Tag #19742 - GL08JK - Military Auxiliary Radio System

***I WILL ONLY TRADE THIS PATHTAG FOR OTHER MILITARY PATHTAGS***

This pathtag is for a project I am working on for the Disabled Vets (DAV) and local VA hospital. I am looking for any military pathtags to add to a public display and will trade this tag for only military tags untill I get enough for the display. I am looking for around 50 different United States military pathtag designs from any branch.

The call sign "AAR5AY" was my old military MARS issued callsign. Even though I served in the Marine Corp we had several Navy MARS operators very close by and I found out the Army was in need of a MARS operator in my part of the state, so I took up that position to help out under the Army call sign AAR5AY.

The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) is an organization of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensed Amateur Radio Operators who are interested in military communications and electronics. The three MARS organizations are sponsored by commands in the three services -- Army, Air Force, and Navy-Marine Corps. MARS provides a potential reserve of trained radio communications personnel to provide auxiliary communications for military, civil, and/or disaster officials during periods of emergency and provides Department of Defense sponsored emergency communications on a local, national, and international basis as an adjunct to normal communications.

MARS provides a volunteer manned communications system for handling MARS administrative traffic, morale and quasi-official record and voice communications traffic for U. S. Armed Forces and authorized U. S. government civilian personnel stationed throughout the world. Finally, it offers training designed to stimulate interest in military communications and electronics career fields.

***I WILL ONLY TRADE THIS PATHTAG FOR OTHER MILITARY PATHTAGS***