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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 17

DE AFN1EC NR 018
P 161455Z JUN 01
FM  AFN1EC ME
TO  ALL USAF MARS STATIONS
INFO AGA3C SCOTT AFB IL
SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-17 MARSEX GRECIAN FIREBOLT
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MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
REF: WARNING ORDER # 1-01 GRECIAN FIREBOLT
1.  BEGINNING 17 JUN 01, MARS WILL START THE BUILD
UP TO A MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISE WHICH WILL
RUN THROUGH 10 AUG 01.
2. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TEST YOUR
ECOM PLANS BOTH AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVELS.
3. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK JOINTLY WITH ARMY AND NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS.
4. ARMY MARS IS THE LEAD ON THIS EXERCISE. AS
INFORMATION IS RELEASED, THIS STATION WILL PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO USAF MARS MEMBERS. WE WILL PROVIDE
EXERCISE EEI REPORTING ADDRESSES TO USE AND OTHER
INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP YOU PROVIDE ECOM SUPPORT
DURING THIS EXERCISE.
5. ALL USAF MARS STATIONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO
BULLETINS FROM THIS STATION. SIMULATED WEATHER
REPORTS WILL PROBABLY BEGIN FLOWING TOMORROW.
KEEP IN TUNE TO THESE REPORTS SO THAT YOU CAN
REACT APPROPRIATELY TO THEM.
6.  THIS IS A JOINT MARS EXERCISE. IF YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN YOUR STATE
AND REGION, DON'T WAIT TILL YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF ECOM OPERATIONS.
7. STATIONS IN AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE EXPECTED TO
SEND EEI REPORTS TO DOMS (SIMULATED). STATIONS
OUTSIDE OF THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE EXPECTED TO
HELP HANDLE TRAFFIC AND SUPPORT TRANSCON VOICE
AND DIGITAL OPERATIONS. THIS EXERCISE WILL TEST
BOTH VOICE AND DIGITAL SYSTEMS (ALL MODES) AND
WILL PROVIDE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TEST
INTEROPERABILITY OF THE 3 MARS DIGITAL SYSTEMS.
8. LETS GIVE THIS EXERCISE SOME REAL EFFORT AND GET
PARTICIPATION FROM AS MANY OF OUR MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE
AND FILL THE AIRWAYS WITH EXERCISE TRAFFIC!
9. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND -
IN EMERGENCIES
10. SGD HARRY MARSTERS, CMSGT, USAF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
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