Thanks to the Maryland Army MARS Site for this following formats. All Alaksa Army MARS Callsigns have Winlink .ORG accounts. SO address the traffic to the approriate callsign@winlink.org. (ALM7AK@WINLINK.ORG for example) 1. Participation Reports - ALL PARTICIPATION REPORTS ARE DUE BY THE END OF THE DAY ON THE 10TH OF EACH MONTH AND MUST BE IN THE FORMAT SHOWN BELOW.  DE NR R FM AK TO ALM7AK AK INFO ALM7BC AK BT SUBJECT: PARTICIPATION REPORT FOR   1.  (Total participation hours) 2.  (Total on-air hours) 3.  (Total Messages originated) 4.  (Total messages processed: sent relayed or delivered) 5.  (Number of Phone Patches) 6.  (Unattended equipment operations) 7.  (Number of hours in Region 10 nets) 8.  (number of NCS hours) 9.  (Number of Region 10 exercises in which you participated) 10. (Current email address) 11. (WL2K registered call sign; enter NONE if not registered) BT NNNN  2. EEI - ***** ACTUAL INCIDENT *****  For actual EEI (SEE NOTE 1) DE (MARS Station Call Sign) NR (Message Number) P (Date Time) Z (Mon Year) (When initiated) FM (Members Name/ Call Sign) (State) TO AAN3EEI  (SEE NOTE 2) INFO AAA3RD AAM3RE (SMD CALL SIGN ALM7AK) (EEO CALL SIGN ALM7EAK) BT ACTUAL INCIDENT SUBJECT: EEI  REPORT 1. REF (Use Appropriate Event Identifier) / (State) A. (Incident / Location / Time) (SEE NOTE 3) B. (Emergency Medical Facility Status) C. (Local Transportation Status) D. (General Damage Characteristics) E. (Area Utility Status) F. (Communications Status) G. (Information Source/Date Time) H. (Remarks) ACTUAL INCIDENT BT NNNN    EEI - MARS EXERCISE/TRAINING DE (MARS Station Call Sign) NR ..(Message Number) R (Date Time)Z (Mon Year) (When initiated) FM (Members Name/Call Sign) (State) TO AAA3RD INFO AAM3RE (SMD CALLSIGN ALM7AK) (EEO CALL SIGN ALM7EAK (SMD LAST NAME/SMD CALLSIGN    KEECH/ALM7AK AK) (EOO LAST NAME/EOO CALLSIGN    BUSH/ALM7EAK AK) BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJECT: EEI REPORT 1. REF (Use Appropriate Event Identifier) / (State) A. (Incident & Location) B. (Emergency Medical Facility Status) C. (Local Transportation Status) D. (General Damage Characteristics) E. (Area Utility Status) F. (Communications Status) G. (Information Source/Date Time) H. (Remarks) MARS EXERCISE BT NNNN   Note 1. The subject line of the email client program  MUST contain the words //MARS P/ ACTUAL EEI (in either upper or lower case) or the report will NOT be accepted by the server. (This is not the subject line in the EEI message; rather it is the subject line in EMAIL PROGRAM!)  Note 2.  Email address for AAN3EEI is: aan3eei@winlink.org  This address goes to a mail server. Your EEI report is automatically forwarded to the HQ Army MARS staff and our customers so there is no need to include addressing for HQ staff.  Note 3. Many of the people handling your EEI report are NOT familiar with the format. We've been asked to include the line descriptions as shown above with our comments following each description.   SAMPLE- AFTER ACTION REPORT DE (YOUR CALL SIGN) NR (YOUR NUMBER) R  (DATE TIME GROUP)Z (Mon Year) (When initiated) FM (YOUR CALL SIGN)/AK TO (SMD KEECH/ALM7AK) INFO (ASMD HANSON/ALM7DAK) (EEO BUSH/ALM7EAK) BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJ: //MARS R/EXERCISE AFTER ACTION REPORT HOWLING WIND GIGI 1. ALM7AK, ALM7EAK 2. NONE 3. N/A 4. N 5. WROTE EXERCISE PLAN/ALERT MSG FOR RGN3. PARTICIPATED IN /X NET 04 APR FOR 1 HR AND ON 05 APR FOR 4 HRS.  SENT 1 EEI  AND 1 SUPPORT REQUEST AND THIS AAR. 6. DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND ALM7XX TO PLAN EXERCISE. DOCUMENTATION AND SCENARIOS FROM RGN10. 7. GOOD WEATHER (ACTUAL) SEVERE HURRICANE CONDITIONS (SIMULATED) 8. PROP GOOD TO FAIR ON KCI. KBG WAS POOR. KCO WAS GOOD PROP BUT NOT USED MUCH. 9. RECEIVED 5 MSGS (TO DATE). MONITORED ALL DIGITAL TRAFFIC (ABT 28 MSGS) AND MONITORED ALL ATTEMPTED DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS THAT DID NOT SUCCEED.  MODES WERE EASY-PAL AND OLIVIA. 10. ORIGINATED 3 MSGS. 11. