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MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/227TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US ARMY//
POC/SGT WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/-/TEL:(703) 614-2326
/EMAIL:WOODSJP@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 227TH BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY -- THE FINEST AND MOST
POWERFUL LAND ARMY THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN!
2. ESTABLISHED NEARLY A YEAR BEFORE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE, THE U.S. ARMY HAS FAITHFULLY SAFEGUARDED THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND DEFENDED THE NATION FROM ALL FOES. YOUR 174
CAMPAIGN STREAMERS SPEAK TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE
NATION - WINNING THE REPUBLIC'S INDEPENDENCE, PRESERVING THE UNION,
AND LEADING THE WAY IN COMBATING THE FORCES OF TOTALITARIANISM,
IMPERIALISM, AND COMMUNIST AGGRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MORE
RECENTLY, THE NATION HAS CAUSE TO CELEBRATE ITS ARMY'S CONTRIBUTIONS
IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM, WHERE ONCE AGAIN AMERICAN SOLDIERS
DEMONSTRATED COURAGE AND SACRIFICE IN THE FACE OF NEW CHALLENGES TO
OUR FREEDOM. WHETHER FIGHTING A WORLD WAR, RESPONDING TO CRISIS,
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF, KEEPING THE PEACE, OR SUPPORTING AMERICAN
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, THE U.S. ARMY HAS ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL TO
ACTION.
3. THE ARMY CONTINUES TO BE A DOMINANT FORCE IN AMERICA'S DEFENSE
AND AS YOU PAUSE TO CELEBRATE THIS PROUD OCCASION, MARINES AROUND
THE WORLD JOIN YOU IN HONORING AND SALUTING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
HAVE MADE THE ARMY THE RESPECTED WARFIGHTING ORGANIZATION IT IS
TODAY. WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE WITH YOU. AS IN THE PAST, MARINES AND
SOLDIERS ARE HONORED TO SHARE COMMON BATTLEFIELDS AND HARDSHIPS IN
THE PURSUIT OF FREEDOM.
4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS. J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U. S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//