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April 24th 04, 05:42 PM

(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...

MARS is military. Check out what the acronym means sometime.

I know it quite well.

Military AFFILIATE Radio System.

That means licensed AMATEURS "affiliated" with that particular
MARS/military program.

I am a leader in the BSA.

When I am on my paying job, am I representing the BSA?

When a volunteer is signing AFA3xx, is he or she representing the BSA,
CSA, FFa or the PTA?

Nope. And neither are they representing the ARS or the ARRL.

No Amateur Radio Operators = No MARS.

Not true. Regulations change every day. The regulations will be
changed to suit new conditions.

MARS would have an easier training load by training people off the
street rather than having to retrain a bunch of amateurs.

Unless you were assigned the responsibility of incorportating those assets
to your plan by higher headquarters, Brian. Are you stating for the record
that if you are tasked with such a requirement that you'd disobey lawful
orders?

Comms was not my functional area, but weather comms were. But I will
state for the record that I'd write anything into the plan or opord
that hhq told me to - as long as it was a legal order.

No, I would not care to give you an "after action report", other than to
say I had a good time and a lot WAS learned/accomplished.

Great! You accomplished WAS. Glad you had fun.

Unless, of course, you know of some secret DoD document that would deploy
Active Duty service persons to flesh out the MARS ranks if they all decided to
quit...?!?!

I suspect that MARS, if need be, could find volunteers who didn't have
amateur licenses. Isn't that what CAP does? Doesn't CAP use radios
on military frequencies?

MARS is NOT "Amateur Radio."

Best of Luck, and last this subject.