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MARADMIN 184/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MRS//
SUBJ/SEMPER FIT SELECTS ALL-MARINE ENGLAND HALF MARATHON TEAM//
POC/S.F. MITCHELL/LTCOL/MRS/-/TEL:703-784-9542
/EMAIL:MITCHELLSF@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE WARRIORS ACROSS THE SEA CHALLENGE CUP RACE
IS A LONG STANDING COMPETITION BETWEEN THE MARINE CORPS AND THE
BRITISH ROYAL NAVY/MARINES. IN 2002 THE MARINE CORPS WAS VICTORIOUS
OVER THE BRITISH. DUE TO OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS, THIS COMPETITION
WAS NOT HELD IN 2003. ON 13 NOVEMBER 2003, THE CMC WAS OFFICIALLY
INVITED BY THE ROYAL NAVY TO SEND THE U.S. MARINE RUNNING TEAM TO
COMPETE AGAINST A ROYAL NAVY/MARINE TEAM AT THE PLYMOUTH HALF
MARATHON 30 MAY IN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. SEMPER FIT (MRS) HAS BEEN
DIRECTED TO SELECT THE BEST MARINE ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN THIS
PRESTIGOUS COMPETITION. THE ALL-MARINE TEAM WILL BE COMPRISED OF
FIVE MEN AND THREE WOMEN. THE MARINES SELECTED FOR THIS TEAM MUST
BE AVAILABLE 27 MAY TO 1 JUNE 2004. THIS EVENT WILL STRENGTHEN THE
GOOD NATURED RIVALRY WE NOW SHARE WITH OUR BRITISH COMRADES IN ARMS.
SELECTED TEAM MEMBERS ARE:
A. MCB QUANTICO
CAPT MARY KATE BAILEY 7854 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D 00
OO4461 M0008404TOO4461 SDN M0008404TOO44461)
MAJ ALEXANDER G. HETHERINGTON 4929 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443
2D 00 OO4459 M0008404TOO4459 SDN M0008404TOO4453)
1STSGT DOUG MAROCCO 9000 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D OE4424
M0008404TOE4424 SDN M0008404TOE4424)
B. MARFORLANT
1STLT WILLIAM EDWARDS 4141 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D 00
OO4458 M0008404TOO4458 SDN M0008404TOO4458)
C. EWTGPAC
GYSGT JEFF M. KLEMMER 1670 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D
OE4425 M0008404TOE4425 SDN M0008404TOE4425)
D. MARFORRES
2NDLT NATHAN FLORES 0986 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D 00
OO4460 M0008404TOO4460 SDN M0008404TOO4460)
E. RS PORTLAND
CAPT FAYE HUTCHISON 1393 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D 00
OO4462 M0008404TOO4462 SDN M0008404TOO4462)
F. NAS PENSACOLA
2NDLT JENNIFER LEDFORD 0468 (1741106.27A0 000 00027 0 067443 2D 00
OO4463 M0008404TOO4463 SDN M0008404TOO4463)
ALTERNATES WILL BE CAPTS CHAD WALTON AND KRISTIN MCCANN.
2. MARINES MUST ARRIVE TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAD) NLT
1600 ON 26 MAY. FLIGHT ARRANGEMENTS TO LONDON WILL BE MADE BY HQMC
(MRS). TRAVEL AND PER DIEM CHARGEABLE TO APPROPRIATION DATA NEXT TO
MARINES NAME. BILLETING IN ENGLAND HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY THE ROYAL
NAVY. MESSING IS AVAILABLE. MALE MARINES MUST BRING JACKET AND
TIE, FEMALES APPROPRIATE DRESS FOR DINING.
3. SUBMIT TRAVEL VOUCHERS (DD 1351-2) TO LOCAL DISBURSING OFFICE
WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS OF RETURN FROM TAD. FAX A COPY OF
LIQUIDATED TRAVEL CLAIM TO HQMC (MRS) AT (703) 784-9822, INCLUDE
COPY OF AIRLINE TICKET WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF TAD.//