R 082121Z MAY 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 027/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/UNITED STATES ARMY ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE//
POC/SGT K. PTAK/ADMIN CHIEF/CMC STAFF GROUP/-/TEL:(703)614-2326
/EMAIL:PTAKKK@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. ON JUNE 14, 1775, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS RAISED
10 COMPANIES OF EXPERT RIFLEMEN TO SERVE IN THE COMMON DEFENSE OF
THE COLONIES. FROM THAT SMALL CADRE OF PATRIOTS, YOUR RANKS NOW
NUMBER OVER ONE MILLION OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER MEN AND WOMEN THE
NATION HAS TO OFFER.
2. BY ANSWERING THE CALL TO ARMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF
OUR GREAT NATION, YOU HAVE EARNED RENOWN AS THE WORLD'S
FINEST ARMY. THIS PROUD LEGACY REMAINS UNBROKEN WITH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS FORWARD DEPLOYED AROUND THE GLOBE,
CONTRIBUTING IMMEASURABLY TO THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. AS MARINES,
WE SHARE YOUR VALUES OF SELFLESS SERVICE, COURAGE, AND HONOR; YOU
HAVE OUR RESPECT IN A MANNER THAT CAN ONLY BE BORNE OF SHARED
HARDSHIP AND COMMON SACRIFICE.
3. AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS 230TH ANNIVERSARY AT FORTS AND BASES BOTH
AT HOME AND OVERSEAS IN HARM'S WAY, REST ASSURED THAT THE "SOLDIERS
OF THE SEA" SHARE IN YOUR COMMEMORATION AND ARE PROUD TO STAND
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH YOU IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, IT IS AN HONOR TO EXTEND HEARTFELT
CONGRATULATIONS. SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE. GENERAL, U. S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//