How To -- Detachment Affiliation
For official Detachment Affiliation (including the ability to participate in Detachment elections), you must have an APPROVED costume listed in your Legion profile data and ACTIVE Detachment Membership.
Approved means that the costume has passed review by a GML, and active Detachment membership means that you have logged in to the Detachment forum for that costume at LEAST once a year. Some Detachments go by the Legion term year (Feb-Jan), while others go by the Calendar year (Jan-Dec). This must be done for every Detachment you have an approved costume.
*NOTE: Make sure you log into the forum at least once through a website and NOT through TapaTalk, as sometimes it does not register the login as a true login.
You need to be registered on the Detachment forums AND be the correct rank in each forum you have the relevant costume for. Check with the individual Detachments for more information/directions on acquiring correct rank/permissions. This may include having your TKID and/or your 501st profile link in your Detachment profile in the correct area.
To check your Legion Profile data, or to request Detachment Affiliation, first make sure you are logged in to the 501st forums.
a. Go to
https://www.501st.com/holocron/member/legacy and sign in to the Holocron.
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b. Click the hamburger Quick Links menu here in the forums. Scroll down to the "Member DB / Census'' and sign in to the Holocron.
*NOTE: if you get an error about not being logged in, you have to be logged into the 501st.com/forum site at the same time as the Holocron, so just re-login to the forums and refresh the Holocron page.
Click on, “Your Profile Data”
a. For Costume list check, scroll down to, “Your 501st Approved Costumes”. All your approved costumes will be listed here. If not, talk to your GML.
b. For Detachment Affiliation requests, down to, "Unit Affiliation" and click, "EDIT". You can now request membership through the official roster for ever Detachment you have the approved costume for, then click, "SAVE".
*NOTE: This will not be approved unless you have the registered account on the Detachment(s) forums, so make sure to complete these steps in order.
Once that has all been complete, hang tight as this is usually no more than a once a month process for most Detachments as it requires cross-referencing registered accounts on their forums. With elections next week, it should be done sooner.