MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY PRODUCTS
Date Signed: 10/30/2018 | MARADMINS Number: 622/18
MARADMINS : 622/18

R 301552Z OCT 18
MARADMIN 622/18 MSGID/MARADMIN/CMC OUSMCC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY PRODUCTS//
NARR/THIS MARADMIN OUTLINES SPECIFIC BIRTHDAY PRODUCTS INFORMATION//
POC/M. GLEESON/CIV/CMC WASHINGTON DC CD/TEL: 703-614-1887/EMAIL: MATTHEW.GLEESON@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message provides information for the 243rd USMC Birthday ceremonial music, the Commandant's Birthday Message and Video.
2.  Recorded music. Traditional birthday music can be downloaded from the U.S. Marine Band website at https:(slash)(slash)www.marineband.marines.mil/audioresources/ceremonialmusic/.
3.  Commandant's 2018 Birthday Video.
    A.  The 2018 Commandant's Birthday Video will be  publicly released on 1 Nov 2018.  A High Definition (HD) version will be available at the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) website for viewing and direct download at  https:(slash)(slash)www.dvidshub.net/tags/usmcbbmessage.
    B.  For unit celebrations and birthday ceremonies prior to 1 Nov 2018, contact Mr. Matthew Gleeson, matthew.gleeson@usmc.mil, Communication Directorate (CD). CD representatives will send the video through the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Safe Access File Exchange (SAFE) to a primary point of contact designated by the unit or organization. When the file is available, those POCs will receive a notice that the file is ready for download.  The file may only be downloaded once per user and the email cannot be forwarded to another recipient.  Recipients are reminded that the video is intended for local use at the  ceremony only, and is not to be uploaded or shared on social media until the official public release on 1 Nov 2018.
    C.  Requests for Digital Video Disk copies of the 2018 Birthday Video should be directed to the nearest Communication Strategy and Operations office.
4.  Commandant's Written Birthday Message. The 2018 Birthday Message is available at http:(slash)(slash)www.hqmc.marines.mil/cmc.
5.  Ceremonial changes.
    A.  The narrator's introductory statement to  General Lejeune's traditional birthday message will read as follows: “ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 1921, JOHN A. LEJEUNE, 13TH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, DIRECTED THAT A REMINDER OF THE HONORABLE SERVICE OF THE CORPS BE PUBLISHED BY EVERY COMMAND, TO ALL MARINES THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE, ON THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CORPS. SINCE THAT DAY, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR CORPS HAVE CONTINUED TO  DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES ON MANY BATTLEFIELDS AND FOREIGN SHORES, IN WAR AND PEACE.  ON THIS BIRTHDAY OF THE CORPS, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE WILL OF THE 13TH COMMANDANT, A REMINDER OF THE CORPS' HONORABLE SERVICE IS PUBLISHED AS FOLLOWS:"
    B.  The concluding paragraph will read as follows: "THE TIMELESS MESSAGE OF OUR 13TH COMMANDANT HAS LEFT ITS MARK IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL MARINES, PAST AND PRESENT.  BY DEED AND ACT FROM BELLEAU WOOD TO THE ARGONNE, FROM GUADALCANAL TO IWO JIMA,FROM INCHON TO THE KOREAN ARMISTICE, FROM THE HARD FIGHTS IN VIETNAM TO DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM TO THIS CENTURY'S LONGEST WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND IN HUNDREDS OF OTHER PLACES WHERE MARINES HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES, MARINES HAVE CONTINUED TO EPITOMIZE THOSE QUALITIES WHICH ARE THEIR LEGACY.  THE SUCCESS WHICH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE EARNED THE TITLE MARINE HAVE ACHIEVED IN COMBAT AND THE FAITH THEY HAVE BORNE IN PEACE WILL ENDURE FOREVER.  THE COMMANDANT AND OUR MANY FRIENDS HAVE ADDED THEIR HEARTY PRAISE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS, OUR 243RD BIRTHDAY."
6.  Information on how to request USMC ceremonial music support, color guards, etc., can be coordinated through local units or via Headquarters Marine Corps, CD by visiting https:(slash)(slash)www.marines.mil/Community-Relations/;  via email at hqmc.comrel@usmc.mil, or at commercial 703-614-1034.
7.  POCs:
    A.  Recorded music: Ms. Vadya Dillon, Head, Marine Band Section, CD, at commercial 703-614-2267 or email vadya.dillon@usmc.mil.
    B.  2018 Birthday Video: Mr. Matthew Gleeson, CD, at commercial 703-614-1887 or email matthew.gleeson@usmc.mil;alternate, Gunnery Sergeant Warren Peace, at commercial 703-614-2445 or email warren.peace@usmc.mil.
8.  Release authorized by Brigadier General William H. Seely III, Director of Communication, Headquarters Marine Corps Communication Directorate.//