R 121922Z OCT 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 568/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/2010 MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION SUPPORT//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING TRANSITION FROM THE 34TH TO THE 35TH COMMANDANT, BOTH THE 2010 BIRTHDAY VIDEO AND BIRTHDAY MESSAGE WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST.
2.  THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE TO ACQUIRE RECORDED BIRTHDAY BALL MUSIC, AND REQUEST COPIES OF THE COMMANDANT'S BIRTHDAY VIDEO AND PRINTED AND SIGNED COPIES OF THE COMMANDANT'S 2010 MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE.
3.  RECORDED MUSIC.  TRADITIONAL BIRTHDAY BALL MUSIC CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: WWW.MARINEBAND.USMC.MIL/AUDIO_RESOURCES/CEREMONIAL_MUSIC/INDEX.HTM. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING COMPACT DISCS ARE INCLUDED ON THE WEB SITE.
4.  COMMANDANT'S 2010 VIDEO BIRTHDAY MESSAGE
A.  ON OR ABOUT 25 OCTOBER 2010, THE FOLLOWING COMBAT CAMERA (COMCAM) AND COMBAT VISUAL INFORMATION CENTER (CVIC) SITES WILL RECEIVE A MASTER VIDEO DVD FROM HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC) COMCAM FOR DUBBING AND DISTRIBUTION.
    MARCENT                            MARFORPAC
    MARFORRES                          MCB QUANTICO, VA
    MCB CAMP LEJEUNE, NC               MCB PENDLETON, CA
    MCB HAWAII, KANEHOE BAY, HI        MCB CAMP BUTLER, OKINAWA, JA
    MAGTFTC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA      MCRD PARRIS ISLAND, SC
    MCRD SAN DIEGO, CA                 MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC
    MCAS BEAUFORT, SC                  MCAS NEW RIVER, NC
    MCAS MIRAMAR, CA                   MCAS YUMA, AZ
    MCAS IWAKUNI, JA                   MCLB BARSTOW, CA
    1ST MCD                            4TH MCD
    6TH MCD                            8TH MCD
    9TH MCD                            12TH MCD
    MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP, QUANTICO, VA
B.  A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE 2010 VIDEO BIRTHDAY MESSAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE 25 OCTOBER AT THE DEFENSE VIDEO AND IMAGERY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DVIDS) WEBSITE.
C.  ALL REQUESTS FOR DVD COPIES OF THE COMMANDANT'S 2010 BIRTHDAY VIDEO MESSAGE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE NEAREST COMCAM OR CVIC.
D.  HQMC COMCAM WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE DVD COPIES OF THE COMMANDANT'S 2010 BIRTHDAY VIDEO MESSAGE TO THE HEADQUARTERS OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE, AMERICAN LEGION, AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.  EXPECT THESE COPIES TO ARRIVE DURING THE WEEK OF 25 OCTOBER 2010.  LOCAL CHAPTER REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE DVD SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS.
5.  CMC 2010 MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE.  THE CMC'S 2010 MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OR ABOUT 25 OCTOBER 2010.  AT THAT TIME, A PRINTED AND SIGNED VERSION ON CMC'S PERSONAL STATIONERY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE MARINE CORPS WEB SITE AT WWW.MARINES.MIL.
6.  THE POINT OF CONTACT IS MASTER SERGEANT JAIME RODRIGUEZ, HQMC COMCAM CHIEF, AT COMMERCIAL (703) 614-2445; DSN 222-2445; OR AT JAIME.RODRIGUEZ1(AT)USMC.MIL.
7.  THIS MARADMIN IS CANCELLED 30 NOV 2010.
8.  RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL W. J. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//