R 251739Z JUN 2010
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 022/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ANNIVERSARY //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP (1ST MLG) AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 63RD ANNIVERSARY. 
2.  ACTIVATED ON 1 JULY 1947 AS 1ST COMBAT SERVICE GROUP, YOU HAVE UNFAILINGLY PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT FOR MARINES IN THE MOST HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS.  YOUR COMMITMENT TO WARFIGHTING EXCELLENCE WAS AMPLY DEMONSTRATED DURING THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM CONFLICTS, OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, AND MOST RECENTLY IN SOMALIA, IRAQ, AND AFGHANISTAN.
3.  ADHERING TO YOUR MOTTO "VICTORY THROUGH LOGISTICS," 1ST MLG HAS ADAPTED AND FORGED AHEAD THROUGH MULTIPLE REORGANIZATIONS AND REDESIGNATIONS.  MARINES KNOW THAT WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON 1ST MLG TO ENSURE OUR WARFIGHTERS ARE SUPPLIED AND EQUIPPED TO COMPLETE ANY MISSION.  AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR PROUD HERITAGE, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EARNED THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION OF YOUR FELLOW MARINES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
4.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//