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Kansas Army MARS (Military Affiliate Radio System)
High Frequency Emergency Communications

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MARS
Mission
 
The mission of the Army Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) is to:

Provide contingency radio communication support to DoD components and Civil Authorities at all levels.

Provide health, morale and welfare radio communications support to military members, civilian employees and contractors of DoD components, and civil agency employees and contractors when in remote isolated areas, in contingencies or whenever appropriate.

Establish programs to promote civilian interest, recruit qualified volunteers, sponsor them for basic background checks, and furnish them suitable training in contingency support communications.

Provide assistance to those Amateur Radio events that are part of annual observances of Armed Forces Day.

Ensure that MARS communication capabilities established are available and mutually interoperable, at the individual station and network level, with other Services’ MARS, and with appropriate civil authorities’ radio services. MARS must be capable of operation in “radio only” modes (without landlines or the Internet) and sustainable on emergency power (when public utility power has failed), and some MARS stations must be transportable for timely deployment.

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