) or through community-based verification methods we're building out. Members may have temporary access while completing verification, but full verification is required for permanent membership.

Today, membership is built around people who have served — the trust premise of this network depends on it. That's not because the support of families and others doesn't matter — it does — and eligibility may expand over time.

Service academies (USMA, USNA, USAFA, USCGA, USMMA) and ROTC / OCS programs are not included until commissioning. Cadets and midshipmen are eligible to create an account the day they take the oath of office — not before.

• Respect first. Engage with what people are saying, not who they are. The benefit of the doubt costs you nothing and matters to someone new.
• Your display name. You can choose how it's displayed (full, with middle initial, with a callsign) but the underlying first and last name is fixed to keep imposter accounts and identity rotation out of the network.
• No stolen valor. Claiming service, awards, units, or specialties you didn't earn is grounds for permanent removal — and depending on the claim, federal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 704.
• Political content stays out. Veterans hold every political view there is, and our service connected us across all of them. This network is not the place to litigate them.
• No hate, harassment, or threats. Discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, branch, MOS, rank, or any other category is not tolerated. Good-natured military humor, branch rivalry, and MOS banter are welcome — but targeting, bullying, or repeatedly degrading another member is not.
• No spam, no scams. Don't use the network to push affiliate links, MLM opportunities, get-rich schemes, or anything you'd be embarrassed for your senior NCO to see.
• Keep the feed community, not commercial. All Hands is for sharing your service and your life — not repeated advertising. An occasional “proud to share I opened my shop,” and the occasional special or discount offered to the community, are welcome. Using the feed to run ongoing ads for your own business is not. Run a business? List it free in the Local Businesses directory — that's the place built for it, where members can find you.

Five Point Connect is a verified-only network, but verification doesn't make a post safe. Foreign intelligence, criminals, and bad actors target military social networks specifically.

Practice good OPSEC. Sharing your current unit, duty station, MOS, or general location is usually fine. What isn't fine is combining details that create a complete picture of your movements, mission, schedule, or family. Avoid posting information that could reveal where you are, where you're going, when you'll be there, who is traveling with you, or when your home may be unattended.

Keep the family stuff for the other social media platforms. This is a verified military network to collaborate with fellow brothers and sisters in arms. Spouse names, kids' schools, home addresses, daily routines — none of that belongs here, where the threat model includes foreign intelligence services and bad actors who target military families specifically.

Do not post: classified, controlled unclassified information (CUI), or For Official Use Only (FOUO) information, sensitive duty positions, current operations, pre-deployment timelines, or specific weapons capabilities.

We may build automated OPSEC prompts into the composer over time to warn you before you post — but the responsibility ultimately rests with the poster. You signed something at in-processing about this. It still applies here.

• State the topic of your post clearly so others can find and respond to it.
• Use comments for conversation. Use direct messages for one-to-one replies — don't clutter threads with “thanks for sharing” replies that don't add anything for the wider audience.
• If your topic changes mid-thread, start a new post. It keeps the archive useful for the next person searching.
• Disagree freely, but disagree with the argument, not the person.

This is the part we want everyone to read.

Five Point Connect does not sell your personal information. We're not an advertising or data-broker business, we don't scrape veterans for outreach, and we don't hand your data to AI training partners. The network is funded by memberships and partnerships, and we'll always be transparent about how it's monetized.

What we collect: your email, the name and service details you choose to share, your posts and interactions on the platform, and basic technical information (browser, approximate location from IP) needed to keep the service running and secure.

What we do with it: run the platform you signed up for. Match you with your Formation, mentors, and content relevant to your service. Send you account notifications you opted into. Keep the platform safe from impersonation, harassment, and fraud.

When we may share information:

• Service providers we use to run the platform (hosting, email delivery, payment processing) — contractually bound to use your data only for those purposes.
• Legal compliance— if compelled by a valid subpoena, court order, or legal process, or to investigate fraud or threats to safety. We'll resist overbroad requests and notify you when legally permitted.
• If Five Point Connect changes hands— like any business, we'd notify you in advance if the company were ever acquired or merged.
• Aggregate analytics— things we might publish like “X% of members are Marines” — never identify you individually.

Sensitive verification documents. In some cases, members verify their service by sending a redacted DD Form 214 (DD-214) or VA rating letter directly to our verification team. These documents are stored securely, accessed only by authorized verification staff, used solely to confirm service, and deleted within 30 days of verification completion. We never store full DoD ID numbers, SSNs, or banking information.

Direct messages. Your private Direct Comms are between you and the member you're talking with. We don't sell them, and we don't scan them to target ads at you. We don't read your messages in the normal course of running the platform.

The one exception — reported messages. If a member reports a message, our moderators review only that reported conversation so we can keep the community safe and enforce these rules. You can report a message for:

• Harassment or bullying
• Stolen valor / fake identity
• Spam, scams, or unwanted self-promotion
• Threats or violence
• Inappropriate or explicit content
• Anything else that breaks these rules — including OPSEC violations or illegal content

To report a message, open the ⋯menu on it and choose a reason. Reported messages are preserved for our moderators to review and act on — with a warning, suspension, or ban.

