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Quantico: Oct 1969. Vol. 52, Iss. 10;  pg. 62, 1 pgs

 

BULLETIN BOARD

Bruce Martin

Copyright Marine Corps Association Oct 1969

MARS

Marine Corps Order 2070.2A contains new information on the Navy-Marine Corps Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). It describes the system, establishes policies pertaining to the system and contains instructions governing MARS within the Marine Corps.

Navy-Marine Corps MARS is now comprised of approximately 7,000 licensed amateur radio operators in all walks of life. Twenty-eight Marine Corps-sponsored MARS stations throughout the world operate to serve Marines and their dependents assigned to, or near, most major or isolated Marine Corps installations. By handling morale and quasi-official message traffic, MARS has developed a capability for providing its respective services with communications in areas where normal communications do not exist, are overloaded, or are disrupted by natural or other causes. In addition to the emergency communication potential and morale traffic service which MARS provides, it further ensures a reservoir of trained communicators for the military services in periods of national emergencies.

Some Marines may not be aware of existing MARS facilities at their post. The stations, which are controlled and supported by local Special Services Offices throughout the Marine Corps, are located at:

  • Headquarters Bn., Headquarters Marine Corps, Arlington, Va.;

  • Marine Corps Development and Education Center, Quantico, Va.;

  • Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C.;

  • Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.;

  • Marine Barracks, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;

  • Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.;

  • Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif.;

  • Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N. C.;

  • Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif.;

  • Marine Corps Supply Center, Barstow, Calif.

  • Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, Calif.;

  • Camp H. M. Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii;

  • Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii;

  • Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa (six stations);

  • Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan;

  • III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters, Vietnam (six stations);

  • Marine Corps Air Facility, Futema, Okinawa;

  • Marine Corps Supply Center, Albany, Ga.

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