2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY
Date Signed: 7/1/2010 | ALMARS Number: 025/10
ALMARS : 025/10
R 021000Z JUL 10
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ALMAR 025/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO SALUTE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING (2D MAW) ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 69TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  SINCE YOUR INCEPTION ON 10 JULY 1941 AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 2D MAW UNITS HAVE BEEN AT THE VANGUARD OF NUMEROUS ENGAGEMENTS, INCLUDING THE BATTLE FOR MIDWAY, THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, AND THE CONFLICTS IN SOMALIA, IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN.
3.  THE MARINES OF 2D MAW HAVE ALSO BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF DETERRENCE, AND PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AROUND THE WORLD.  YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR FELLOW MARINES AND OUR NATION HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.  TODAY, YOUR LEGACY OF READINESS AND WARFIGHTING EXCELLENCE ENDURES AS THE MARINES OF 2D MAW CONTINUE TO MAKE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION.  AS YOU REFLECT ON YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY, KNOW THAT ALL MARINES ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATED AND GALLANT SERVICE TO CORPS AND COUNTRY.
4.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS. //