2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY
Date Signed: 7/1/2011 | ALMARS Number: 026/11
ALMARS : 026/11
R 302203Z JUN 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 026/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS MY HONOR TO CONGRATULATE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING (2D MAW) ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR HISTORIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  ACTIVATED ON 10 JULY 1941 IN SAN DIEGO, CA, 2D MAW HELPED OUR NATION FACE THE DAWNING OF WORLD WAR II.  DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, MARINES AND SAILORS OF 2D MAW DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN COMBAT ACROSS THE PACIFIC.  MORE RECENTLY, 2D MAW CONTRIBUTED TO THE END OF ETHNIC CONFLICT IN THE BALKANS AND ASSISTED IN THE DEFEAT OF AN EVIL DICTATORSHIP IN IRAQ.  2D MAW'S CONTINUED COURAGEOUS WORK IN AFGHANISTAN AND IN SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO END OPPRESSION IN LIBYA REPRESENTS THE PROFESSIONALISM OF YOUR FINE ORGANZATION.
3.  AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS ANNIVERSARY, REST ASSURED THAT ALL AMERICANS, AS WELL AS MARINES AND SAILORS, ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND HONOR YOUR MANY SACRIFICES.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.  JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//