Formal Message

Formal message parts should be transmitted in the following order:

· preliminary call;

· proword MESSAGE FOLLOWS (SEND YOUR MESSAGE);

· abbreviated call with relay and transmission instructions, if any (READ BACK, RELAY TO, etc.);

· precedence(normally one of the following: FLASH, Emergency, IMMEDIATE, PRIORITY or ROUTINE);

· date and time group (14 0630 Z Jan);

· proword FROM followed by originator's call sign;

· proword TO followed by action addressee's call sign;

· proword INFO followed by info addressee's call sign;

· proword TEXT BEGINS;

· security classification(normally one of the following:

UNCLASSIFIED, RESTRICTED, OFFICIAL, CONFIDENTIAL, SECRETorTOP SECRET);

· the originator and the number of the message;

· the actual text;

· proword END OF TEXT if final instructions are to follow, otherwise END OF MESSAGE.