Boofo - I would love to see how your website looks with this info... I bet it looks really good!
I was actually going to explain more, but I type way too slow. Here is a better example;
Here is picture I did with MS Paint. It seems like it should be something like this.
The data would be pulled from additional blocks in their user profile...
I totally agree, having it on it's own area (just below the Navbar) would actually be better because then you could pull whatever data your forum needs. I originally limited my space with Cyb's since it was a small ares, but if it was in it's own area, I could have alot of info in one line of text:
I truly would like them to list what they plan to get out of the Navy. It actually motovates the others to see all the other stuff it has to offer and everyone would see it at once.