{"id":256,"date":"2008-12-04T11:36:56","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T16:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2008-12-06T02:09:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T07:09:28","slug":"helping-wounded-warriors-to-find-a-new-direction-using-amateur-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Helping &#8220;Wounded Warriors&#8221; To Find A New Direction Using Amateur Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basic talks are underway to help our &#8220;Wounded Warriors&#8221; find a new path within the military, unencumbered by their physical restraints. Bob Hejl, W2IK &#8211; NNN0KSI (MARS Ecom), who works at CFI (Center For The Intrepid)\u00a0at BAMC\/ Ft. Sam,\u00a0has begun discussions with officials at BAMC and CFI\u00a0for ways in which our soldiers can redirect their abilities by using amateur radio as a stepping stone\u00a0with their next\u00a0goal being communications careers within the armed forces\u00a0or\u00a0in the private sector\u00a0after their military careers are completed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/may10-2008_mars_01.jpg\" title=\"Bob W2IK with his portable emcom radio setup\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/may10-2008_mars_01.thumbnail.jpg\" title=\"Bob W2IK with his portable emcom radio setup\" alt=\"Bob W2IK with his portable emcom radio setup\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"190\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"143\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>Planned are a special events\/demo station so soldiers can see the possibilities of communications and the vital roles they can assume during an emergency\u00a0or in everyday military communications work. Tri- Service MARS operations will also be integrated so they can get an actual &#8220;taste&#8221; of\u00a0 military communications in a relaxed atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>An amateur radio course will be offered\u00a0with actual &#8220;hands on&#8221; operation using W2IK&#8217;s portable MARS Ecom station. After the classes have been completed, there will be on base testing so many can obtain their amateur radio licenses.<\/p>\n<p>If any local ham or group\u00a0is interested in this project, please write W2IK at <a href=\"mailto:alonestaryank@aol.com\" title=\"mailto:alonestaryank@aol.com\">alonestaryank@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic talks are underway to help our &#8220;Wounded Warriors&#8221; find a new path within the military, unencumbered by their physical restraints. Bob Hejl, W2IK &#8211; NNN0KSI (MARS Ecom), who works at CFI (Center For The Intrepid)\u00a0at BAMC\/ Ft. Sam,\u00a0has begun discussions with officials at BAMC and CFI\u00a0for ways in which our soldiers can redirect their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,9,4,16,2,8,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}