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The MARS programs also include active duty, reserve, and National Guard units; and Navy, Marine Corps units. [1] MARS has a long history of providing worldwide auxiliary emergency communications during times of need. The combined two-service MARS programs (Army, and Air Force), volunteer force of over 3,000 dedicated and skilled amateur radio ...
The Martin JRM Mars is a large, four-engined cargo transport flying boat designed and built by the Martin Company for the United States Navy during World War II.It was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven were built.
The Mars-class combat stores ships were a class of seven auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy.The ships were designed for underway replenishment, in support of carrier task force groups, carrying miscellaneous stores and munitions.
USS Mars (AFS‑1), the third United States Navy ship to bear the name, was laid down by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California, on 5 May 1962; launched on 15 June 1963, sponsored by Mrs. Clyde Doyle, widow of Representative Clyde Doyle of California; and commissioned at Long Beach Naval Shipyard on 21 December 1963.
Five Navy Mars-class combat stores ships were transferred to Military Sealift Command in 1992–94: USNS Concord on October 15, 1992; Mars on February 1, 1993; San Diego on August 11, 1993; San Jose on November 2, 1993 and Niagara Falls on September 23, 1994. San Diego was deactivated on December 10, 1997 and Mars was deactivated on February 12 ...
Mars-class combat stores ship (20th century) of the U.S. Navy; Mars-class ship of the line (18th century; 74-gun third rate) of the British Royal Navy; Mars-class 64-gun ship of the line (18th century) of the Royal French Navy; see List of ships of the line of France
HMS Mars was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ... Mars fought at Trafalgar where she was heavily damaged as she took fire from five different ...
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war: The first Mars was a 50-gun ship, originally Dutch, captured in the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1665, and sold in 1667. The second Mars was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line, originally French, captured by HMS Nottingham off Cape Clear in 1746.