MESSAGES TO SHIPS
Most ships no longer use HF radio for communications; they 
use satellites and E-Mail via satellites so they no longer 
need and do not have MARS stations on board. 
Since we can no longer contact ships via their MARS 
stations, Navy-Marine Corps MARS (NMCM) has developed an E-
Mail system for passing MARSGRAMS to Navy ships. The message 
format and commands for entering these MARSGRAMS into the 
MDS is as follows:
Sample message going to the USS Anchorage
Put all messages to ships into the MDS as: 
ST NN0MDI AT NOASE 
1R USS ANCHORAGE
Use the following message format: 
RR NOMDI 
DE NNN0TGV 001 
R 081234Z NOV 00 
FM MRS JANE DOE RIDGECREST CA/NNN0TGV SCA 
TO PVT JOHN DOE AP/USS ANCHORAGE AP 
DIV A2 
BT 
UNCLAS 
TEXT 
BT 
NNNN