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COMMUNICATIONS OF THE FUTURE, SAID SNIDER.  TODAY, US AIR FORCE MARS IS AN
ORGANIZATION OF ABOUT 800 LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO VOLUNTEER
THEIR TIME AND RADIO EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE EVENT
THAT NORMAL COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS ARE DISRUPTED, EITHER BY NATURAL
CALAMITY OR DELIBERATE HOSTILE ACTION.  MARS MEMBERS ARE TRAINED TO MEET
THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY.  IN RECENT YEARS, GREATER
INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN THE AIR FORCE AND THE ARMY HAS FACILITATED
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS OBJECTIVE.  INDIVIDUAL CIVILIAN MARS STATIONS
OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENTAL US ALONGSIDE CIVIL AGENCIES AND MILITARY
MARS STATIONS IN THE US AND OVERSEAS.  ANTRY WILL BE STATIONED AT THE SCOTT
AIR FORCE BASE IN ILLINOIS.  HE HAS BEEN A LICENSED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
SINCE 1977.  CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR NED LAMONT PROCLAIMS APRIL 16 22 AMATEUR
RADIO RECOGNITION WEEK CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR NED LAMONT HAS RELEASED AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT DESIGNATING APRIL 16 22, 2023, AS AMATEUR RADIO
RECOGNITION WEEK.  THE PROCLAMATION COINCIDES WITH WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY,
WHICH IS HELD ANNUALLY ON APRIL 18.  MEMBERS OF THE MERIDEN AMATEUR RADIO
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