R 221537Z JUN 11
ALMAR 023/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS MY HONOR TO CONGRATULATE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR UNIT'S 64TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  MORE THAN SIX DECADES AGO ON 1 JULY 1947, 1ST COMBAT SERVICE GROUP WAS ACTIVATED AT PEARL HARBOR, HI.  THROUGHOUT BATTLES AND CONFLICTS IN KOREA, VIETNAM, SOMALIA, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 1ST MLG HAVE ENSURED "VICTORY THROUGH LOGISTICS" BY PROVIDING SUSTAINED, DEDICATED, AND EXPERT COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT TO ITS FELLOW WARFIGHTERS.
3.  AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR UNIT'S 64TH ANNIVERSARY, I CHARGE YOU TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE SAME VALUES AND TENACITY INHERENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE PRECEDED YOU.  KNOW THAT YOUR FELLOW MARINES, SAILORS, AND AMERICANS WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.  JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//