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Title: NavyMarine Corps Military Affiliate Radio System MARS PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE Brief for Regi


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Navy-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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Preview
  • Brief History of MARS
  • Mission and Functions
  • Organization and Pacific Area HQ
  • Equipment and Installation
  • Training
  • Current Projects

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Brief 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.

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MARS 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.

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NAVMARCORMARS Organization
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New 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
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MARS Headquarters
  • Located at Building 1 since 1979.
  • The old Navy District HQ.
  • MARS setup to match the Naval District
    Organization.

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Quarterly Participation
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Age of Members
Average Age
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Equipment and Installation
  • HF Station Components
  • Antennas
  • Transceivers
  • Auxiliary equipment

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Training
  • Use of Equipment
  • Operating Manual
  • MARS Personnel in Setup and Operation

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Recent 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.

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Actual 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

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Was Your Generator Ready for This?
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Or This?
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Current Activities
  • USS Midway
  • Regional Operations Center (ROC)
  • Mobile Communications Unit (MCU)
  • Satellite Stations

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