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May 21st 04, 01:23 PM

(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article ,
(the gunnery nurse presently off his medications again) writes:

It still does not change the fact that without licensed Amateur
Radio operators to man it, it would be defunct.

Incorrect. MARS functions - at its core - through military personnel
who man the headquarters such as Fort Huachuca, AZ, for the
Army and Scott AFB, IL, for the Air Force. Various military branch
net control stations around the country and the globe are manned
by military personnel who do NOT have to be licensed radio
amateurs.

As usual, only partially correct...more wrong than ocrrect.

Those programs are headquartered at the locations you cited.
Good job.

Those programs, beyond those confines, are mangaged by, conducted
by, and are "staffed" by volunteer licensed Amateur Radio operators.

I had already acknowledged that there are military personnel
assigned to certain MARS stations.

However those "net control stations" will have a hard time
"controlling" ANYthing if there was no one there to control.

Rest of usual "if you yell louder they will understand you"
trolling snipped.

No Amateur Radio = No MARS.

It really is THAT simple.

Steve, K4YZ