The President issues a proclamation commemorating the observances and reminding the nation of those Americans who have sacrificed so much for their country.

Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held across the country on military installations, ships at sea, state capitols, schools and veterans’ facilities. It is traditionally observed on the third Friday in September each year. This observance is one of six days throughout the year that Congress has mandated the flying of the National League of Families’ POW/MIA flag. The others are Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.

The flag is to be flown at major military installations, national cemeteries, all post offices, VA medical facilities, the World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the official offices of the secretaries of state, defense and veterans affairs, the director of the selective service system and the White House.

A Pentagon ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day was held on Friday, Sept.18, 2009. This ceremony featured troops from each of the military services.

• Presidential Proclamation for 2010 POW/MIA Recognition Day
• History of the POW/MIA Flag

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Easily find SDVOSBs by keyword, category, state, city, county and zip code

(Veterans Business Press Release) – Melbourne, Florida – September 9, 2010  – VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, the most comprehensive, user friendly directory of businesses owned by military veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled military veterans, today announced the addition of their 5,000th business member. In conjunction with the announcement, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has also released a new search function that allows site users an easy way to find service disabled veteran owned small businesses* by category, keyword, state, county, city or within a certain radius of a zip code.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was released online on Veteran’s Day 2008 and has received over 1,000,000 unique visitors and nearly 6.5 million page views this year alone. Site users include purchasing personnel from small businesses, government agencies and some of our country’s largest corporations. The easy to use interface also allows the average consumer a quick way to search for products and services that are all unique in the fact that they are made by, serviced by and/or sold by United States military veterans.

“This marks a significant milestone for our free veteran owned business directory,” said Brian K. St.Ours, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s Founder and President. “Our team has been working tirelessly for a year and a half to reach as many businesses as possible. If we can help even just one VOB or SDVOSB keep their doors open during these very trying economic times it will have all been worth it!”

Membership in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is absolutely free. Qualifying companies get a detailed online company profile including contact information, directions with a detailed mapping system, product/service description, link to the company’s website and more. Each member’s listing is integrated into VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s robust search system so each company, product and/or service can be found geographically, by category and even within a certain radius of a zip code.

Military veterans, active duty military, reservists and especially service disabled veterans who own a business are encouraged to visit VeteranOwnedBusiness.com for more information and to sign up for their company’s free business membership.

*Members self-proclaim their service-connected disability during the application process.

About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com: VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is a free, comprehensive, user-friendly directory of businesses owned by military veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans of the United States Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and National Guard. More information about VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found by visiting http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com or by calling their toll free number at (877) VOB-List. You can also like VeteranOwnedBusiness.com on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/VeteranOwnedBusiness and follow them on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/VeteranOwned.

Here are January’s numbers (rounded):

• 35,000+ = Site visitors in January 2010
• 460,000+ = Page views in January 2010
• 13+ = Number of pages viewed on average per visitor
• 12,000+ = Number of unique search terms used to find VeteranOwnedBusiness.com in various search engines
• 350,000+ = Total number of all pages in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com
• 22+ Minutes = Average time on site

We’d like to thank the thousands of websites out there who have taken the time to link their websites to VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.  It’s partially because of these great veteran owned business supporters that our daily visitor numbers continue to rise. If you would like to show your support for Veteran Owned Businesses and/or you own or work for a veteran owned business and would like to let the world know, please visit our “free banner” page to download one of several free banners you can put on your website, embed in emails, etc.: http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/VOB_reciprocal_link.php.  Be sure to let us know if you added a link to receive special recognition.

Regards,

Project Services Department
VeteranOwnedBusiness.com
Directory of Veteran Owned Companies

Here are November’s numbers (rounded):
30,000+ = Site visitors in November 2009
300,000+ = Page views in November 2009
10 = Number of pages viewed on average per visitor
10,000+ = Number of unique search terms used to find VeteranOwnedBusiness.com in various search engines
300,000+ = Total number of all pages in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com

We are happy to see that our staff’s hard work continues to pay off.  We know this is working because we have received numerous emails and phone calls from businesses profiled letting us know they’ve been contacted by prospects and clients.  From a  storage facility in Ft. Myers, Florida to a rattlesnake removal company in Northern California, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com continues to be a great resource for helping businesses owned by veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans grow their respective businesses in this very tough economy.

