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ALMAR 028/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/2D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ANNIVERSARY //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO CONGRATULATE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 2D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP (2D MLG) ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 67TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  ACTIVATED ON 1 AUGUST 1944 AS 8TH FIELD DEPOT SUPPLY SERVICE, FLEET MARINE FORCE, IN THE MIDST OF WORLD WAR II, 2D MLG HAS UNFAILINGLY PROVIDED DEDICATED COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT TO THE WARFIGHTER AND RAPID HUMANITARIAN AID TO THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE WORLD - IN EVERY CLIME AND PLACE.
3.  FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF AFGHANISTAN TODAY, MARINES AND SAILORS OF 2D MLG CONSISTENTLY EPITOMIZE THE AXIOM OF "WARRIORS SUSTAINING WARRIORS."  MEMBERS OF THIS STORIED UNIT BRING HONOR TO THEMSELVES AND THE CORPS BY ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSION OF SUSTAINING WARFIGHTING EFFECTIVENESS AND PROVIDING LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO ALL FORCES IN THEIR BATTLESPACE.  ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, AND ALONG WITH A GRATEFUL NATION, I SALUTE ALL WHO HAVE SERVED WITH 2D MLG AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//