161ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 052/03
ALMARS : 052/03
R 290900Z AUG 03
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ALMAR 052/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/161ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT//
POC/SGT WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/-/TEL:(703) 614-2326
/EMAIL:WOODSJP@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, I AM
HONORED TO EXTEND BEST REGARDS AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR
161ST ANNIVERSARY.  
2.  SINCE THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT'S ESTABLISHMENT IN 1842, MARINES
HAVE TAKEN GREAT COMFORT IN KNOWING THEIR HEALTH AND THAT OF THEIR
FAMILY IS IN GOOD HANDS.  THE SKILL, POISE, AND PROFESSIONALISM
CONTINUALLY DISPLAYED BY OUR "DOCS" HAVE FORMED A SPECIAL BOND OF
TRUST BETWEEN MARINES AND SAILORS AND HAVE EARNED OUR UTMOST
RESPECT, AND CONFIDENCE. THROUGH EVERY TRIAL OF LIFE AND DEATH WE
HAVE COME TO COUNT ON YOUR PRESENCE AND ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND DEDICATION.  MOST RECENTLY, YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO ANSWER THE CALLS OF THOSE IN DISTRESS SAVED THE LIVES
OF COUNTLESS MILITARY MEMBERS AND CIVILIANS INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL
WAR ON TERRORISM.  MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE PROUD OF OUR CLOSE
ASSOCIATION AND HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AS PART OF THE
WORLD'S PREMIER NAVAL TEAM.
3.  AS YOU PAUSE TO COMMEMORATE THIS MOST SPECIAL OCCASION AND PAY
TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE PRECEDED YOU, KNOW THAT YOUR FRIENDSHIP IS
VALUED AND YOUR SERVICE IS APPRECIATED.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS,  M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//