Lastly, we’d like to thank the thousands of websites out there who have taken the time to link their websites to VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.  It’s partially because of these organizations, people and businesses that our daily visitor numbers continue to rise.

If you would like to show your support for Veteran Owned Businesses and/or you own or work for a veteran owned business and would like to let the world know, please visit our “free banner” page to download one of several free banners you can put on your website, embed in emails, etc.: http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/VOB_reciprocal_link.php.  Be sure to let us know if you added a link to receive special recognition.

Regards,

Project Services Department
VeteranOwnedBusiness.com
Directory of Veteran Owned Companies

October 2009 VeteranOwnedBusiness.com website statistics:

• VeteranOwnedBusiness.com unique site visitors in October 2009 surpass 25,000.
  • Brings total site visitors for 2009 to nearly 250,000.
    
• Page views for October 2009 surpassed 280,000
  • Brings total for 2009 to nearly 2 million page views.
  • Average number of pages viewed per visitor equals 11 pages.
    
• Average time spent on site still exceeds 5 minutes per visitor.
• 334 veteran owned business profiles added in October.  Brings total member profiles to nearly 2,500.
• Total of 17 new spotlight sponsors and enhanced listings added in October, 2009.
  
• 14 non profit organizations who help veterans, active duty military and families of veterans and active duty military were added to the Veteran Owned Business Directory in October, 2009.

*To put everything in perspective, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has had nearly 5,000,000 web hits so far this year.  Most sites track web hits and not actual visitors or page views.  Hits can relate to the amount of links, images and more on a page.  So, depending on the site, one visitor visiting one page may produce 100s of web hits.

Thank you for helping make VeteranOwnedBusiness.com the fastest growing, most comprehensive, user-friendly directory of veteran owned, active duty military owned, reservist owned and service disabled veteran owned businesses online!

AMVETS – Career Center provides employment assistance, networking, and professional skills building to unemployed veterans. Provides on going education to employed veterans free of charge to the veteran.

Are you with a non profit organization?  If you are, be sure to get your organization’s free listing in the Veteran Owned Business Directory: http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/signup.php?plan=4.

Inspection Services LLC offers Residential and Commercial Building inspections, Infra Red Thermal Imaging and Mock OSHA inspections. Click here to visit Inspection Services LLC’s listing in the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com VOB and SDVOSB Directory.

If you are the owner of a business and are a current or past member of the United States armed forces, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.

B4U Close Home Inspections and Radon Testing Details:
“I serve Central, Northern & Eastern Kentucky real estate buyers & sellers with Kentucky Licensed Home Inspections & Certified Kentucky Radon Testing.  Appointments available 7 days a week – 7 AM to 9 PM. Phones answered during same period.  Call NOW for your appointment—502-570-4054 or 859-797-3873.”  Click here to visit B4U Close Home Inpsections and Radon Testing‘s listing in the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com VOB and SDVOSB Directory.

If you are the owner of a business and are a current or past member of the United States armed forces, please be sure to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com sign up page to get your free listing.

Thank You,

Project Services Department
VeteranOwnedBusiness.com

• VeteranOwnedBusiness.com site visitors in the first half of 2009 view a record 800,000 pages. Full site stats to be released in the future.
• First half of 2009 brought in over 100,000 visitors.
• Average time spent on site exceeds 5 minutes per visitor.
• 1,160 veteran owned businesses added in the first half of 2009. Brings total listings to 1,694 (as of July 1, 2009).
• Over 50 non profit organizations who help veterans, active duty military and families of veterans and active duty military added to the Veteran Owned Business Directory.

This was just a quick update.  We should have a more detailed statistics update in the next few days.

Cirra’s Cloud is a Non Profit business dedicated to supporting the family members of deployed soldiers. Click here for more information about Cirra’s Cloud and to find out how you can help them help our veterans, active duty military and family members of veterans and active duty military!

Are you with a non profit organization?  If you are, be sure to get your organization’s free listing in the Veteran Owned Business Directory: http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/signup.php?plan=4.