DE NNN0ASA 103
R 091200Z OCT 2008
FM CHNAVMARCORMARS WILLIAMSBURG VA
TO ALNAVMARCORMARS
INFO ZEN/CHIEF ARMY MARS FT HUACHUCA AZ
ZEN/CHIEF AIR FORCE MARS SCOTT AFB IL
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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS BCST 11-08 - USE OF STAFF CALLS IN WL2K
1. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WL2K AND RETIREMENT OF THE MDS, WE LOST
THE ABILITY TO DELIVER MESSAGES TO STAFF MEMBERS BY THEIR STAFF CALL
SIGN. THE PACLINKMP PROGRAM HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THIS USING TACTICAL
CALL SIGNS. AIRMAIL CAN ONLY BE USED TO SEND TRAFFIC TO THESE
TACTICAL CALL SIGNS. TO RECEIVE MESSAGES USING TACTICAL CALL SIGNS
YOU MUST USE PACLINKMP.
2. HERE IS HOW TO CONSTRUCT WL2K TACTICAL CALL SIGNS FOR ADDRESSING
STAFF POSITIONS DIRECTLY WITHIN NAVMARCORMARS:
  PREFIX:  NNN-
  AREA STAFF SUFFIX: ASE01 THRU ASE29
                     ASF01 THRU ASF29
                     ASG01 THRU ASG29
                     ASI01 THRU ASI29
  REGION STAFF SUFFIXES: AS001 THRU AS029
                            ...
                         AS901 THRU AS029
  STATE STAFF SUFFIXES GAA01 THRU GAA29
                            ...
                       GCR01 THRU GCR29

EXAMPLES: NNN0ASE ONE WOULD BE NNN-ASE01
          NNN0AS4 THREE WOULD BE NNN-AS403
          NNN0GCB FOURTEEN WOULD BE NNN-GCB14
          NNN0GAW TWO THREE WOULD BE NNN-GAW23

THIS SCHEME ALLOWS FOR ALL STAFF POSITIONS FROM THE -ONE THRU THE -
EIGHTEEN AND THE ASSISTANT TO THE STAFF POSITIONS -TWO ZERO THROUGH -
TWO NINE. NUMBERS ABOVE 30 ARE ALLOWED, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM
USED IN ALMOST 30 YEARS IN MARS.
3. EACH STAFF MEMBER DESIRING TO USE THE TACTICAL CALL SIGN FOR
HIS/HER STAFF POSITION MUST REGISTER THAT TACTICAL CALL SIGN IN WL2K.
4. TO USE THIS SCHEMA, OUR STAFF MEMBERS NEED TO INSTALL PACLINKMP.
NNN0AAG/NNN0GBS SC HAS PUBLISHED AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT DETAILING HOW
TO SET UP PACLINKMP. IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE MARS WL2K YAHOO GROUPS
SITE OR UNDER THE 'WL2K INFO' TAB ON THE NAVYMARS.ORG WEB SITE.
5. MARS:TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING.
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