R 051548Z NOV 19
MARADMIN 624/19
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC CD WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY PRODUCTS//
NARR/THIS MARADMIN OUTLINES SPECIFIC BIRTHDAY PRODUCTS INFORMATION//
POC/M. SCHAEFFER/CIV//CMC CD WASHINGTON DC/TEL: 709-614-2093/EMAIL: MARTHA.SCHAEFFER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This message provides information for the 244th 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://www.marineband.marines.mil/audio-resources/ceremonial-music/.
3.  Commandant's 2019 Birthday Video.
    A.  The 2019 Commandant's Birthday Video is publicly released and available via the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) at the following URL:  https:(slash)(slash)www.dvidshub.net/video/719117/2019-marine-corps-birthday-message.
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 ALLMARINES 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 DISTIGUISHED THEMSELVES, MARINES HAVECONTINUED TO EPITOMIZE THOSE QUALITIES WHICH ARE THEIR LEGACY.  THE SUCCESS WHICH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE EARNED THE TITLE MARINE HAVEACHIEVED 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 244TH 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  via email at hqmc.comrel@usmc.mil, or at commercial 703-614-1034.
7.  POCs:
    A.  Recorded music:  Ms. Vadya Dillon, Head, Marine Band, at commercial 703-614-2267 or email vadya.dillon@usmc.mil.
    B.  2019 Birthday Video:  Secondary POC is Gunnery Sergeant Bryan Peterson, CD, at commercial 703-614-1887 or email bryan.peterson@usmc.mil.
8.  Release authorized by Brigadier General Sean M. Salene, Director of Communication, Headquarters Marine Corps Communication Directorate.//