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SUBJ/Y2K TRANSITION OPERATIONS - JOB WELL DONE//
RMKS/1.  I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OCCASION TO THANK ALL MARINES,
SAILORS, AND CIVILIAN MARINES, FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN PREPARING
THE MARINE CORPS FOR THE Y2K TRANSITION PERIOD.  THE RESOUNDING
SUCCESS OF THE Y2K TRANSITION WAS A RESULT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING
EFFORTS IN TESTING, EVALUATING, AND REPAIRING OUR COMPLEX
COMPUTER BASED SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
2.  ALTHOUGH THE MILLENIUM ROLLOVER IS BEHIND US, WE MUST MAINTAIN
OUR ATTENTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL OUR SYSTEMS AS THE YEAR
PROGRESSES.  LATENT PROBLEMS, NO MATTER HOW MINOR, MAY STILL
SURFACE.  THESE MUST BE QUICKLY INDENTIFIED, REPAIRED AND REPORTED
TO THE Y2K OFFICE FOR TRACKING.
3.  WE MUST ALSO REMAIN VIGILANT FOR PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS THAT
MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPCOMING LEAP YEAR TRANSITION AT THE
END OF FEBRUARY.  LET'S NOT LET OUR SUCCESS TO DATE CAUSE US TO
LOSE OUR FOCUS PREMATURELY.
4.  I AM AS CONVINCED AS EVER THAT THE MEASURES WE TOOK TO PREPARE
FOR THE Y2K TRANSITION WERE A PRUDENT INVESTMENT OF TIME AND
RESOURCES.  THE MARINE CORPS TODAY CONTINUES TO STAND READY AROUND
THE WORLD TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT AND
MEASURES WE UNDERTOOK TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
5.  WARM REGARDS AND SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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