On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:49:33 GMT, Steve Silverwood
wrote:

[This followup was posted to rec.radio.amateur.misc and a copy was sent
to the cited author.]

In article ,
says...
I wonder if anyone else has found that it takes a long time (months) to go
through the apparently simple process of joining USAF MARS. Feel free to
e-mail replies to , or post here. Thanks!
73/Tom/NE1R

I wrote an email to USAF MARS, got a reply the next day, took care of
the paperwork via email and am now waiting for my training assignment
and callsign. I've been out of town all week on a business trip, so I
presume whatever had to be sent to me via snail mail has already arrived
by now. No problem so far.

Army MARS never returned my several email messages. Tough luck for
them.

MARS is the most boring crap I've ever heard. It's outmoded and dying
as it's members kick off one at a time. It's like listening to a car
rust.