R 231739Z APR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 014/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/3D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, TO SALUTE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF THE 3D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP (3D MLG) ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 52ND ANNIVERSARY.
2.  SINCE YOUR ACTIVATION ON 1 MAY 1958, THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 3D MLG HAVE PROVIDED SUSTAINED COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO MARINE CORPS FORCES ASSIGNED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC.  FROM THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM AND TSUNAMI RAVAGED ISLANDS OF INDONESIA, TO THE SNOW CAPPED VILLAGES OF THE PAKISTAN HIMALAYAS, YOU HAVE EMBODIED OUR AXIOM 'IN EVERY CLIME AND PLACE' WITH COURAGE AND SELFLESSNESS.  WHETHER PROVIDING FIRST-RATE COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT TO YOUR COMRADES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ OR RESPONDING TO HUMANITARIAN CRISES AROUND THE GLOBE, THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 3D MLG CARRY OUT EACH MISSION WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.
3.  WE SALUTE YOUR PROUD HISTORY.  AS YOU PAUSE TO COMMEMORATE YOUR PAST, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE UTMOST ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE OF YOUR FELLOW MARINES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
4.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//