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REGIONAL COMMANDS WERE ESTABLISHED, A TOP TO BOTTOM PUBLIC INFORMATION
CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED.  AND THE NEW E COMM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION WENT INTO ACTION.  EXERCISE
SIDEWINDER, THE JOINT MARS/ TSA EXERCISE ON MARCH 28, GAVE THE WINLINK
MESSAGING NETWORK ITS FIRST COMPREHENSIVE WORKOUT UNDER SIMULATED EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS.  TSA AND MARS DEPLOYMENT TEAMS TESTED LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS
BACKUP FROM COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS ALONG A FICTITIOUS HURRICANES SWATH FROM
MIAMI TOWARD HOUSTON.  AS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR OPERATIONAL
INTEGRATION, SIDEWINDER PROVED EXEMPLARY.  AN AIR FORCE MARS MEMBER,
MICHAEL GREEN, WA4ZVW AFA2MY, PUT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE AIR.
JIM BURROWS, N4RLM NNN0SYH, OF NAVY MC MARS HELPED SET UP THE ARMY MARS
LICENSED STATION AT PENSACOLA FL REGIONAL AIRPORT.  AT FORT MYERS, WHERE
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