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SUBJ:  ECOM TRAINING TIPS NR 2 - EEI MESSAGES
A. NTP-8(C) ANNEX D, PARA D900
1. GENERAL - THE FORMAT OF AN EEI MESSAGE IS CONTROLLED BY THE
LEAD AGENCY (ARMY MARS). WE CAN NOT DEVIATE. TO CHANGE THE FORMAT
WE MUST DO SO THROUGH THE CHIEF, ARMY MARS. REF A PROVIDES
GUIDANCE ON THE PREPARATION AND RELEASING OF EEI MESSAGES FOR
NAVMARCORMARS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ECOM TIP IS TO ALERT ALCON OF
SOME OF THE MORE COMMON ERRORS THAT HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED.
2. DISTRIBUTION - IT IS REQUESTED THAT THIS MESSAGE RECEIVE
WIDEST DISTRIBUTION.
3. CONTENT - KEEP THE EEI MESSAGE SHORT. HOWEVER, ALWAYS ERROR ON
THE SIDE OF TOO MUCH INFORMATION VS TOO LITTLE. INCLUDE ONLY THE
FACTS.
4. UPDATED EEI MESSAGES - WHEN SUBMITTING UPDATED EEI MESSAGES
CHANGE THE SUBJ LINE TO READ 'SUBJ: EEI REPORT UPDATE NR 1' AND
INCREASE NUMBER AS APPROPRIATE. UPDATED EEI MESSAGES ARE HIGHLY
DESIRED.
5. WEB SITE EEI FORMATTING/RELEASE - THE NATIONAL WEB SITE
PROVIDES A LOCATION WHEREIN YOU CAN FORMAT YOUR EEI MESSAGE. THE
WEB SITE WILL E-MAIL TO NNN0DOM. IF YOU USE THE WEB SITE SAVE THE
RETURN E-MAIL MESSAGE 'YOUR MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT!' AS A '.TXT
FILE.' THEN INSERT IT INTO THE MDS. MANY TIMES STATIONS FAIL TO
TAKE THIS ACTION OR DELAY INPUTING. THE MESSAGE IS OPERATIONAL
IMMEDIATE PRECEDENCE AND MUST BE SO TREATED. YOU MAY INPUT THE
MESSAGE INTO ANY MDS BOARD OR TAKE IT TO A LOCAL/REGION/AREA NET.
6. SPEED OF DELIVERY - REMEMBER THAT EEI MESSAGES ARE TIME
SENSITIVE. IF YOU DRAFT THE MESSAGE ON YOUR COMPUTER, AND HAVE
E-MAIL CAPABILITY, SEND IT TO NNN0DOMS AND NNN0ASA AND PLACE
'ZEN/' BEFORE NNN0DOM VA (DO NOT ZEN/ NNN0ASA. THIS PROVIDES A
BACK-UP METHOD FOR DELIVER). SOME STATIONS ADD A OPNOTE TO PARA
1(H) OF AN EEI MESSAGE STATING THAT EEI MESSAGE WAS SENT TO DOMS
VIA E-MAIL. THIS IS INCORRECT!  PARA 1(H) IS RESERVED FOR REMARKS
AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE INCIDENT.
7. UNCLAS LINE - EEI MESSAGE FORMAT IS A PRO FORMA MESSAGE AND
MUST FOLLOW THE FORMAT OF REF A. FIRST LINE OF THE MESSAGE SHALL
BE 'UNCLAS ACTUAL INCIDENT' OR 'UNCLAS MARS EXERCISE.' THE LAST
LINE OF THE MESSAGE SHALL BE 'ACTUAL INCIDENT' OR 'MARS
EXERCISE.'
8. ABBREVIATIONS - BE VERY CAREFUL OF ABBREVIATIONS. YOU KNOW
WHAT THE ABBREVIATIONS MEANS BUT DOES THE ADDEES KNOW? EXAMPLE,
IN GEORGIA WE USE ABBREVIATIONS SUCH AS GEMA, MARTA, NORTH
CONNECTOR, ETC.. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA YOU MAY NOT KNOW
WHAT THEY MEAN. IF ANY QUESTION, SPELL IT OUT.
9. DATE/TIMES - FOR ALL MARS MESSAGES USE 'ZULU' DATES AND TIMES.
PARA 1(A) REQUIRES A TIME.
10. SOURCE OF INFORMATION - IN PARA 1(G) INCLUDE THE SOURCE OF
THE INFORMATION. IF PERSONAL, INCLUDE YOUR MARS CALL SIGN. IF
RADIO/TV, INCLUDED THE LOCATION (CITY AND STATE) OF TV/RADIO
STATIONS).
11. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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