1994 USAF MARS broadcast items exempt from normal 6 month expiration
#04, ITEM 006:
REINSTATEMENT POLICY. MEMBERS TERMINATED FROM THE MARS PROGRAM ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING REINSTATEMENT POLICIES: VOLUNTARY RESIGNATIONS, MEMBER MUST WAIT ONE YEAR BEFORE REQUESTING REINSTATEMENT. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED RULES FOR MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP, E.G., NO PARTICIPATION, EXPIRATION OF FCC LICENSE, ADDRESS CHANGE NOTIFICATION, ETC., MUST WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE REQUESTING REINSTATEMENT. NEW POLICY ESTABLISHED AT DOD MARS CHIEFS PANEL MEETING. AMEND USAF MOD, VOL 1, CHAPTER 7, PARA 5E TO INCLUDE "A MARS MEMBER TERMINATED BY ANY OF THE MILITARY SERVICES' MARS PROGRAMS FOR EXTREME CAUSE, E.G., UNBECOMING ABUSIVE, OFFENSIVE, CONDUCT OR BEHAVIOR (AS DETERMINED BY INDIVIDUAL SERVICE MARS CHIEF), WILL BE DENIED AFFILIATION OR REINSTATEMENT TO ANY OF THE OTHER MILITARY SERVICES' MARS PROGRAMS FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS." ANY OF THE ABOVE TERMINATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION, ARE SUBJECT TO REVIEW, AND APPEAL ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.#06, ITEM 009: MARS TO AMATEUR REFILE PROCEDURES. THE PROCEDURES FOR REFILING MARS MESSAGES INTO THE AMATEUR NETS ARE NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWED. WE WERE MADE AWARE OF WHAT IS TERMED A COMMON PRACTICE OF IMPROPER PROCEDURAL SHORTCUTS BEING USED. THIS PRACTICE INVOLVES A METHOD OF PASSING MARS MESSAGES OVER (OR THROUGH) THE AMATEUR NETS DIRECT TO A KNOWN MARS MEMBER OF THE SAME, OR SISTER SERVICE WITHOUT USING THE PROPER REFILE AND AMATEUR MESSAGE FORMAT PROCEDURES. ALL MARS MESSAGES ENTERING THE AMATEUR NETS MUST BE REFORMATTED TO CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED AMATEUR PROCEDURES. DIRECT RELAY OF A MARS MESSAGE TO ANOTHER MARS MEMBER, THROUGH THE AMATEUR BAND, IS NOT A VALID REASON TO SKIP THIS PROCEDURE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE MESSAGE IS TO BE IMMEDIATELY PLACED BACK INTO MARS NETS. REFILING A MARS MESSAGE INTO THE AMATEUR BANDS WILL BE A LAST RESORT.
#16, ITEM 025: DUAL MEMBERSHIP. REMINDER TO ALL MARS AFFILIATES. IT IS A VIOLATION OF DOD MARS POLICY TO HOLD MEMBERSHIP IN MORE THAN ONE SERVICE PROGRAM. MARS MEMBERSHIP WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED ON ANY AFFILIATE FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY BY ALL SERVICES WHICH THE MEMBER HAS JOINED. NO EXCEPTIONS.