2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 029/06
ALMARS : 029/06
R 070729Z JUL 06
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 029/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE//
POC/SGT K. PTAK/ADMIN CHIEF/CMC STAFF GROUP/-/TEL:(703)614-2326
/EMAIL:PTAKKK@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. COMMISSIONED ON 10 JULY 1941 AS THE NATION FACED
ONE OF THE GREATEST STRUGGLES OF ITS HISTORY, 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT
WING'S HEROIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY HAVE CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT ITS GALLANT HISTORY.  AS WE MARK THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF
2D MAW, WE CELEBRATE THE SELFLESS SERVICE OF THOUSANDS OF ITS
MARINES AND SAILORS WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AROUND THE GLOBE.
2. FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS OF FIGHTING OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING
WORLD WAR II TO THE CURRENT GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, 2D MAW HAS MET
EVERY CHALLENGE IN EVERY CLIME.  TODAY THE WING CONTINUES IN THE
TRADITION OF ITS PREDECESSORS BY SECURING FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE
EAST, SUPPORTING RELIEF EFFORTS HERE AT HOME ON THE GULF COAST, AND
LAUNCHING AMERICA'S FIRST MV-22 SQUADRON.  2D MAW'S RESPONSE TO THE
GRAVE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME BUILD UPON THE LEGENDARY PATH OF THE
CORPS' FIRST COURAGEOUS AVIATORS.
3. AS YOU CELEBRATE THE WING'S ANNIVERSARY, BE CONFIDENT THAT THE
ENTIRE CORPS REMAINS PROUD OF YOUR SACRIFICES AND SERVICE TO YOUR
COUNTRY.  KEEP ATTACKING!  M.W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//