R 060729Z JUL 06
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 028/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING 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 SEND
CONGRATULATIONS AND WARM REGARDS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 1ST
MARINE AIRCRAFT WING AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 65TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  FROM ITS ACTIVATION ON 7 JULY 1941, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING HAS
EPITOMIZED THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF MARINE AVIATION.  WITH A
REMARKABLE LEGACY OF COURAGE, THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 1ST MAW
HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES VALIANTLY IN BATTLES SUCH AS
GUADALCANAL, THE PUSAN PERIMETER, AND HUE CITY. THIS UNRELENTING
DETERMINATION AND SELFLESS SERVICE PERSISTS AS WE ENGAGE IN THE
CONFLICT OF OUR GENERATION-THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.  JUST AS
GLORIOUSLY, YOU HAVE DILIGENTLY RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF THOSE IN
NEED BY PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC.  
3.  AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS ANNIVERSARY, REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE SAME
VALUES AND TENACITY AS THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE KNOWING THAT
MARINES AROUND THE GLOBE WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS.  SEMPER FIDELIS
AND KEEP ATTACKING!  M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//