Your rights: you can see, export, or delete your data at any time from your account settings. If you delete your account, we remove your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

If you see something that violates these rules — a stolen valor account, harassment, OPSEC violation, scam, anything — report it. Every post and profile has a report option. We review reports promptly.

We don't publish names of removed accounts but we do log every action internally for accountability. The enforcement scale is spelled out in the next section.

We enforce these rules on a graduated scale. Each tier applies regardless of paid subscription — paying for Five Point Pro does not buy a different standard of behavior. By creating an account, every member agrees to these consequences.

Appeals. If you believe a removal, suspension, or ban was applied incorrectly, you can appeal by emailing support@fivepointconnect.com within 14 days. A human reviews every appeal.

Five Point Connect provides this community as a service. We are not responsible for opinions, information, or content posted by members. We disclaim all warranties regarding member-posted content. We are not liable for damages arising from use of the platform or reliance on content posted by other members.

Our rights.Five Point Connect reserves the right, in its sole discretion and with or without notice, to review, remove, restrict, or refuse any content or account; to suspend or permanently terminate any account; and to take any other action we believe is necessary to protect members or the platform. We also reserve the right to preserve information and to cooperate with, and disclose information to, law enforcement, regulators, and other authorities where we believe in good faith that doing so is permitted or required by law, or is necessary to prevent harm. Certain illegal content — including any child-exploitation material — is preserved and reported to the appropriate authorities as required by law.

You retain ownership of what you post. By posting, you grant Five Point Connect a nonexclusive license to display, distribute, and host your content within the platform.

We may revise these rules over time. Material changes will be announced to members in advance. Continued use of the platform after a rules change constitutes agreement to the updated rules.

Questions about these rules can be sent to support@fivepointconnect.com.

The Supply Drop is a venue that lets verified members list, discover, and connect over used gear and personal items. Five Point Connect is not a party to any transaction. We do not buy, sell, inspect, test, store, ship, or take possession of any item, and we do not process or handle any payment. We simply connect a buyer and a seller.

You transact at your own risk. Buyers and sellers alone are responsible for their listings, their communications, and every dealing with one another — including verifying the condition, authenticity, legality, and ownership of any item; setting and honoring a price; arranging payment, delivery, or a safe in-person meet-up; and resolving any dispute, defect, loss, or non-payment. You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to list and transfer anything you post and that doing so complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Prohibited listings. Do not list firearms, weapons, ammunition, explosives, controlled substances, stolen property, or anything else illegal to sell or transfer. Listings that break these rules or the law may be removed without notice and the member may lose access. Reporting a listing or member does not create any duty on our part to act.

Government-issued and controlled gear. Aftermarket and personally purchased gear is welcome. Issued TA-50, CIF gear, and anything marked or accounted for as U.S. Government property are not yours to sell — even if you were charged for losing it. Under 18 U.S.C. § 641, it is a federal crime to steal, knowingly convert, sell, convey, or dispose of U.S. Government property without authority; that statute covers any “thing of value” belonging to the United States or a federal agency, including issued or organizational equipment someone kept, “lost,” found, or never properly turned in.

Legal / usually OK to list:

• Commercially purchased gear you personally own — rucks, pouches, boots, uniforms, cold-weather gear, gloves, packs.
• Commercial brands — Mystery Ranch, Tactical Tailor, Crye, Spiritus, Haley Strategic, and the like.
• Lawfully purchased surplus with no restrictions.
• Patches, coins, books, morale items, and other non-controlled memorabilia.

Do not list:

• Issued TA-50 or CIF gear still accountable to unit supply.
• Body armor, plates, ACH/ECH helmets, NVGs, optics, radios, or weapon parts.
• Anything serialized, controlled, CCI/COMSEC-related, or marked “U.S. Government Property.”
• Firearms, ammunition, or explosives.
• “Lost CIF gear,” “deployment gear,” “unit extras,” or anything you can't prove you own.

A note on TA-50 and surplus. Much of TA-50 is organizational/issued property, not personal property — being charged for lost gear does not make it yours, and it can still create problems if the item later resurfaces or was never properly disposed of. Some gear can be sold to the public, but generally only through proper channels: DLA Disposition Services manages DoD excess property and releases it for public sale only after reutilization/transfer/donation screening, and some items carry DEMIL codes that require destruction, special handling, or restrictions before disposal or sale. This is general guidance, not legal advice — when in doubt, don't list it.

No liability; release. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Five Point Connect and its owners, officers, and affiliates disclaim all warranties and assume no responsibility or liability for any item listed, for any transaction or failed transaction, or for any loss, injury, death, damage, or harm of any kind — whether arising before, during, or after a sale, trade, gift, or meet-up — that arises out of or relates to the Supply Drop, a listing, or dealings between members. Any transaction is solely between buyer and seller. By using the Supply Drop you release Five Point Connect from any and all claims, demands, and damages arising out of or connected to it, and you agree to indemnify and hold Five Point Connect harmless from any claim brought by a third party arising out of your listings, your items, or your transactions.

Always meet in a safe, public place, bring someone if you can, and trust your gut. If something feels wrong, walk away and let us know.