BIRTHDAY MESSAGE FROM THE CNO TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 380/97
ALMARS : 380/97
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RMKS/1. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE OF ADM J. L. JOHNSON,
CNO, TO THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. QUOTE.
TODAY, AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 222ND BIRTHDAY, I OFFER MY
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
TOGETHER, THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM HAS SERVED AS THE "SHIELD
OF THE REPUBLIC" SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF OUR NATION. OUR
UNEQUALED ABILITY TO PROJECT POWER AT SEA AND FROM THE SEA HAS
FURTHERED FREEDOM'S PROGRESS AROUND THE WORLD.
FOR OVER TWO CENTURIES, THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HAS
EXEMPLIFIED THE HIGHEST VIRTUES OF LOYALTY, SERVICE, AND SACRIFICE.
FROM THE BARBARY COAST TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE PACIFIC, IN THE
STEAMING DEPTHS OF VIETNAM AND ACROSS THE VAST EXPANSE OF THE
ARABIAN DESERT, AMERICA'S MARINES HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD THE MEANING
OF "SEMPER FI."
AT THE EDGE OF A NEW CENTURY, THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR FORWARD
DEPLOYED NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER. TOMORROW,
AS TODAY AND FOR GENERATIONS PAST, THE RAZOR SHARP READINESS OF THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WILL SERVE AS A BEACON TO AMERICA'S
FRIENDS AND A WARNING TO OUR ENEMIES, PROMISING GREAT VICTORIES AND
RICHER TRADITIONS YET TO COME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINE CORPS, AND WELL DONE. ADM JAY L. JOHNSON,
CNO.//
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