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ALMAR 047/04

Date signed: 08/23/2004MARADMIN Number: 047/04
Subject: 162ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

R 232324Z AUG 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL ALMAR(uc)
ALMAR
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UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 047/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC HS//
SUBJ/162ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF MARINES EVERYWHERE, I EXTEND BEST
REGARDS AND HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 162ND ANNIVERSARY.
2.  SINCE THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1842,
MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TAKEN GREAT COMFORT IN KNOWING THEIR
HEALTH AND WELL BEING ARE IN GOOD HANDS.  THE PROFESSIONALISM,
SKILL, AND DEDICATION DISPLAYED BY OUR "DOCS" HAVE FORMED A SPECIAL
BOND BETWEEN MARINES AND SAILORS.  IN THESE CHANGING TIMES AND AS WE
FIGHT THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU AT OUR
SIDE AND ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND
DEDICATION.
3.  AS YOU PAUSE TO COMMEMORATE THIS SPECIAL OCCASION AND PAY
TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PRECEDED YOU, WE JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.  YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
COUNTLESS MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES.  THIS DISTINCTION IS
COMMENDABLE AND SHOULD SERVE AS A GREAT SOURCE OF PRIDE.  WE
RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ARE THE BEST, AND WE ARE ALWAYS PROUD TO SERVE
ALONGSIDE OF YOU.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.