SB ALL @ AFMARS < AFN1EC $ECST_0610 USAF MARS ECOM BDCST DE AFN1EC NR 010 P 092030Z JUN 06 FM AFN1EC ME TO USAF MARS INFO SHARES ZEN ARMY MARS ZEN NAVMARCORMARS BT SUBJ: ECOM BDCST 06-10 ECOM OPERATIONS 1. GRECIAN FIREBOLT 06 KICKS OFF ON 11 JUN 06. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO FINE TUNE YOUR ECOM PLANS, JOINT SERVICE OPERATIONS AND YOUR OPERATING SKILLS. HURRICANE SEASON IS HERE ALREADY AND ALTHOUGH THE ACTIVITY IS QUIET SO FAR, PREDICTIONS FOR THIS YEAR ARE NOT FAVORABLE. 2. PREPARATION BEGINS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR. YOUR STATIONS CAPABILITIES, OPERATING SKILLS AND FAMILIARIZATION WITH YOUR STATE, REGIONAL AND JOINT SERVICE ECOM PLANS ARE ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO YOUR SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION IN ECOM EXERCISE AND OPERATIONS. 3. BE PREPARED FOR AN ALL HAZARDS EVENT. WHETHER A WMD EVENT, A NATURAL DISASTER SUCH AS A HURRICANE OR OTHER EVENT, OUR NATIONAL ECOM PLAN IS THE BASIC GUIDE FROM WHICH ALL STATE AND REGIONAL PLANS SHOULD BE BUILT FROM THE NATIONAL PLAN PROVIDES THE BASIC PLAN AND GUIDELINES BY WHICH MARS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ECOM OPERATIONS. DETAILED SPECIFICS ARE PUBLISHED BY YOUR STATE, REGIONAL AND JOINT LEADERSHIP. 4. MARS MUST BE PREPARED TO PERFORM ITS MISSION AS A JOINT TEAM OF HIGHLY TRAINED AND CAPABLE DOD RADIO OPERATORS. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US MUST BE READY TO FIRE UP YOUR GEAR AND CHECK IN TO NETS DURING EXERCISES AND ACTUAL ECOM OPERATIONS. EEI REPORTING AND MESSAGE HANDLING ARE CRITICAL SKILLS THAT EACH OF US NEEDS TO KEEP PROFICIENT AT. DIGITAL SYSOPS NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR NETWORKS ARE EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING TRAFFIC AND DIGITAL OPERATORS MUST CHECK INTO THEIR NETWORKS PRIOR TO CHECKING INTO NETS TO PICK UP THE LATEST BROADCASTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY GET BROADCAST ON VOICE NETS. 5. DUST OF THE GEAR, OPERATING SKILLS AND REVIEW THE ECOM PLANS, AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH ARMY AND NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS AND LETS MAKE THE BEST OF THE UPCOMING EXERCISES TO HAVE FUN AND TO TWEAK OUR EQUIPMENT, SKILLS AND PLANS BEFORE THE REAL THING FORCES US INTO OPERATION. 6. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND - IN EMERGENCIES 7. SGD HARRY L. MARSTERS II, CMSGT, USAF NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC BT NNNN

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