NSSAR site pages contain material
of national interest and related to SAR programs.
They have a URL which starts with http://www.sar.org/
and their links have a "starball" icon next to them.
These pages are posted on a site under the control of the
national SAR Web-site team. They should conform to
the NSSAR Web site guidelines for format and tone.
SAR state society pages and chapter pages
generally contain material pertaining to the geographic area
of the society or chapter.
They have a URL which may or may not start with
http://www.sar.org/ and their links have a "rosette" icon next to them.
They are often on sites that are not under the control of the
national SAR Web-site team, and they may or may not conform to
the NSSAR Web site guidelines for format and tone.
Government agency pages often have .gov as
part of the URL and have an "amerflag" icon next to them.
They are (obviously) not part of the NSSAR Web site.
External nongovernmental pages
have a URL which does NOT start with http://www.sar.org/
and links to these pages have an "Ext" icon next to them.
They are not part of the NSSAR Web site and are not under the
control of the national SAR Web-site team.