[MRCA] Navy-Marine MARS Shut Down

[Peter Gottlieb]

Army MARS is still going strong. 


Peter

> On May 13, 2015, at 9:44 PM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>         I've posted below portions of a recently received msg that is partially quoted.  Subject:  Navy-Marine MARS will shut down. Further details available from  the ARRL and other sites.
>         Looks like a unique and reliable National Military Commo back up system that costs very little and is mostly comprised of volunteers  is being put in the "round file cabinet". A sad day for some very professional and dedicated communications personnel. I can only guess that those in Cyber Command decided that Sat Comm and Internet is better. I also assume that the rationale that anything that is simple, cheap, and works is no longer needed.  Bon voyage
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> UNITED STATES NAVY HAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND NAVY-MARINE CORPS (NMC) MARS ACTIVITIES EFFECTIVE 30 SEP 2015 AND THE NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION ATLANTIC (NCTAMS LANT) WILL WORK TO TRANSITION THE NMC MARS PROGRAM TO BEST ALIGN IT WITH NATIONAL MISSION REQUIREMENTS.  THIS IS THE RESULT OF A REVIEW BY FLEET CYBER COMMAND (FCC)/COMMANDER 10TH FLEET (C10F), NAVAL INFORMATION DOMINATION FORCES (NAVIDFOR), AND NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION ATLANTIC (NCTAMS LANT).
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