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UNCLAS
SECTION ONE OF TWO
SUBJ: ECOM TRAINING TIPS NR 8
A. NTP-8(D) DRAFT, ANNEX DELTA
1. MANY STATIONS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS FORMATTING EEI MESSAGES.
THIS TRAINING TIP WILL REVIEW SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS. THE
FORMAT OF EEI MESSAGES IS ESTABLISHED BY THE LEAD ORGANIZATION, IN
THIS CASE, DOMS AND ARMY MARS. THE FORMAT IS PRO-FORMA. THERE
SHOULD BE NO DEVIATIONS. I SUGGEST THAT EACH STATION HAVE A
'DRAFT' EEI MESSAGE IN THEIR COMPUTERS CONFORMING TO REF A, PARA
D901. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO OVER TYPE, SAVE AND SEND.
2. THE FOLLOWING IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE EEI MESSAGE FORMAT WHERE
WE ARE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS:
- THE CLASSIFICATION LINE IS ALWAYS 'UNCLAS ACTUAL INCIDENT' OR
  'UNCLAS MARS EXERCISE.' THAT'S IT. NOTHING MORE. NOTHING LESS.
  NOTHING DIFFERENT.
- THE SUBJ LINE IS ALWAYS 'EEI REPORT' OR 'EEI REPORT UPDATE
  NR 1' WITH 'NR 1' INCREMENTAL AS NEEDED. AGAIN, THAT'S IT.
  THERE ARE NO OTHER CHOICES.
- PARA 1 IS 'REF (EEI IDENTIFIER)/(STATE).' NOTE THERE IS NO
  COLON AFTER 'REF' AND IT IS 'STATE' ONLY. STATE MEANS JUST THE
  STATE, NO MORE. CITY, COUNTY, ETC., IS PLACED IN SUBPARA 1.A.
  THE EEI IDENTIFIER MUST COME FROM PARA D902. DO NOT USE THE
  EXERCISE NAME/CODE WORD AS THE IDENTIFIER. USE OF EEI
  IDENTIFIERS AS AN EXERCISE NAME SHOULD BE AVOIDED. RESERVE
  THESE IDENTIFIERS FOR USE ONLY WHERE REQUIRED IN EEI REPORTS.
- PARAS 1.A AND 1.G REQUIRE A DATE AND TIME IN 'Z' TIME. USE DTG
  FORMAT. PARA 1.G ALSO REQUIRES THE SOURCE TO BE FULLY
  IDENTIFIED. FOR A RADIO/TV STATION THIS MEANS CALL SIGN, CITY
  AND STATE. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SHOULD INCLUDE A
  PERSONS NAME. FOR 'PERSONAL OBSERVATION' INCLUDE YOUR MARS CALL
  SIGN.
- THE LAST LINE OF THE TEXT SHOULD BE 'ACTUAL INCIDENT' OR
  'MARS EXERCISE.'
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