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SUBJ: CALL SIGNS FOR STAFF POSITION ASSISTANTS
A. NTP 8(C) ARTICLE K420
1. SOME STATES, REGIONS AND AREAS HAVE STARTED APPOINTING ASSISTANTS
TO SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT STAFF POSITIONS (TWO, THREE, FOUR,
ETC.) REF A ANTICIPATED THIS HAPPENING AND SET UP TWO SERIES OF CALL
SIGN SUFFIXES FOR THIS PURPOSE:
  A. CALL SUFFIXES 'TWO ZERO' THROUGH 'TWO NINE' MAY BE USED AT ANY
TIME WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF CHIEF, MARS.
  B. CALL SUFFIXES 'THREE ZERO' THROUGH 'THREE NINE' MAY BE USED
DURING EMERGENCIES. NOTIFY CHIEF, MARS BY PRIORITY MESSAGE WHEN THESE
CALL SIGNS ARE ASSIGNED.
2. HERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES:
  A. YOUR ECOM ASSISTANT TRAVELS A LOT AND YOU DECIDE TO APPOINT AN
ASSISTANT TO COVER PERIODS WHEN THE TWO IS ON TRAVEL. I WOULD
RECOMMEND REQUESTING THE CALL SIGN SUFFIX 'TWO TWO' FOR THIS STAFF
POSITION. THE 'TWO TWO' IS THEN THE ASSISTANT FOR THE 'TWO.'
  B. YOUR TRAINING ASSISTANT IS LOCATED AT ONE END OF YOUR
STATE/REGION/AREA AND CANNOT BE HEARD CLEARLY BY ALL STATIONS. YOU
DECIDE TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT TO HELP IN CONDUCTING TRAINING NETS. I
WOULD RECOMMEND ASSIGNING THE CALL SIGN SUFFIX 'TWO FOUR' FOR THIS
STAFF POSITION. THE 'TWO FOUR' IS THEN THE ASSISTANT FOR THE 'FOUR.'
  C. DURING AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY, THE 'TWO' IS OVERLOADED WITH MESSAGE
TRAFFIC SO YOU DECIDE TO APPOINT AN ASSISTANT JUST TO HANDLE SITREPS.
IN THIS CASE I RECOMMEND ASSIGNING THE CALL SIGN SUFFIX 'THREE TWO'
FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE DIRECTOR THEN SENDS A PRIORITY MESSAGE TO
NNN0ASA, INFO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND EVERYONE IN THE
STATE/REGION/AREA OF THIS APPOINTMENT.
3. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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