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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 15

DE AFN1EC NR 016
R 110830Z JUN 01
FM  AFN1EC ME
TO  ALL USAF MARS STATIONS
INFO AGA3C SCOTT AFB IL
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SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-15 MARS READINESS
1. HURRICANE SEASON IS UPON US SO ADDITIONAL
POTENTIALS FOR DISASTER NOW EXIST.
2. WEATHER PATTERNS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE
ALREADY RESULTED IN EMERGENCY AND DISASTER
CONDITIONS, MOST RECENTLY THE FLOODING IN TEXAS
HAS AFFECTED ONE OF OUR MARS MEMBERS (AFA4BR).
AND FLORIDA IS STILL FIGHTING FIRES WHICH STARTED
THIS SPRING.
3. IS MARS READY TO SPRING INTO ACTION? HAVE YOU
REVIEWED YOUR ECOM PLANS RECENTLY? HAVE YOU
PARTICIPATED IN A LOCAL, STATE OR REGIONAL ECOM
EXERCISE LATELY? ARE YOU READY TO PROVIDE
COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT? THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF
THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR LIST OF THINGS
TO DO TO PREPARE TO HELP WITH ECOM IF ASKED, EVEN
IF THE EMERGENCY OR DISASTER IS A LONG WAYS FROM
YOUR HOME OR WORK.
4. READINESS IS OUR BUSINESS. BEING PREPARED TO
SPRING INTO ACTION AND ACITIVATE STATE, REGIONAL
AND TRANSCON VOICE AND DIGITAL NETS IN SUPPORT OF
EMERGENCIES AROUND THE US IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
5. BLOW THE DUST OFF FROM YOUR EQUIPMENT AND ECOM
PLANS AND BE SURE YOU ARE READY TO STEP UP TO THE
PLATE.
6. IN A FEW DAYS WE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD UP TO A
MAJOR ARMY MARS ECOM EXERCISE WHICH WE WILL
SUPPORT THIS YEAR. GRECIAN FIREBOLT IS AN ANNUAL
ARMY EXERCISE WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO EXERCISE OUR
PLANS AND WORK JOINTLY WITH OUR ARMY AND NAVY
MARINE CORPS MARS PARTNERS.
7. DON'T WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE, PREPARE NOW
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING ECOM EXERCISE AND
GET READY FOR ANY REAL WORLD EVENTS THAT MAY REQUIRE
MARS SUPPORT. BE PREPARED!
8. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND -
IN EMERGENCIES
9. SGD HARRY MARSTERS, CMSGT, USAF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
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