2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY
Date Signed: 7/3/2008 | ALMARS Number: 026/08
ALMARS : 026/08
ALMAR 026/08
R 021954Z JUN 08
UNCLAS
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  I AM PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 67TH ANNIVERSARY.
FROM YOUR ACTIVATION IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON 10 JULY 1941 TO THE
PRESENT, THE GALLANT WARRIORS OF 2D MAW HAVE DISTINGUISHED
THEMSELVES IN EVERY CLIME AND PLACE IN DEFENSE OF OUR GREAT NATION. INTIALLY BATTLE TESTED OVER THE SKIES OF MIDWAY, GUADALCANAL,
PELELIU AND OKINAWA, THE MARINES OF 2D MAW HAVE FOUGHT VALIANTLY IN
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM AROUND THE GLOBE. 
2.  THE POWERFUL PRESENCE OF 2D MAW HAS BEEN FELT FROM THE CARIBBEAN
TO AFRICA AND FROM THE BALKANS TO THE MIDDLE EAST.  IN RECENT YEARS,
YOUR PERFORMANCE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF
OUTSTANDING.  WHETHER DEPLOYED TO A COMBAT ZONE OVERSEAS OR
PROVIDING HUMANITARAN RELIEF MISSIONS AT HOME, THE MARINES AND
SAILORS OF 2D MAW CAN BE COUNTED UPON TO CONTINUE THE ILLUSTRIOUS
LEGACY OF THEIR PREDECESSORS.  YOUR MARINE CORPS TAKES GREAT PRIDE
IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WISHES YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS!
3.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS!  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL,
U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//