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ALMAR 037/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/SD//
SUBJ/LABOR DAY SAFETY MESSAGE//
RMKS/1.  LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS APPROACHING, AND FOR MANY, AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE FINAL SUMMERTIME GATHERING.  DO NOT ALLOW
THIS FINAL SUMMERTIME WEEKEND TO BECOME THE FINAL WEEKEND OF YOUR
LIFE.  ENSURE THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE THIS
HOLIDAY MEMORABLE.
2.  LAST LABOR DAY WEEKEND, FIVE MARINES DIED IN TWO DAYS.  THREE
DIED IN CAR RELATED INCIDENTS, ONE DROWNED, AND THE FIFTH MARINE
LOST HIS LIFE WHEN HE WAS RUN OVER BY A FIRE TRUCK DURING CRASH,
FIRE AND RESCUE TRAINING.  STATISTICS PREDICT THAT TWO MARINES WILL
DIE IN PMV ACCIDENTS THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
3.  PROVE THE STATISTICS WRONG.  AS MARINES, WE ARE REKNOWNED FOR
TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN.  PROVE IT THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.  DON'T
ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY MEMBER, MARINE, OR SAILOR TO DIE ON YOUR WATCH
OR AT YOUR PARTY.  BE AWARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND TAKE PROPER
PRECAUTIONS.  DROWNING REMAINS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY, PARTICULARLY
FOR INEXPERIENCED OR INTOXICATED SWIMMERS.  DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE OR
GET IN A CAR WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DRINKING.
4.  ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF WHILE TEMPERING IT WITH RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, YOUR MARINES AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND COME BACK
TO WORK ALIVE, INTACT AND READY.
5.  COMMANDERS SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MARINES HAVE READ THIS ALMAR.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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