105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 041/03
ALMARS : 041/03
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SUBJ/105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS//
RMKS/1.  ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 105TH ANNIVERSARY, I AM PLEASED TO
EXTEND THE CORPS' HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE
U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS.  ESTABLISHED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS ON
JUNE 17, 1898, THE HOSPITAL CORPS HAS A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY OF
PROFESSIONALISM, AND SACRIFICE.  FOR 105 YEARS, IN TIMES OF PEACE AND
WAR, MARINES HAVE ENJOYED A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR "DOCS."
2.  OVER THE PAST YEAR, AS IT HAS SO MANY TIMES IN THE MARINE CORPS 
HISTORY, THE CALL  CORPSMAN UP!  HAS ECHOED OVER THE BATTLEFIELD.  
AS ALWAYS, THE CORPSMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY HAVE ANSWERED THAT
CALL WITH DISTINCTION AND VALOR, RESOLUTELY SHARING THE DANGER AND
THE HARDSHIPS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.  THROUGH YOUR COURAGEOUS SERVICE,
CORPSMEN HAVE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL BOND WITH MARINES BORN OF SHARED
DANGER AND MUTUAL RESPECT.  THE MARINE CORPS IS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE
TO CONSIDER THE FINE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS
AMONG OUR CLOSEST COMRADES IN ARMS.
3.  IN TIMES OF PEACE YOU HAVE LOOKED AFTER OUR HEALTH AND THE
HEALTH OF OUR LOVED ONES AND IN SO DOING, HAVE CONTRIBUTED
IMMEASUREABLY TO THE READINESS OF OUR CORPS AND THE SECURITY OF
OUR NATION.  AS THE MARINE CORPS PREPARES FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
WE TAKE GREAT COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THE CORPSMAN OF THE U.S. NAVY
WILL ALWAYS BE AT OUR SIDE.  
4.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL,
U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//