230TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 050/05
ALMARS : 050/05
R 110045Z OCT 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 050/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/230TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY//
POC/SGT K. PTAK/ADMIN CHIEF/CMC STAFF GROUP/-/TEL:(703) 614-2326
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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON 13 OCTOBER 1775, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
RESOLVED THAT TWO SWIFT SAILING VESSELS, EACH FITTED WITH TEN
CARRIAGE GUNS AND 80 MEN, WOULD BE CHARGED WITH DEFENDING OUR YOUNG
NATION'S FREEDOM.  AS WE CELEBRATE THIS ANNIVERSARY, MARINES AROUND
THE GLOBE ARE HONORED TO SALUTE YOUR PROUD LEGACY OF DEDICATED
SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION.  
2.  WHETHER UNDERWAY ON THE HIGH SEAS OR STANDING WATCH ASHORE, IT
IS FITTING TO REFLECT ON YOUR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HONORING YOUR
RICH HERITAGE BY PAYING TRIBUTE TO PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF IRON
SAILORS.  YOURS IS A LEGACY OF ALWAYS ANSWERING OUR NATION'S CALL,
FROM DEFENDING OUR SHORES TO PROTECTING OUR COMMERCE ON THE HIGH
SEAS, FROM ENGAGING OUR ENEMIES IN HOSTILE WATERS TO PROVIDING AID
AND COMFORT TO THOSE IN NEED.  THE EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR HAVE
ADDED ANOTHER LUSTROUS CHAPTER TO THE U.S. NAVY'S LEGION OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.  YOUR UNPARALLELED READINESS AND AGILITY WAS
EVIDENCED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN OPERATIONS SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL
WAR ON TERROR, IN THE WAKE OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN TSUNAMI, AND MOST
RECENTLY IN THE ASSISTANCE YOU PROVIDED THOUSANDS OF OUR FELLOW
AMERICANS STRICKEN BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.  
3.  AS WE COMMEMORATE 230 YEARS OF PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND
SELFLESS SERVICE, THE "SOLDIERS OF THE SEA" ARE HONORED TO STAND
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE WORLD'S FINEST NAVY AS WE PROUDLY
SERVE TOGETHER BOTH IN PEACE AND IN HARM'S WAY.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND
SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//