UNCLAS 291621Z JUN 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
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ALMAR 032/07 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC// 
SUBJ/1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE// 
POC/SGT M.E. BELL/ADMIN CHIEF/CMC STAFF GROUP/-/TEL:(703)614-2326// 
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST MARINE 
AIRCRAFT WING ON 7 JULY 1941, ITS WARRIORS HAVE REPEATEDLY PROVEN 
THEMSELVES AND THE COMMAND HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR 
CORPS' LEGACY. 
2.  SIXTY-SIX YEARS AGO, THE 1ST MAW WAS ACTIVATED AT MARINE CORPS 
BASE QUANTICO.  THE WING'S FIRST ENGAGEMENTS WERE OVER THE ISLANDS 
IN THE PACIFIC.  1ST MAW NOW CALLS MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA 
HOME, AND IT FIGHTS OVER THE SANDS OF IRAQ.  AS OUR CORPS TAKES THE 
FIGHT TO THE ENEMY TODAY, YOU ARE ONCE AGAIN LEAVING YOUR MARK ON 
HISTORY - AND CREATING A LEGACY THAT FUTURE MARINES WILL STRIVE TO 
EMULATE. 
3.  CONGRATULATIONS, AND AS YOU CELEBRATE THE WING'S ANNIVERSARY, I 
ASK ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REFLECT ON THE MANY 
SUCCESSES OF 1ST MAW - JUST AS, IN YEARS TO COME, OTHER MARINES WILL 
LOOK BACK ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THE SAME SENSE OF PRIDE AND 
ADMIRATION.  SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINES! JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. 
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//