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ALMAR 051/04

Date signed: 09/15/2004MARADMIN Number: 051/04
Subject: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY

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ALMAR 051/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ANNIVERSARY//
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, IT IS MY
HONOR TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED
STATES AIR FORCE AS YOU MARK YOUR ANNIVERSARY ON 18 SEPTEMBER.  FOR
NEARLY SIX DECADES, OUR NATION HAS ENJOYED AIR SUPERIORITY IN EVERY
CONFLICT SINCE YOUR ESTABLISHMENT AS AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE IN 1947.
FROM KOREA'S MIG ALLEY, VIET NAM'S THUD RIDGE, ROBERT'S RIDGE IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND OVER THE SKIES OF IRAQ, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
AIR FORCE HAVE BEEN THE EPITOME OF COURAGE, VALOR, AND SELFLESS
SACRIFICE AROUND THE GLOBE.
2.  AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS HERITAGE AND FACE THE
CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE, REST ASSURED THAT THE MARINE CORPS
RECOGNIZES YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHARES IN YOUR COMMEMORATION.  
MARINES ARE PROUD TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH YOU AS WE
DEFEND OUR NATION IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.  ON THIS ANNIVERSARY,
IT IS FITTING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO BUILT THE STELLAR
REPUTATION YOU RIGHTLY DESERVE, AND TO TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR VALUED
SERVICE TO THE NATION.
3.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE.  GENERAL, U. S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//