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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 43

DE AFN1EC NR 044
R 021330Z JUN 01
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TO  ALL USAF MARS STATIONS
INFO AGA3C SCOTT AFB IL
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SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-43 MARS ECOM MISSION
1. THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY STATES
IN IT'S FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN THAT:
A DISASTER CONDITION MAY RESULT FROM A CATASTROPHIC
EARTHQUAKE, SIGNIFICANT NATURAL DISASTER OR OTHER
INCIDENT THAT PRODUCES EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND RESULTS
IN LARGE VOLUMES OF REQUESTS FROM ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY FOR SERVICES REQUIRED TO SAVE
LIVES AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING. THESE
AUTHORITIES REQUIRE ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION
ON WHICH TO BASE THEIR DECISIONS AND FOCUS THEIR
RESPONSE ACTIONS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO COMMERCIAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IS LIKELY. AT A TIME
WHEN THE NEED FOR REAL-TIME ELECTRONICALLY PROCESSED
INFORMATION IS GREATEST, THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE
IT MAY BE SERIOUSLY RESTRICTED OR NONEXISTENT. ALL
SURVIVING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSETS OF THE VARIOUS
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AUGMENTED BY EXTRA-REGIONAL
ASSETS, WILL BE NEEDED IMMEDIATELY TO ASSURE A
PROPER RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF THE EVENT.
2. MARS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AUTHORITIES
WITH ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION ON WHICH TO
BASE THEIR DECISIONS AND FOCUS THEIR RESPONSE ACTIONS.
WE DO THIS THROUGH EEI REPORTING TO DOMS (DIRECTOR
OF MILITARY SUPPORT). OUR REPORTING IS NOT LIMITED
TO JUST MAJOR DISASTERS, EEI REPORTS SHOULD BE SENT
ANY TIME MARS STATIONS BECOMES AWARE OF AN
EMERGENCY SITUATION WHICH COULD ADVERSLY IMPACT
LIFE, LIMB OR OTHERWISE IMPEDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY,
REGARDLESS OF HOW MINOR IT MAY APPEAR. THIS COULD
INCLUDE BRIDGES OR ROADS WASHED OUT, POWER LINES
DOWN, WIND OR TORNADO DAMAGE, HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING,
HEAVY SNOW, FOREST FIRES, ETC. EEI REPORTS SHOULD
BE SENT ON ANY SITUATION THAT POTENTIALLY IMPACTS
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS OR COMMUNITIES.
3. EEI RREPORTING IS A SKILL EACH AND EVERY MARS
MEMBER SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF, REGARDLESS OF THE MODE
OF OPERATION YOU OPERATE WITH. EEI REPORTS ARE SIMPLE
IF WE PRACTICE AND EXERCISE PREPARING AND SENDING
THEM ON OUR NETS.
4. TRAINING, FOLLOWED BY EXERCISES, SUCH AS
GRECIAN FIREBOLT, PROVIDE US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY
TO TEST OUR SKILLS. IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL
START PHASE 2 OF GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 WHICH PROVIDES
A ROLLING THUNDER (EARTHQUAKE) EVENT AFFECTING
17 STATES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CONUS.
5. USE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO REVIEW EEI
FORMATS AND GET READY FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF GRECIAN
FIREBOLT 01. LETS SET A GOAL TO SEE HOW MANY EEI
REPORTS WE CAN SEND DURING THE EXERCISE.
6. TRAINING EEI'S ARE EASY IF YOU JUST TAKE NOTE
OF THE SCENARIO, MONITOR THE AFFECTED AREAS AND
WHEN THE STATE YOU LIVE IN IS AFFECTED, USE A
LITTLE IMAGINATION AND DRAFT UP AN EEI WITH WHAT
YOU THINK MIGHT HAPPEN SHOULD AN EARTHQUAKE HIT
YOUR AREA.
7. RMD'S REC'S SMD'S, SEC'S, NET MANAGERS AND NET
CONTROL STATIONS SHOULD ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION
AND SET THE EXAMPLE BY BEING ONE OF THE FIRST TO
SEND AN EEI BASED UPON THE EXERCISE SCENARIO.
8. PRACTICE/NON EXERCISE RELATED EEI'S CAN BE
SENT TO AFN1EC AT ANY TIME ON THE REGION 1 NETS
OR TRANSCON VOICE NETS. DIGITAL MODES CAN ALSO BE
USED. SEND PRACTICE EEI'S VIA DIGITAL MODES)TO:
AFN1EC(AT)AFA1HN.MA
A CRITIQUE WILL BE PROVIDED.
9. EEI'S ARE A CRITICAL PART OF OUR MISSION. ALL
MARS MEMBERS AND STATIONS SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF
PREPARING ONE AND SENDING IT.
10. DURING THIS NEXT PHASE OF GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01,
LETS FILL THE AIRWAVES WITH EEI REPORTS AND FILL THE
DIGITAL NETWORKS WITH EEI TRAFFIC.
11. SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FOR PHASE 2 OF GRECIAN FIREBOLT
01 WILL BE PROVIDED LATER.
12. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND
IN EMERGENCIES
13. SGD HARRY MARSTERS, CMSGT, USAF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
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