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SUBJ/MILITARY FAMILY APPRECIATION MONTH//
RMKS/1.  THE ARMED SERVICES YMCA HAS DESIGNATED NOVEMBER AS
NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY MONTH.  THIS ANNUAL OBSERVANCE,
ENDORSED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR
NATION'S MILITARY FAMILIES.  THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
SUPPORTS THIS EFFORT WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND CEREMONIES.
2.  THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CORPS, THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT
OF MARINE FAMILIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION.
LONG DEPLOYMENTS, FAMILY SEPARATIONS, AND FREQUENT RELOCATIONS
ARE AMONG THE SPECIAL CHALLENGES THAT MARINE FAMILY MEMBERS
EXPERIENCE.  THE ESPRIT DE CORPS SHOWN BY OUR FAMILIES IN
MANAGING THESE CHALLENGES ALLOWS MARINES TO PERFORM THEIR
ASSIGNED MISSIONS EFFECTIVELY.  OUR FAMILIES' VOLUNTARY
DEDICATION AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE NATION EXEMPLIFY THE
MARINE CORPS MOTTO, SEMPER FIDELIS.
3.  WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY
MONTH.  TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OUR MILITARY
FAMILIES, COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE THROUGH
APPROPRIATE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS.  J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//