HOSPITAL CORPS 108TH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 024/06
ALMARS : 024/06
R 160002Z JUNE 06
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 024/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC HS//
SUBJ/HOSPITAL CORPS 108TH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE//
POC/HMC(SW FMF)/J A JACKSON/HS/-/TEL:703-614-4477/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, I EXTEND A HEARTY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HOSPITAL CORPS,
INCLUDING THE DENTAL TECHNICIANS WHO JOINED YOUR RANKS THIS PAST
YEAR, AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 108TH ANNIVERSARY. 
2.  THROUGHOUT YOUR HISTORY, YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE
MARINES WITH COURAGE, VALOR, AND HONOR, AT HOME, AT SEA AND IN THE
AIR, AND ON FOREIGN SHORES AROUND THE GLOBE.  TODAY, WHETHER
CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN OR RESPONDING
WITH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS IN
PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA, YOU ARE ANSWERING THE CALL
"CORPSMAN UP" IN A SUPERB MANNER THAT IS TRUE TO YOUR PROUD LEGACY.
THE BOND BETWEEN MARINES AND THEIR "DOCS" HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER.
YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE AND COMPASSION HAS BEEN ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
3.  AS YOU REFLECT ON THE HOSPITAL CORPS' MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
YOUR PROUD HERITAGE, YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THAT EVERY MARINE AND THEIR
FAMILIES APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT.  THE MEMORIES OF
YOUR COMRADES WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WILL ALWAYS BE HONORED
BY THE MARINE CORPS AND A GRATEFUL NATION. 
4.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.
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