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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//M-RA//
TO ALMAR
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UNCLAS //N01700//
ALMAR 151/98
SUBJ/MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY//
POC/MR. RICHARD STEWART/GS12/PRIPHN:(703)696-1140/-/DSN 426-1140//
RMKS/1.  THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS DESIGNATED THE SECOND FRIDAY IN
MAY AS MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY.  ACCORDINGLY, THIS IMPORTANT
OCCASION OCCURS ON 8 MAY.  OUR MARINE SPOUSES ARE AN INSPIRATION AND
SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR ALL THAT WE ARE AND DO AS MARINES.  THEY
CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY TO OUR READINESS.  IT IS MOST
FITTING THAT THIS DAY BE SET ASIDE TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS SPOUSES HAVE MADE TO OUR CORPS AND COMMUNITY, AND TO
EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY SUPPORTING ROLES THEY PLAY NOT
JUST IN TAKING CARE OF MARINES, BUT ALSO IN THE SPIRIT AND
ENTHUSIASM THEY BRING TO OUR MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY.
2.  COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SPOUSES DURING MILITARY
SPOUSE APPPRECIATION DAY WITH APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AND CEREMONIES.
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IN THIS WAY COMMANDS ENSURE THAT MILITARY SPOUSES RECEIVE FULL
CREDIT AND APPRECIATION FOR THEIR MANY AND UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE CORPS.//
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