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ALMAR 025/04

Date signed: 05/12/2004MARADMIN Number: 025/04
Subject: ARMED FORCES DAY MESSAGE

R 121213Z MAY 04
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO AL ALMAR(uc)
ALMAR
BT
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 025/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/ARMED FORCES DAY MESSAGE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ARMED FORCES DAY IS A TIME SET ASIDE TO PAY
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM OF OUR
NATION'S MILITARY SERVICES.  FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE EARNED THE
TITLE MARINE, IT IS A TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO
NATIONAL SECURITY AND RECOGNIZE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR FELLOW
SERVICEMEMBERS IN OTHER BRANCHES OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES.
2.  IT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR NATION AND
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.  WHILE DEFENDING
DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S INTERESTS WE ARE
EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO SERVE AS PART OF THE FINEST FIGHTING FORCE
THAT HISTORY HAS EVER WITNESSED.
3.  MARINES, AS WE CELEBRATE ARMED FORCES DAY, KNOW THAT THE SUPERB
JOB YOU ARE DOING IS INVALUABLE TO OUR GREAT NATION AND THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF YOUR SERVICE.  
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, AND KEEP ATTACKING!  M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//