Title: NavyMarine Corps Military Affiliate Radio System MARS PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE Brief for Regi
1Navy-Marine Corps Military Affiliate Radio
System (MARS)PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO
SERVE!Brief forRegion EM Review CommitteeSan
Diego, CaPresented byITC(SW) Thomason/Frank
RattyDirector, Navy-Marine Corps MARS Pacific
Area
23 September2005
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- Brief History of MARS
- Mission and Functions
- Organization and Pacific Area HQ
- Equipment and Installation
- Training
- Current Projects
3Brief History of Navy-Marine Corps MARS
- Navy-Marine Corps MARS authorized on 17 August
1962 by the Secretary of the Navy. - Implemented on 1 January 1963.
- DoD Directive issued on 30 November 1968
directing each service to establish a MARS
program. - DoD Directive 4650.2 of January 26, 1998 is the
current directive. - The directive sets forth policies concerning DoD
support of both MARS and civil Amateur Radio
activities.
4MARS Mission and Major Functions
- Mission Provide DON and DOD emergency
communications on local, national, and
international basis as an adjunct to normal naval
communications. - Major Functions
- Provide auxiliary communications to military,
federal or civil disaster officials during
emergencies. - Assist in effecting normal naval communications
under emergency conditions. - Handle morale and quasi-official record and voice
communications traffic for authorized personnel.
5NAVMARCORMARS Organization
6New Areas and Regions
CENTRAL AREA Great Lakes IL NOASG 616 members
NORTHEAST AREA Groton CT NOASI 425 members
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PACIFIC AREA San Diego CA NOASE 384 members
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SOUTH AREA Corpus Christi TX NOASF 287 members
7MARS Headquarters
- Located at Building 1 since 1979.
- The old Navy District HQ.
- MARS setup to match the Naval District
Organization.
8Quarterly Participation
9Age of Members
Average Age
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11Equipment and Installation
- HF Station Components
- Antennas
- Transceivers
- Auxiliary equipment
12Training
- Use of Equipment
- Operating Manual
- MARS Personnel in Setup and Operation
13Recent Major Emergency Communication Exercises
- Bad Bug 2000 Joint MARS Exercise Y2K
preparation (December 1999). - J-REX 2000 Multi-agency terrorism exercise
involving 12 states, deployment of 4 Auxiliary
Radio Teams (October 2000). - Grecian Firebolt 01, 02, 03 and 04
Tri-service MARS exercises with National Guard
and other military units.
14Actual Disasters/Emergencies
- 2001 Washington earthquakes
- 2001 - 2004 western states wildfires
- 9-11-2001 Terrorist attacks
- Numerous Essential Elements of Information (EEI)
messages submitted to DOMS on continuing basis. - Region 7 ECOM net active 24/7 to support MARS and
SHARES Agencies. - Hurricane Isabel 2003
- 4 Florida hurricanes of 2004
15Was Your Generator Ready for This?
16Or This?
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21Current Activities
- USS Midway
- Regional Operations Center (ROC)
- Mobile Communications Unit (MCU)
- Satellite Stations
22Questions ?