SUBJ/SUNSET OF NAVY MARINE CORPS MARS (NMCM) PROGRAM//
1. AS ANNOUNCED BY NAVY LEADERSHIP
IN MAY, THE NAVY MARINE CORPS MARS PROGRAM WILL SUNSET ALL OPERATIONS. AUTHORIZATION TO USE NMCM CALL SIGNS AND NAVY ASSIGNED FREQUENCIES ENDS
EFFECTIVE 30 SEP AT 2359 HRS Z.
2. SINCE 1962, THOUSANDS OF NMCM
MEMBERS HAVE PROUDLY PROVIDED MORAL AND WELFARE SUPPORT TO THE NAVY, MARINE
CORPS AND COAST GUARD AS WELL AS CONTINGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO THE
NAVY AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES. THROUGHOUT ITS 53 YEAR HISTORY, NMCM MEMBERS
PROUDLY SERVED THE NAVY AND EMBODIED THE NAVY'S SPIRIT AND
TRADITIONS THROUGH
THEIR VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
3. ARMY MARS EXPRESSES OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE
NMCM MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE MARS PROGRAM. TO THE NMCM
MEMBERS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO TRANSFER TO EITHER AIR FORCE OR ARMY MARS, I
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
THROUGH THE MARS PROGRAM.
SIGNED
STEPHEN G. KLINEFELTER
CHIEF, ARMY
MARS
Many years ago I was a very active NMC MARS member. I fondly remember running RTTY and Phone Patch traffic out of Subase Pearl Harbor for the boomer boats based at Pearl but deployed from Guam. Truly an end of an era.
