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SUBJ: PACIFIC AREA TRAINING NOTES OVERALL POLICY GUIDANCE
1. BROADCASTS ARE PUBLISHED TWICE EACH MONTH
2. NAME CHANGE FOR MARS. EFFECTIVE 29 DECEMBER 2009, THE NAME OF THE
MARS ORGANIZATION WAS CHANGED FROM MILITARY AFFILIATE RADIO SYSTEM
TO MILITARY AUXILIARY RADIO SYSTEM, SIGNIFYING A NEW FOCUS ON
HOMELAND SECURITY. WHILE MARS HAS PROVIDED PRIMARILY EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS AND HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PAST,
WE ARE NOW DIRECTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE
"CONTINGENCY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS" TO SUPPORT US GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS, DOD COMPONENTS AND "CIVIL AUTHORITIES AT ALL LEVELS,"
PROVIDING FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EVENTS.
MARS UNITS WILL STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEALTH AND WELFARE
COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT "TO MILITARY MEMBERS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS OF DOD COMPONENTS, AND CIVIL AGENCY EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS, WHEN IN REMOTE OR ISOLATED AREAS, IN CONTINGENCIES OR
WHENEVER APPROPRIATE." MARS MUST ALSO BE CAPABLE OF OPERATION IN
"RADIO ONLY" MODES.
3. NET CONTROL PROCEDURE FOR TRAFFIC NET. PER CHIEF NAVMARCORMARS
INFO BCST 45-07 R 201700Z NOV 2007, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
(SOP) FOR USE ON ALL MARS VOICE NETS IS PROMULGATED IN THE DOCUMENTS
SECTION OF THE NATIONAL NAVMARCORMARS WEB SITE, AND BECOMES
EFFECTIVE ON 1 JANUARY 2008. THEREAFTER, ALL VOICE NET OPERATIONS WILL
BE CONDUCTED IN STRICT CONFORMANCE WITH THAT SOP.  SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR OLD PRACTICES AND THE NEW PROCEDURE ARE:
THE NET OPENS IN DIRECTED NET STATUS WITHOUT NCS EXPLICITLY STATING
THE PROWORD "THIS IS A DIRECTED NET". THE NET DESIGNATOR (E.G. 0W1B OR
"ZERO WHISKEY ONE BRAVO") IS THE COLLECTIVE CALL FOR THAT NET,
REPLACING NNN0ALS AND "ALL STATIONS THIS NET". WHEN ABBREVIATED CALL
SIGNS ARE IN USE, THE NCS MAY USE AND BE ADDRESSED BY HIS ABBREVIATED
CALL SIGN. THE PROWORD "ROGER" IS NO LONGER A PROPER RESPONSE IN
THE "RADIO CHECK" PROCEDURE. WHILE A NET IS IN DIRECTED NET STATUS,
PLEASANTRIES SUCH AS "THANK YOU" AND "HAVE A NICE EVENING" ARE
DISCOURAGED. WHILE A NET IS IN FREE NET STATUS, FULL CALL SIGNS MUST BE
USED AND ALL COMMENTS MUST, IN SOME WAY, RELATE TO MARS BUSINESS OR
THE MISSION OF MARS.
4. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO  SERVE.
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