MARS Mission Statement

• Provide Department of Defense sponsored emergency communications on a local, national, and international basis as an adjunct to normal communications.
• Provide auxiliary communications for military, civil, and/or disaster officials during periods of emergency.
• Assist in effecting normal communications under emergency conditions.
• Create interest, and furnish a means of training members in military communications procedures.
• Provide a potential reserve of trained radio communications personnel.
• Handle moral and quasi-official record and voice communications traffic for Armed Forces and authorized U.S. Government civilian personnel stationed throughout the world.
• Conduct an appropriate Amateur Radio program as a part of the annual celebration of Armed Forces Day.