Delaware Army MARS

State Staff

See the NEW improved State website at www.demars.org!

Membership

Interested in joining Army MARS? For additional information, see the official US Army MARS website. You may also contact the State Director via email on the link above for further information. The individual/club MARS application form is here and the directions are here.

What is the mission?

To provide Department of Defense sponsored emergency communications on a local, national, and international basis as an adjunct to normal communications.
To provide auxiliary communications for military, civil, and/or disaster officials during periods of emergency.
To assist in effecting normal communications under emergency conditions.

Delaware Army MARS' principal state mission is providing emergency communications support and radio communications network engineering and maintenance support to the Delaware Army National Guard. To this end, Army MARS maintains a state-wide network of four VHF repeaters and a VHF packet network which is jointly used. Army MARS assists in the support of the Delaware National Guard's HQ radio station and backup radio communications in a number of the state's armories.

Status of Army MARS Documentation

Document Title	Current Version
Delaware Army MARS Emergency OPLAN (FOUO)	3 November 2003
US Army MARS National Emergency OPLAN (FOUO)	Version 4-02; 3 April 2002
US Army MARS Basic Training Course and Operator Guide (FOUO)	Version 2003c1; 12 Dec 03
DA PAM 25-xx (Also Known as Army MARS SOP)	DRAFT; 7 May 1997
US Army MARS NETPLAN (FOUO)	1 August 2003