 | The Ships Active List contains the callsigns and names of U.S. Navy and Coast
Guard ships and other Deployed Units which have facilities for sending and receiving
MARSGRAMS. The list appears on a separate page in this portfolio and is called up for
reference when filling out forms for sending MARSGRAMS (personal radiotelegrams). The
handling of MARSGRAMS is one of the free services MARS provides for service
personnel aboard ship or attached to Units deployed at sea or at bases overseas, enabling
them to keep in touch with families back home. |
| Messages originated by deployed personnel are put into 'electronic mailboxes' which have
been set up along both mainland coasts and in Hawaii, whence they are relayed
automatically to the immediate area of the final destinations. Answering MARSGRAMS from
home are relayed in like fashion to the coastal mailboxes, where they are held in separate
'pigeonholes' for each ship or group. The radio operators, when work and radio propagation
conditions permit, contact their assigned mailboxes and withdraw the stored MARSGRAMS for
delivery aboard and/or insert outgoing MARSGRAMS. |
| Ships and Units are considered 'active' when radio personnel and equipment are available and work schedules permit regular contact with the shore stations. The Ships Active List is updated periodically as deployment and other conditions change. The list is sent weekly to all MARS members. When members receive queries from families ashore about sending MARSGRAMS to overseas personnel, they must refer to the current Ships Active List to ensure that regular contact is available before they accept MARSGRAMS for transmission. |
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To send a message, choose MARSGRAM
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If you have comments or questions,
please contact NNN0AST SCA
Updated: 14 January 1997