R 181413Z NOV 98
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//CMC//
TO ALMAR
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ALMAR 360/98
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SUBJ/MILITARY FAMILIES APPRECIATION WEEK//
REF/A/DOC/SECDEF/YMD:981026//
AMPN/REF A IS A MEMO FROM SECDEF ON MILITARY FAMILIES APPRECIATION
WEEK//
POC/MIKE BERGER/GS-12/-/-/TEL:703-784-9526//
RMKS/1.  THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF 22 NOV
AS MILITARY FAMILIES APPRECIATION WEEK.  FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN A VITAL PART OF THE MARINE CORPS.  WE TAKE GREAT
PRIDE IN SETTING ASIDE THIS WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT FAMILIES
GIVE TO ENHANCE OUR CORPS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
2.  OUR FAMILIES ARE AN INSPIRATION AND SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR ALL WE
ARE AND DO AS MARINES.  FAMILIES CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE COMBAT
READINESS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL MARINES AND COMMANDS IN THIS CHALLENGING
MILITARY LIFESTYLE.  FROM SERVING AS VOLUNTEERS ABOARD OUR BASES AND
IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, TO MAINTAINING THE HOME FRONT WHILE
OUR MARINES ARE DEPLOYED, OUR FAMILIES EPITOMIZE OUR MOTTO -- SEMPER
FIDELIS.
3. AS WE CELEBRATE MILITARY FAMILIES APPRECIATION WEEK, I OFFER MY
PERSONAL THANKS TO EACH MARINE CORPS FAMILY.  COMMANDS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO PLAN APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES TO RECOGNIZE
THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMMITMENT OF OUR FAMILIES.
SEMPER FIDELIS, C. C. KRULAK, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
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