Benefits of Membership
Add to the enjoyment of your amateur radio hobby through the expanded horizon of MARS.
Become part of the Army, Navy-Marine Corps, or Air Force MARS worldwide communications system. There are Army MARS stations in Japan, Korea, the Trust Territories, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Central America, Alaska, Germany, Africa, and the continental United States.
Increase your communications skills and capabilities. Selected correspondence courses in communications - electronics subjects are available free to MARS members from their respective affiliated service after completion of six months active membership. Qualified Army MARS members may apply for such courses at the Army Correspondence Course Program web site.
Operate on specially assigned military radio frequencies in voice, teletype, and packet modes of communications.
Join a group of dedicated fellow radio amateurs participating in meaningful public service.
Affiliate with the service branch of your choice and become part of the professional military communications family.
Gain a feeling of being associated with a military mission and contributing to the welfare and preparedness of the nation.
Participate in regulated, disciplined radio nets with structured lines of organization and very specific operating rules.
Participate in the MARS Excess/Surplus Property Program after 6 months active membership. Issue of Government excess/surplus equipment is based on availability, of equipment, and possible assigned mission of individual activity. The granting of MARS membership to an individual or activity does not in itself convey an automatic right or entitlement of the recipient to receive or demand MARS property.