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.