Hello and Welcome to the SOT forum. Let me be the first to introduce myself.
My name is Marco Conti and I am the Webmaster and technical adviser for SupportOurTroops.org.
As you may have guessed from my name, I was originally born in Italy, Rome to be precise.
I moved to the US a bit over 20 years ago right after being discharged by the Italian military where I was a Section Missile Commander with the rank of First Lieutenant.

Since Italy is a loyal ally of the US, I had the privilege to serve in a US Army base in northern Italy where I specialized in the Lance Missile system.

I still treasure my experience in the military and the many memories and friends I still carry with me so long after.
Living and working so close to my US Army counterparts inspired me to move to the US shortly after my compulsory service was over and a few years later I become a US citizen.
I got married and my wife and I are the proud parents of a beautiful, smart and precious daughter, Giuliana, who is currently studying music at the University of California at Berkeley.

I have been working with Internet technologies since before the WWW was invented and initially I choose this career because of the great potential I saw in the Internet to better our lives and bring people and knowledge together as never before.

While some may disagree with me, I still think I was right. The world is a better place because of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular.

I hope that you will join me in saying "Hi" to the other SOT members on this forum and that the work we have been doing on this site will help you, your families and especially the troops that are currently far away from home and their families.

I am looking forward to seeing your posts on this forum and to get to know you as you now know me.

Sincerely

The Webmaster