FREE FATHER'S DAY MESSAGES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

Tue Jun 3 12:54:36 PDT 2008

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

MILITARY AFFILIATE RADIO SYSTEM

FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA 85613-5000

                                   June 3, 2008

Following news release is submitted by:
Jose M. Arroyo, AAR4FM/T / NO4I 863-651-1172 Cell     For Immediate
Release

             FREE FATHER'S DAY MESSAGES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

Families of servicemembers deployed away from home are invited to send
personal greetings on the occasion of Father's Day June 15.
Volunteer Amateur Radio operators will deliver the messages, known to
the armed forces since the Vietnam era as "MARSgrams", at no
charge to senders.

      The MARSgram is a year-round service of the Army Military Affiliate
Radio System (MARS), the Defense Department-sponsored organization of
volunteer "hams" whose primary mission is providing emergency
communications in times of crisis.

      Captain Jeffrey Hammer of the Indiana National Guard, the Army MARS
representative in Iraq, is looking for a lot of holiday messages. "I
am 100 per cent set up to deal with them," he said.

To send a MARSgram, access http://www.mymars.org
<mhtml:{7B931E47-EF84-451C-84E4-5760A3EEC6FC}mid://00000052/!x-usc:http:\
//www.mymars.org/>  on the Internet. The message you enter there will be
transmitted automatically. Or contact the Army MARS member listed below.

      MARSgrams must be held to 80 words, but there is no limit on the
number of messages that may be sent. Text must be in English and
complete postal address is required. If available, the addressee's
telephone number may speed delivery. Full instructions appear at
www.mymars.org
<mhtml:{7B931E47-EF84-451C-84E4-5760A3EEC6FC}mid://00000052/!x-usc:http:\
//www.mymars.org/> .

Serving the United States military since the 1920s, Army MARS is
dedicated to ensuring that army units and civil disaster response
organizations have reliable auxiliary communications. To learn more
about the mission of the 2,700 volunteers in Army MARS, visit
www.netcom.army.mil/mars
<mhtml:{7B931E47-EF84-451C-84E4-5760A3EEC6FC}mid://00000052/!x-usc:http:\
//www.netcom.army.mil/mars> .

To send a MARSgram if the Internet is not available,

phone 863-651-1172.

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