RR NOALL DE NNN0ASA 102 R 051100Z DEC 2007 FM NNN0ASA VA TO NNN0ALL BT UNCLAS SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS INFO BCST 47-07 1. TRAVEL: I WILL BE TRAVELING TO FALLS CHURCH, VA, TO ATTEND THE SHARES HF INTEROPERABILITY WORKING GROUP MEETING ON FRIDAY, 07 DEC 2007. I WILL BE BACK IN THE OFFICE ON MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007. 2. JOINT MARS VOICE SOP: I AM STARTING TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE NEW VOICE SOP FIT WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW. THIS DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A JOINT SOP. TRAIN ON THE JOINT MARS VOICE SOP AS WRITTEN. THE ALLIED COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES (ON WHICH THE SOP IS BASED) HAVE BEEN TESTED IN BATTLE AND IN PEACE AND FOUND TO BE THE BEST WAY TO RUN A VOICE NET. DO NOT MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS. NO CHANGES TO THE PROCEDURES OF THE VOICE SOP ARE AUTHORIZED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM THIS OFFICE AFTER COORDINATION AND JOINT APPROVAL FROM ALL THREE MARS CHIEFS. 3. SHARES MEMBESHIP: WITH SEVERAL SHARES MEMBERSHIP CHANGES RECENTLY, THE WAITING LIST FOR SHARES MEMBERSHIP HAS BEEN DEPLETED. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SHARES MEMBER, PLEASE SUBMIT A SHARES FORM 1 VIA YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND. REMEMBER TO USE THE NEW SHARES FORM 1 THAT IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE DOCUMENTS TAB AT NAVYMARS.ORG. BECAUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, THE OLD FORMS WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED. 4. BRAVO ZULU TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR THEIR LISTED ACHIEVEMENT: NNN0ELL WILLIAM ------------------- STX SHARES MEMBERSHIP NNN0HPB ERIC ---------------------- CWY SHARES MEMBERSHIP NNN0JUR FRANK --------------------- WI 40 YEARS OF SERVICE NNN0LSO ROBERT -------------------- KY 10 YEARS OF SERVICE NNN0ADN TERRY --------------------- IN 5 YEARS OF SERVICE NNN0PXJ DOUGLAS ------------------- MDE 5 YEARS OF SERVICE 5. MARS: TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING. BT NNNN