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: A. GREAT RELUCTANCE OF STNS TO TAKE NCS -- ONE STN WAS NCS FOR 4 HRS ON 5 APR. QSY OF VOICE TRAFFIC TO ALTERNATE CHANNELS WENT BETTER THAN PREVIOUS NETS, ALSO PASSING SOME VOICE TRAFFIC ON VHF. MANY STNS WERE UNABLE TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ATTEMPTED DIGITAL MODES (EASY PAL OR OLIVIA)INDICATING MORE EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL NETS WOULD BE HELPFUL. LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH SOFTWARE, RFI PROBLEMS (ESPECIALLY WITH DEPLOYED STNS) WERE MAJOR ISSUES OBSERVED FOR 10 STNS. SOME PARTICIPATION OF NAVY MARS (1-2 STNS) NONE OF AIR FORCE MARS IN RGN 3 NETS (ALTHOUGH PARTICIPATED IN RGN 2 NETS). NO PARTICIPATION OF RACES/ARES OBSERVED SUGGESTING LINKS TO THESE MODES NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT TO BE USEFUL IN AN EMERGENCY. 12. WHAT WORKED WELL: A. PARTICIPATION WAS INCREASED -- ABOUT 40 STNS IN APRIL 5 NET.   SEVERAL STNS DEPLOYED WITH SUCCESSFUL TRAFFIC PASSING IN VOICE MODES BUT SOME PROBLEMS IN DIGITAL MODES. LIAISON TO AND FROM RGN2 WORKED BUT NO TRAFFIC PASSED. PROBLEMS WITH DIGITAL MODES AND OTHER ISSUES WERE EXPERIENCED IN GOOD SPIRITS AND MOST LIKELY WILL MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS OPERATORS TO PERFECT THOSE SKILLS WHICH IS A MAJOR GOAL OF THE EXERCISE. MINIMAL CRITIQUE APPROACH WORKED WELL. MARS EXERCISE BT   NNNN   SAMPLE- MARSEX INFO REQUEST   DE ALM7XX NR 31 R 211230Z MAR 2009 FM SMITH/ALM7CA AK TO JONES/ALM7DD AK INFO RD SMITH/AAAORD WA SMD NAME/ALM7AK AK ASMD NAME/ALM7DAK AK EOO NAME/ALM7EAK AK  BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJECT: INFO REQUEST/WHITE BLANKET/MDC 1. 201530Z MAR 2009 2. MS WANDA B. HELPFIL/MEMA/CAMP FRETTERD 3. MMCS/ALM7CA-ATSIGN-AT3TAK 4. MR BAYARD BRIDGES/EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES RED CROSS/REQUEST STATUS OF EMERGENCY SHELTERS. INCLUDE NUMBER OF SHELTERS TO BE OPERATED AND TOTAL BEDS PLANNED. INCLUDE ESTIMATE OF AK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND OTHER ASSETS NEEDED. MARS EXERCISE BT NNNN   SAMPLE- MARSEX INFO RESPONSE   DE ALM7BE NR 13 R 212305Z MAR 2009 FM MCCANN/ALM7BE AK TO JONES/ALM7DD AK INFO RD SMITH/AAAORD WA SMD NAME/ALM7AK AK ASMD NAME/ALM7DAK AK EOO NAME/ALM7EAK AK  BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJECT: INFO RESPONSE/WHITE BLANKET/MDC REF: MS WANDA B. HELPFIL/MEMA/CAMP FRETTERD/201530Z OCT 2009 1. 212300Z OCT 2009 2. MR BAYARD BRIDGES/EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES RED CROSS/ANCHORAGE AK 3. MMCS/ALM7BE-ATSIGN-AT3TAK 4. MR BAYARD BRIDGES REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:    SHELTER #1 CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 50 BEDS    SHELTER #2 WILLOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE 50 BEDS    NATIONAL GUARD HAS ASSIGNED ONE HMMV WITH DRIVER TO EACH SHELTER    HE FURTHER REQUESTS FOLLOWING SUPPLIES BE DELIVERED EACH SHELTER ASAP     A. 500 MRE     B. 1000 INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES DRINKING WATER     C. 200 ROLLS TOILET PAPER     D. 5 KEROSENE HEATERS WITH 3 DAYS FUEL MARS EXERCISE BT     NNNN   SAMPLE- NET ACTIVATION REPORT DE ALM7BC NR 16 R  131200 Z MAY 2009     FM YOUR CALL/MD TO ALM7AK AK INFO ALM7DAK ALM7EAK BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJECT: NET ACTIVATION REPORT  WHITE BLANKET  (Incident Identifier) 1. Net Call Sign / X 2. DDHHMM Z                                                    (Date Time Group net was deactivated) 3. 4.444 KHZ,  7.777 KHZ    (CORRECT Primary & alternate net frequencies utilized) 4. ALM7JH                                                          (Call sign of Network Control Station) 5. 34                     (Total number of members checked into the net, including all services) 6. MEMA                     (Names of customer agencies supported; If none then put NONE) 7. REMARKS                       (General remarks concerning the network, propagation, etc.) MARS EXERCISE BT     NNNN