R 051412Z OCT 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 036/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/235TH BIRTHDAY OF THE U.S. NAVY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, I EXTEND HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 235TH BIRTHDAY ON 13 OCTOBER.
2.  SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR REPUBLIC, THE U.S. NAVY HAS PROTECTED OUR SHORES AND INTERESTS ABROAD, AND, DEMONSTRATING THE COMPASSION OF ALL AMERICANS, COME TO THE AID OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.  THROUGH PERIODS OF WAR AND PEACE, YOUR PERFORMANCE HAS BUILT A LEGACY OF HONOR, COURAGE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.
3.  THROUGH THE YEARS, THE NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM HAS COME TO EXEMPLIFY THE WORDS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON:  "IT FOLLOWS THAN AS CERTAIN AS THAT NIGHT SUCCEEDS THE DAY, THAT WITHOUT A DECISIVE NAVAL FORCE WE CAN DO NOTHING DEFINITIVE, AND WITH IT, EVERYTHING HONORABLE AND GLORIOUS."
4.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//