1995 USAF MARS broadcast items exempt from normal 6 month expiration

#31, ITEM 068:  IMPROPER TRANSFER OF MESSAGES.  AS DISCUSSED BY THE JOINT CHIEFS IN OUR RECENT MEETING, STRICT GUIDELINES AND MEASURES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED REGARDING THE INDISCRIMINATE TRANSFER OR RELAY OF MESSAGE TRAFFIC WITHOUT AUTHORITY.  ANY MEMBER WHO RETRIEVES A MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PASSING ON "FOR INFO" USING ANY USAF MARS RESOURCE MODE, THE INTERNET OR WEB, AMATEUR NETWORKS, OR EMAIL WILL BE SUBJECT TO SUSPENSION.  FIRST OFFENSE VIOLATORS WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM MARS OPERATION FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 90 DAYS. RULE OF THUMB: IF IT IS NOT ADDRESSED TO YOU, OR TO AN ADDRESSEE WITHIN THE AIR FORCE SYSTEM, THEN IT IS NOT TO BE RELAYED OR OTHERWISE PASSED.  THIS INCLUDES BROADCASTS OR OTHER MESSAGES ORIGINATED FROM ARMY OR NAVY-MARINE CORPS SOURCES, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE ORIGINATOR, TO RELAY AS A MEANS FOR DELIVERY TO THE INTENDED ADDRESSEE.  BECAUSE A MESSAGE CAN BE READ ON SOMEONE'S BOARD DOES NOT GRANT AUTHORIZATION FOR INDISCRIMINATE RETRIEVAL AND RELAY.  PARTICIPATING IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY CANNOT BE CONFUSED WITH INTEROPERABILITY.  THIS JOINT POLICY IS AGREED TO BY THE THREE MARS CHIEFS TO ELIMINATE A MAJOR CAUSE OF CONCERN.  WE SOLICIT THE SUPPORT AND COOPERATION OF ALL OUR MEMBERS IN ENFORCING THIS POLICY.

#34, ITEM 074:  USAF MOD CHANGE. MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGE TO USAF MARS MOD VOL I, CHAPTER 9 PARA 4A(9), TOP OF PAGE 53: CHANGE 25 GROUPS TO READ 50 GROUPS. BASED UPON NEW TECHNOLOGIGAL ADVANCES BEING USED IN MARS, I.E., VARIOUS DIGITAL MODES, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WORDS CONTAINED IN MARSGRAMS IS INCREASED. MARSGRAMS MAY NOW BE ACCEPTED INTO THE SYSTEM WITH A MAXIMUM OF 50 GROUPS PER MESSAGE, RATHER THAN THE CURRENT AIR FORCE MAXIMUM OF 25 GROUPS. THIS CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT CAME OUT OF THE MARS CHIEFS' MEETING LAST MONTH, AND IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

    ITEM 075:  TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP. MEMBERS WISHING TO RESIGN FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF TRANSFERRING FROM ONE SERVICE MARS TO JOIN ANOTHER MUST STATE THIS AS THE REASON FOR RESIGNATION. REQUESTING A RESIGNATION WITHOUT STATING THIS PURPOSE MAY CAUSE A MANDATORY ONE YEAR SIT-OUT FROM MARS. THE CHIEFS AGREED TO A ONE TIME RESIGNATION WITHOUT PENALTY TO TRANSFER MEMBERSHIP TO ANOTHER SERVICE. HOWEVER, A SECOND RESIGNATION FOR TRANSFER WILL NOT BE GRANTED WITHOUT INCURRING THE ONE YEAR PENALTY, IF REQUESTED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF INITIAL TRANSFER.

    NOTE:  CURRENT REGULATIONS GOVERNING MARS PROPERTY FORBID THE TRANSFER OF MARS EQUIPMENT TO ANOTHER SERVICE. AFFILIATES WITH ISSUES GOVERNMENT PROPERTY REQUESTING TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP, MUST ARRANGE TO TURN IN PROPERTY OT TRANSFER TO AN ELIGIBLE AFFILIATE MEMBER WITHIN THE SERVICE OF CURRENT MEMBERSHIP. THIS ACTION MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE MEMBERSHIP TRANSFER REQUEST TO ANOTHER SERVICE IS APPROVED.