RR NOALL
DE NNN0ASA 070
R 301100Z JUN 2006
FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
TO ALNAVMARCORMARS
ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS
ZEN/CHIEF AIR FORCE MARS
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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 05-06
A. CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA 291100Z APR 2006 (CMB 04-06)
B. NTP 8(D) DRAFT ARTICLES D900 AND D901
1. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES REPLACE REF A. MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES
TO REF B (THIS CHANGE WILL BE FORMALIZED WHEN NTP 8(D) IS FINALLY
APPROVED):
  A. IN ARTICLE D900, REPLACE 'JOINT DIRECTOR OF MILITARY SUPPORT'
WITH 'EEI(AT)DOD-MARS.ORG'.
  B. IN ARTICLE D901, CHANGE 'NNN0DOM VA' TO 'AAN3EEI VA' IN THE
MESSAGE FORMAT AND SAMPLE MESSAGE.
2. THE PROCEDURES BELOW WILL BE USED WHEN SUBMITTING ACTUAL INCIDENT
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEI) MESSAGES BY E-MAIL. EXERCISE
EEI MESSAGES WILL NOT BE SENT VIA E-MAIL.
  A. PREPARE YOUR EEI FOR ENTRY INTO THE MARS DATA SYSTEM (MDS) AND,
IF YOU HAVE E-MAIL CAPABILITY
  B. SUBMIT THE EEI MESSAGE BY E-MAIL TO: 'EEI(AT)DOD-MARS.ORG'
  C. MARK THE E-MAIL WITH THE EEI MESSAGE AS URGENT.
  D. THE E-MAIL SUBJECT LINE SHOULD BEGIN WITH: ACTUAL EVENT/EEI.
COMPLETE THE E-MAIL SUBJECT LINE WITH THE CITY (OR COUNTY) AND STATE
WHERE THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE.
  E. INDICATE THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO AAN3EEI VA BY E-MAIL
BY PLACING 'ZEN/' IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF 'AAN3EEI VA' IN THE 'TO'
LINE OF THE MESSAGE BEING ENTERED INTO THE MDS.
  F. SEND THE EEI MESSAGE, AS PREPARED ABOVE, BY E-MAIL.
  G. SUBMIT THE EEI MESSAGE INTO THE MDS.
  H. IN RELAYING THE EEI MESSAGE, IF AAN3EEI VA IS NOT ZEN'D, E-MAIL
FORWARDING MAY BE DONE BY ANY STATION PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO THE MDS.
AFTER ENTRY INTO THE MDS, ANY SYSOP MAY FORWARD THE COPY GOING TO
AAN3EEI VA BY E-MAIL. THE STATION OR SYSOP SUBMITTING THE MESSAGE BY
E-MAIL SHOULD FOLLOW ALL THE PROCEDURES LISTED ABOVE, ESPECIALLY
PLACING THE 'ZEN/' BEFORE 'AAN3EEI VA.'
3. ALL HANDS ARE REMINDED OF THE FOLLOWING PHRASE IN ARTICLE D900:
'THE MARS MEMBER SHOULD REPORT ANY EVENT HE OR SHE BELIEVES MAY BE OF
INTEREST AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.' IN OTHER WORDS, EVENTS THAT ARE ONLY
LOCAL IN NATURE SHOULD NOT BE SUBMITTED. A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT TIES
UP TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR IS ONLY OF LOCAL INTEREST AND NOT WORTHY
OF AN EEI. ON THE OTHER HAND, A BRIDGE COLLAPSE ON AN INTERSTATE OR A
ROAD CLOSURE BECAUSE OF FLOOD DAMAGE OR LAND SLIDE MIGHT BE OF
NATIONAL INTEREST IF IT IS PART OF A LARGER EVENT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE,
WIDE AREA FLOODING OR TERRORIST ACT AND WOULD BE WORTHY OF SUBMITTING
AN EEI. AS ALWAYS, WE RELY ON YOUR DISCRETION IN MAKING THIS
DETERMINATION
4. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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