UNCLAS 021151Z
AUG 07 CMCUC
AL ALMAR(UC)
ALMAR
ALMAR 036/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/217TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD//
POC/M.E. BELL/SGT/CMC/-/TEL:DSN 224-2326 /EMAIL:MICHAEL.E.BELL1@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/
1.  ON BEHALF OF MARINES AROUND THE GLOBE, I SEND BEST WISHES TO THE
NATION'S OLDEST CONTINUOUS SEAGOING SERVICE ON YOUR 217TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  SINCE 4 AUGUST 1790, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD HAVE BEEN "ALWAYS READY" AND CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO
SAVING LIVES, PROTECTING AMERICAN COASTS AND PORTS, AND GUARDING U.S.
INTEREST OVERSEAS.  THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, THE COAST GUARD HAS HELD
FAST TO ITS CORE VALUES OF HONOR, RESPECT, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND
HAS CREATED A PROUD LEGACY OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
3.  THE CORPS IS HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AS WE CONTINUE TO
DEFEND OUR GREAT NATION.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS AND SEMPER PARATUS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL,
U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//