de AAR3GK Wed-23Feb11 13:23 UTC IVAN PROTOCAL CRAZY IVAN LIMITED DRILL EXERCISE 1 DESIGNED FOR A ONE HOUR NET PERIOD IS NOT DESIGNATED XRAY NET 2 NO OVERHEAD FUNCTIONS REQUIRED, ACTIVATION, EEI TO RD,NO AAR, ECT 3 PURPOSE IS TO EXERCISE NCS ACTIVITIES AND MESSAGE PROTOCOL AND HANDLING 4 NO SUBJECT FOR EXERCISE, 5 ANY DIGITAL IMAGE QUALIFIES, NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CONTENT, NO XRATED 6 ANY MESSAGE QUALIFIES, NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CONTENT, KEEP IT CLEAN 7 VOICE STATIONS WILL SEND ONE TO TWO LINE WEATHER REPORT MESSAGE 8 DOES NOT QUALIFIY AS EMERGENCY NET...EXCEPT POSSIBLY FOR /T Procedure: CRAZY IVAN RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE * "AAA3RD/D...AAA3RD/D THIS IS AAR3XX..CRAZY IVAN...CRAZY IVAN... STATIONS WITH TRAFFIC...OVER * LIMIT CHECKINS TO TRAFFIC HOLDING STATIONS MUST HAVE TRAFFIC TO JOIN CRAZY IVAN NET * SELECT QUALIFIED ANCS PRIOR TO OR EARLY IN NET...DIGITAL IF NCS NOT * SEND VOICE TRAFFIC STATIONS TO ALTERNATE FREQUENCY WITH A QUALIFIED DIGITAL STATION...ALL VOICE TRAFFIC WILL BE DIRECTED TO THAT STATION USING THE PLAINDRESS MESSAGE PROCEDURE HE MAY DO WITH IT AS HE PLEASES, RESEND, OR JUST TRASH IT...THE PURPOSE IS TO TRAIN ON PROPER SENDING PROCEDURE USING BREAKIN AND PROPER PROWORDS. * GROUP YOUR DIGITAL TRAFFIC BY SENDING MODE AND MOVE ALL OF A GIVEN MODE AT ONE TIME * BE KNOWLEDGABLE AS TO WHO IS DIGITALLY QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE TRAFFIC * DIGITAL TRAFFIC IS HANDLED ON PRIMARY FREQUENCY * VOICE TRAFFIC IS HANDLED ON ALTERNATE FREQUENCY * SPREAD DIGITAL TRAFFIC AROUND TO QUALIFIED STATIONS * MAKE CORRECTIONS TO INCORRECT PROCEDURES AND POOR STATION OPERATION * USE ANCS INITIALLY FOR RELAYS * KEEP STAFF ADVISED AT TO WHAT WORKS AND DOES NOT SO WE CAN IMPROVE This procedure parallels the Exercise Protocol without the overhead requirements and record keeping...it is designed to focus on NCS operation and traffic handling...any image or message traffic is appropriate for digital operations and voice traffic should be limited to one to two line brief weather reports or statements...procedure, correction and speed so that we will target the one hour net time...TAC-7 would probably take too much time unless we could move it to the alternate if voice is finished.