[MilAir] Fwd: [MilRadioComms] Navy MARS will be gone 30

[AllanStern at aol.com]

Denny B _raven21 at sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:raven21 at sbcglobal.net)   posted:
>
>  Reference to Navy Mars being gone are total BS. 
>  We Mars memmbers received confirmation this week. Stop  sending rumors.
 
Denny Beringer: 
   You used to ask me questions about MARS, but  since I bounced you from 
my Email groups, now you  attack postings I  make about MARS at every chance 
you get.
   Once again you are wrong, Denny  Beringer.
   My posting contained the official MARS memo  that was issued on the 
subject. That certainly does not fall into the category  of posting rumors, does 
it?
   It is being discussed in many Email  groups by MARS members who are 
knowledgable about the subject.
   I'll quote some of it:
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DOD DIRECTIVE 4650.2 DTD 26 JAN 1998 
DOD INSTRUCTION  4650.02 (PROPOSED) NOTAL 

These are the two documents that pertain to the  MARS program. Here is what 
happened based upon the documentation presented:  
The administration asked the DOD to increase funding for the MARS program  
over the next 4 years. DOD in turn sent out a message to the services along 
with  the new proposed instruction. The issue at hand is funding, each 
branch service  funded their MARS program, with the new proposal to increase the 
funding and  program size, the NAVY asked to be out of the new funding 
requirement. What the  NAVY did was to shut down the program, in turn the funding 
issue goes away. Now  as I understand it, the ARMY and AIR FORCE both have 
taken funds from the  weapons programs and redirected into the MARS program. 
I do not have hard  documentation but this is what I believe happened. 
This again is all based  upon the above directives and other public 
documents. 

In the end it is a  money game, if congress increases funding, I think the 
NAVY will continue the  MARS program. If they are asked to take it out of 
some other program, I believe  the Navy Marine Corps MARS will end. This much 
is fact; Chief NAVY MARS is  shutting down all the MARS stations. “AREA 
DIRECTORS WILL CLOSE DOWN THEIR  OFFICES AND TURN IN ALL EQUIPMENT TO DRMO NOT 
LATER THAN 30 SEP 2009”  
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Do some googling, Denny Beringer.  There's a ton of  discussions in Forums, 
Websites and Email groups from active Navy MARS guys,  many of whom I know 
as reputable guys.

 
AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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