"Jim Hampton" wrote in message
...

| Hans was involved in emergencies. He can tell you the story about
getting
| comms back up to Guam from Saipan (did I get the right island that
time,
| Hans?

Yup, that's the right island grin.

The Crockstar is trying to somehow make MARS into an amateur radio
program, and therefore make his case that military planners include
amateur radio in their plans.

Of course MARS isn't amateur radio, it is the Military Affiliate
Radio Service, which uses MARS frequencies, issues MARS licenses, and
trains it's operators in MARS procedures. The only resemblance it has
to amateur radio is the fact that most (not all) volunteers are
recruited from amateur ranks. Not all amateurs are eligible to be
licensed as MARS operators.

73, de Hans, K0HB