[kellynla]

: 11/01/2002 ALMAR Number: 059/02 R 301130Z OCT 02
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SUBJ/227TH MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE - 10 NOVEMBER 2002//
RMKS/1. WE ALL KNOW THAT A POWERFUL COMBINATION OF TEAMWORK AND
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT FORMS THE STRENGTH OF OUR CORPS. WE ARE
MARINES, FIRST AND FOREMOST. THROUGH INNOVATION, TRUST, AND MUTUAL
RESPECT, WE HAVE EVOLVED INTO AN ADAPTIVE AND FLEXIBLE FIGHTING
FORCE IDEALLY SUITED FOR 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES. THOUGH THE
CHARACTER OF WAR CONTINUALLY CHANGES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
NATURE OF WAR IS TIMELESS: THAT THE ULTIMATE ARBITER OF BATTLE IS
THE HUMAN WILL. WE RECOGNIZE THIS, AND WE EMBRACE THE VALUES THAT
STRENGTHEN OUR WILL AND DEFINE OUR CHARACTER. FOR TWO HUNDRED AN
TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE DEDICATED
THEMSELVES TO THE CAUSE OF THE DEFENSE OF FREEDOM. OUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ADORN THE MASTHEAD OF THE BATTLE COLOR OF THE
MARINE CORPS FOR ALL TO ADMIRE, AND THEY REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE LEGACY WE INHERIT AND WILLINGLY ACCEPT.
2. THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS IN BATTLE, WE DISTINGUISH
OURSELVES BY SELFLESS SERVICE - IN A SENSE, WE ARE A FRATERNITY OF
SACRIFICE. AS STEWARDS OF OUR RICH HERITAGE, WE CONTINUALLY REFLECT
UPON THE GENERATIONS OF MARINES WHO, IN THEIR TIME, FAITHFULLY
ANSWERED OUR COUNTRY'S CALL. IN THEIR EXAMPLE WE WILL FIND THE
STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION NECESSARY TO MEET THE COMING CHALLENGES.
WE CELEBRATE THIS CONNECTION WITH OUR HISTORY, YET WE REMAIN FOCUSED
ON THE CHALLENGES OF OUR FUTURE. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT DUAL
RESPONSIBILITY; TO REMAIN READY FOR TODAY, WHILE TRANSFORMING OUR
CAPABILITIES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW.
3. WE FIND PROFOUNDLY GRATIFYING, OUR LIFE-LONG PRIDE OF
ASSOCIATION WITH FELLOW MARINES - ACTIVE, RESERVE, VETERAN, AND
CIVILIAN - AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CONTRIBUTE DAILY TO SECURING
OUR NATION'S FREEDOM.
4. I ENCOURAGE ALL MARINES TO CELEBRATE THE CAMARADERIE,
ENRICHMENT, AND FULFILLMENT OF SERVICE WITH MEN AND WOMEN
SUBORDINATED TO A GREATER CAUSE: PREPARING FOR AN EXCITING FUTURE
AND EXTENDING THE LEGACY OF OUR GREAT CORPS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
MARINES!
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//

[Jewels1091]

Today's Feature President George W. Bush 49th Annual Veterans Day National Observance. Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.


LIVE on C-SPAN, Monday November 11 at 11am ET

[mfulstone]

SEMPER

FIDELIS

[Thane_Banquo]

Semper Fi.

[MCFujiTanker]

Eagle, Globe and Anchor....Marine Corps Tanker!!

Semper Fidelis and Happy Birthday!!

[fnord]

Happy 227th !

Semper Fi
USMC '75-'79

[SamKeck]

A teufel hunden bump for the Corps.

[SamAdams76]

Happy Birthday to the finest branch of the armed services (and the other three aren't too shabby either)!

USMC - Parris Island
1981-85

BTW, I was in Parris Island exactly three weeks after Ronald Reagan's inauguration.

[G.Mason]

All in favor signify by saying aye.

The ayes have it!

Happy Birthday Marines!!

[wimpycat]

Happy Birthday, Marine Corps!

[oh8eleven]

Happy Birthday Marines everywhere!

Semper Fidelis
USMC '66-'69

[harpu]

Happy 227th Birthday, to the men and women of the finest military organization in the history of this great country of ours.

Hooorah!

harpu
HM2, USN, '61 - '67
3rd Medical, 3rd MAR DIV, '64 - '67

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Happy 227th to all my brother and sister Devil Dogs, past, present and future.

Semper Fidelis

Swing with the wing and loop with the group

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Here's one for those Devil Dogs who fought in the Pacific Theater.

Happy 227th, hogs.

[bandleader]

SEMPER FI To All Of Our United States Marines And May God Bless And Protect Them!!!!!

[commish]

A big Air Force HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fellow Armed Forces. Way to go Marine's! SEMPER FI!

[Search4Truth]

Sister Marines? Is this political correctness? Other than dressing up like Marines, do they go into combat? Are these the same women Marines who can't throw a hand grenade far enough to keep from killing themelves and their fellow soldiers. Sounds like a feminist fantasy to me.

God bless the men who for the last 200 years have put themselevs in harm's way to ensure that America remains the home of the brave and the land of the free.

[depenzz]

Semper Fidelis....................

Marine Corps Engineers...........Korean War

Feb. 1951 to Feb. 1954

[genefromjersey]

I'm celebrating the Marine Corps Birthday by reading " MARINE " a biography of Chesty Puller. It's a "must read", by the way.

I also celebrate, because I met my wife of 45+ years at a Marine Corps Birthday ball.

[Dubya]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Don't forget the lady Jarheads.