HOSPITAL CORPS 106TH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 034/04
ALMARS : 034/04
R 171730Z JUN 04
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SUBJ/HOSPITAL CORPS 106TH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF MARINES EVERYWHERE, I EXTEND OUR
SINCERE APPRECIATION AND BEST WISHES TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE U.S
NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 106TH BIRTHDAY.  OVER THE
PAST YEAR, YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE MEDICAL
CARE TO MARINES ON BATTLEFIELDS AROUND THE WORLD.  NUMEROUS MARINES
ARE ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR COURAGE, DEVOTION AND COMMITMENT TO
YOUR PROFESSION.  AT HOME, YOU ENSURE EACH MARINE IS READY AND THEIR
FAMILIES RECEIVE THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE.
2.  THROUGH YOUR SELFLESS DEDICATION TO YOUR DUTIES, YOU HAVE EARNED
THE RESPECT OF EACH AND EVERY MARINE, AND THE TITLE "DOC" IS SPOKEN
WITH THE UTMOST GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION.  FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY,
YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED AND NURTURED AN EXCEPTIONAL BOND WITH THE
MARINES, SERVING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM IN ANY SITUATION.  YOU HAVE
RESPONDED TO THE CALL "CORPSMAN UP," TAKING CARE OF THE WOUNDED AND
INJURED IN THE MOST DANGEROUS OF SITUATIONS.  YOU NEVER FAIL TO SHOW
YOUR COMPASSION TO EVERY SINGLE MARINE AND SAILOR YOU SERVE.  WE ARE
PROUD TO HAVE YOU AT OUR SIDE.
3.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//