I was fortunate enough to be part of an amazing team of individuals who were tasked with deploying a SharePoint 2007 portal for the Navy Reserves. I was tasked with converting all custom code implemented in the previous Microsoft CMS implementation over to the new SharePoint farm as well as any other custom development as needed. One of the main requirements I was responsible for in the new portal was the integration with DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System) secure web services and validating authenticated users.