R 130036Z SEP 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
UNCLAS
ALMAR 045/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE//
POC/SGT K. PTAK/ADMIN CHIEF/CMC STAFF GROUP/-/TEL:(703) 614-2326
/EMAIL:PTAKKK@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, I SALUTE
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AS YOU CELEBRATE
YOUR 58TH ANNIVERSARY ON 18 SEPTEMBER.  SINCE 1947, WHEN THE AIR
FORCE WAS ESTABLISHED AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE, THE MEN AND WOMEN
IN YOUR RANKS HAVE LEVERAGED COURAGE, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY TO
PROVIDE OUR NATION WITH AIR SUPERIORITY IN EVERY CONFLICT OVER THE
ENSUING SIX DECADES.  FROM KOREA'S MIG ALLEY TO ROBERT'S RIDGE IN
AFGHANISTAN, THE AIR FORCE HAS ANSWERED THE CALL TO ARMS WITH AN
UNBROKEN LINEAGE OF SELFLESS SACRIFICE AND DETERMINATION.   
2.  MARINES AROUND THE GLOBE ARE PROUD TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
WITH THE WORLD'S PREMIERE AIR FORCE AS WE SERVE TOGETHER IN THE
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.  ON THIS ANNIVERSARY, IT IS FITTING TO REFLECT
ON YOUR STORIED HERITAGE AND TO TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY DISTINGUISHING
THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY. 
3.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U. S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//