This is a short comment about the whole MARS deal...
I used to be an ARMY MARS member and got out because of the politics of the leadership which seemed to want to play games to advance themselves. I still have friends in ARMY MARS.
I have friends in AF MARS. Best I can tell, it's the smallest of MARS services.
I have friends in NAVMARCORMARS. As I have observed this service, they have always been on the forefront of exploring new modes and methods. Their leadership encouraged it.
In my opinion, ARMY and AF shut be absorbed and assimilated into NAVMARCORMARS, and the NAVMARCORMARS polices and procedure should supersede ARMY and AF ideals.
Just my opinion for what it's worth.
It might help the eventual outcome if you were to voice some of your concerns to senior DoD civilian folks at the Pentagon.
With what has been said in this thread so far, it seems [that] Army MARS might
think it has the right prescription, but mass resignations, if accurate, is saying otherwise.
Poor leadership decisions drove me from Army MARS quite a while ago. And, edicts such as elimination of personal comments on HF phone nets sounds like another grave mistake.
The idea of inviting existing tenured NMC members to apply to another branch is absurd. It speaks volumes about what the MARS leadership doesn't know about morale.