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SUBJ/160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT//
RMKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE
TOEXTEND WARMEST REGARDS AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
NAVYMEDICAL DEPARTMENT AS YOU COMMEMORATE YOUR 160TH ANNIVERSARY.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM ARE NUMEROUS,
ANDDIRECTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL SERVICEMEMBERS
WORLDWIDE.
2.  SINCE 1842, THE PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND COMPASSION OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT HAVE SERVED AS
A SOURCE OF COMFORT TO MARINES AND THIER FAMILIES.  PROVIDING
QUALITY HEALTH CARE, AND SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES, YOUR EFFORTS ALLOW
MARINES AND SAILORS TO TRAIN, WORK, AND FIGHT, KNOWING THAT THEY,
ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ARE IN GOOD HANDS.  
3.  AS YOU PAUSE TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PAY RESPECT
TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF YOUR PREDECESSORS, KNOW THAT YOUR
SELFLESSNESS AND DEVOTION ARE IN KEEPING WITH A GREAT LEGACY AND
REFLECT WELL UPON EACH OF THE NAVAL SERVICES.  YOU ARE THE BEST AT
WHAT YOU DO, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU.  
4.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  J. L. JONES, GENERAL,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//