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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 44

DE AFN1EC NR 044
R 100045Z JUL 01
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TO  ALL USAF MARS STATIONS
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MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-44 MARS ECOM SUPPORT
1. ON FRIDAY 13 JULY 01 A SIMULATED EARTHQUAKE
WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 6.6 ON THE RICHTER SCALE
WILL HIT AN AREA ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE NEW
MADRID FAULT. THE EPICENTER WILL BE LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF CARUTHERSVILLE, MO (35 DEG 11.8'N,
89 DEG 40.5'W), WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF THE STATE ABOUT TWENTY MILES WEST OF DYERSBURG, TN.
THIS EARTHQUAKE WILL BE FELT IN THE FOLLOWING STATES:
AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MO, MN, MS, OH,
OK, NE, TN, AND TX.
2. DETAILS OF THE SCENARIO AND AFFECTS OF THE QUAKE WILL
BE PROVIDED IN MESSAGES RELASED LATER THIS WEEK.
3. MARS WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE BY SENDING EEI REPORTS TO
DOMS (SIMULATED), PROVIDING REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND AVAILABLE
RESOURCES IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, SO THAT AN IMMDEIATE
RESPONSE CAN BE PLANNED AND ADDITIONAL AID CAN BE
PROVIDED TO RESCUE AND RESPONSE FORCES FROM ALL LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT. THIS WIDESPREAD EVENT WILL REQUIRE MASSIVE
RESPONSE COORDINATION THAT CAN BE PLANNED BETTER WITH THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY EEI REPORTS FROM ALL MARS
STATIONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.
4. WITH THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE EXPECTED, AS A RESULT OF
THIS EARTHQUAKE, HF RADIO WILL PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN
GETTING INFORMATION IN TO AND OUT OF AFFECTED AREAS.
5. DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES WILL BE NEEDED
TO HELP PROCESS THE HEAVY TRAFFIC LOADS AND ENABLE THE
EFFICIENT HANDLING OF EEI AND OTHER VITAL INFORMATION
REGARDING THE WIDESPREAD DISASTER.
6. NET CONTROL STATIONS SHOULD ENSURE THAT DIGITAL
STATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED DURING NET ACTIVATIONS, AND THAT
AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE IS PASSED TO THESE STATIONS
TO BE SENT IN DIGITAL MODES KEEPING VOICE NETS AVAILABLE
TO HANDLE OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISASTER.
7. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EXERCISE ALL EEI MESSAGES WILL
BE SENT TO DOMS (SIMULATED) VIA DIGITAL MODES ONLY. NO EMAIL
WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THIS EXERCISE. DIGITAL ADDRESSES
AND SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED LATER THIS WEEK.
8. EACH NET OPERATION SHOULD HAVE ONE OR MORE DIGITAL
REPRESENTATIVES (DIGI-REPS) CAPABLE OF TRANSFERING VOICE
TRAFFIC TO DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERY TO THEIR
DESTINATIONS.
9. THIS IS AN IDEAL TIME TO TEST OUR USE OF THE DIGITAL
SYSTEMS AND INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC HANDLING CAPABILITIES.
ALTHOUGH SOME STATIONS MAY NOT HAVE DIGITAL CAPABILITIES,
DIGITAL STATIONS SHOULD BE ON FREQUENCY AND BE WILLING
TO RECEIVE VOICE TRAFFIC AND THEN SEND IT VIA DIGITAL
MODES. EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS DEPENDS
UPON THE EMPLOYMENT OF ALL AVAILABLE SYSTEMS TO GET
THE MESSAGES TO THEIR DESTINATION.
10. LETS GET READY FOR THIS NEXT PHASE OF GRECIAN
FIREBOLT 01 AND START WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR
DIGITAL OPERATORS AND SEE HOW WELL WE CAN USE THE
DIGITAL MODES ALONG WITH OUR VOICE NETS AND GET AS
MANY EEI REPORTS SENT OUT AS POSSIBLE. OUR DIGITAL
MANAGERS WILL BE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT JOINT SERVICE
DIGITAL INTEROPERABILITY WORKS SMOOTHLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
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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