Can you change your OWA display name?

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:44:52 -0500

Mine says Jones, Matthew A. SFC USARMY or something like that, but I'd like to distinguish myself without having to move a mountain and get some installation level NEC to do it. There are too many SFC Jones or Matthew Jones in general for example and I always get a TON of emails from random people. I'd like to change it to say something like 500th MI BDE or something. Is that possible? I heard it pulls from AKO or something.

Response by SSG Zachery Mitchell made Mar 7 at 2014 10:51 PM

SSG Zachery Mitchell — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:51:33 -0500

This is all great information. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

Response by SGM Matthew Quick made Mar 8 at 2014 12:02 AM

SGM Matthew Quick — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:02:03 -0500

Yes, you can change what's displayed on the 'Global Address List'. (Mine has (Retention) as nickname)

Go to the MilConnect site (https://dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect) and login with CAC

Go to 'My Profile' (Update and View My Profile)

Click 'Edit' next to 'Display Name for GAL' and update.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 8 at 2014 12:03 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:03:24 -0500

SFC Jones,

Follow this link it will give you a step by step. You have to be able to log on with a CAC card but this will square you away.

https://militarycac.com/files/Update_Your_GAL_Info.pdf