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04/21/2016 | Amateur Radio Praised Following Participation in Washington Interoperability Exercise
Amateur Radio came in for high praise following its role in a March 30 to April 3 Washington National Guard interoperability communication exercise, sponsored by the US Northern Command.
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10/19/2015 | ARES/RACES Teams Expected to Join MARS in Coronal Mass Ejection Disaster Exercise
Preparations are nearly in place for the previously announced Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) coronal mass ejection (CME) disaster communication exercise in early November.
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09/21/2015 | Retired US Navy-Marine Corps MARS Chief Bo G. Lindfors, N9UH, SK
The retired chief of the US Navy-Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (NMC MARS), Bo G. Lindfors, N9UH, of Yorktown, Virginia, died September 15.
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05/13/2015 | US Navy-Marine Corps MARS Program to End
The US Department of Defense is phasing out the US Navy-Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) program.
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11/17/2014 | MARS Volunteers Reach Out to Amateur Community to Test Interoperability
The Army and Air Force branches of the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) merged their long-distance radio networks in late October for a 48-hour Department of Defense-sponsored contingency communications exercise. The MARS volunteers provided com...
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10/07/2014 | Late October Exercise to Test MARS-ARES Interoperability
A late October exercise is aimed at testing MARS-ARES interoperability and cooperation.
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05/14/2014 | US House Committee Expresses Support for MARS Program
The MARS program has received support from the US House Armed Services Committee.
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04/28/2014 | Armed Forces Day 2014 Cross-Band Communication Test Set for May 10
The annual Armed Forces Day cross-band communication test will take place May 10.
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