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SUBJ/239TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US NAVY CHAPLAIN CORPS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON 28 NOVEMBER 2014, THE UNITED STATES NAVY CHAPLAIN CORPS WILL CELEBRATE ITS 239TH ANNIVERSARY. SINCE 1775, THE READINESS OF MARINES HAS BEEN FORTIFIED BY THE FAITHFUL AND CONSTANT COMPANY OF NAVY CHAPLAINS.
2.  AS YOU PAUSE AND REFLECT ON YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY, KNOW THAT MARINES SERVING AROUND THE GLOBE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO OUR SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINES, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION AND WE WISH THE CHAPLAIN CORPS A VERY HAPPY 239TH ANNIVERSARY.
3.  SEMPER FIDELIS. JOSEPH F. DUNFORD, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//