Posted on 11/08/2001 6:49:59 PM PST by An Old Man
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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//CMC//
TO ALMAR
UNCLAS //N01500//
ALMAR 054/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/2001 U.S. MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE//
POC/SGT WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/-/TEL:(703) 614-2326/EMAIL: WOODSJP@HQMC.USMC.MIL//<
RMKS/1. AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 226TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
OF OUR CORPS, MARINES EVERYWHERE CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO OUR GREAT NATION. WE ARE A CORPS BORN OF AN
ACT OF CONGRESS, CONSECRATED IN SACRIFICE, STEEPED IN TRADITION,
AND TESTED IN BATTLE. OUR EARNED LEGACY IS FILLED WITH THE NAMES
OF MANY GREAT MARINES: LEJEUNE, VANDERGRIFT, PULLER...BUTLER,
BESTWICK, DALY -- WHO FILL THE ANNALS OF OUR LINEAGE WITH THEIR
INSPIRED ACTS OF VISION AND GALLANTRY.
2. HEROIC ACTIONS ON THE BATTLEFIELD ARE A HALLMARK OF OUR LEGACY.
EQUALLY COMPELLING ARE THE COUNTLESS HEROIC DEEDS OF MANY OTHER
MARINES WHO EXEMPLIFY THE VIRTUE OF PLACING THE NEEDS OF
OTHERS ABOVE THEIR OWN. WHETHER IT BE A MARINE SAVING AN OKINAWAN
CHILD FROM DROWNING, OR PULLING PEOPLE FROM A BURNING WRECK, OR A
FAMILY EXTENDING ITSELF TO PROVIDE A SAFE, NURTURING HOME FOR
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, OUR LIVES ARE INDEED FULL OF HEROISM. TODAY
WE CELEBRATE THESE DEEDS, NOT AS EXPLOITS, BUT AS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE GREATER GOOD -- CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE MARINES TAKE CARE OF NOT
JUST THEIR OWN, BUT REACH OUT TO CARE FOR OTHERS.
3. A LONE MARINE STANDING VIGIL ON A DARK NIGHT IN KOSOVO; A MARINE
RESERVIST WHO AS A FIREFIGHTER OR POLICE OFFICER FIRST RESPONDS TO
AN EMERGENCY IN HIS COMMUNITY; A CIVILIAN MARINE WHO WORKING
ALONGSIDE HIS COUNTERPARTS IN UNIFORM SHARES THE PERILS AND REALITIES OF
A TERRORIST ATTACK; AND A COMMITTED SPOUSE WHO FINDS
TIME TO SERVE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR FAMILY PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO
MAKING A HOME AND SUPPORTING HER FAMILY -- THESE ARE AMONG THE
HEROES OF ALL GENERATIONS. WE ARE INDEBTED TO THEM FOR THEIR
EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH AND THEIR PRESENCE OF CHARACTER. THEY EMBRACE
OUR CORE VALUES AND EMBODY THEM TO THE FULLEST. THEY INSPIRE US TO
DO THE SAME. WE MUST RISE TO THE LEVEL OF THEIR EXAMPLE AS WE
CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR CORPS AND ITS RICH HERITAGE. LET US
ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL, AS OUR MOTTO URGES, TO OUR GOD, OUR COUNTRY,
OUR CORPS AND TO OUR FAMILIES, BUT LET US ALSO RESOLVE TO BE ALWAYS
FAITHFUL TO THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE BESTOWED UPON US OUR PROUD LEGACY
OF SACRIFICE, COURAGE, AND SUCCESS.
4. TO ALL MARINES, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO UPHOLD THE FINEST TRADITIONS
OF OUR EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
We will always love you and miss your being here among us, CHIEF.
Can't wait for you to help each of us aboard in style!
May God bless us, one and all, and keep America strong and free.
A proud Semper Fi and Happy Birthday from a veteran of the Korean Conflict!
Just kidding...Happy Birthday!
From this Ex ( which every Marine knows can't be ) Marine to the past, present and future Marines!
The earth is full of anger,
The seas are dark with wrath,
The Nations in their harness
Go up against our path:
Ere yet we loose the Marines -
Ere yet we draw the blade,
Jehovah of the Thunders,
Lord God of Battles, aid!
Semper Fi my brothers.
Just wish GW would show up to take that sabre and cut the cake!
What a night that would be!
I'd jump into hell to see that!
SEMPER FI
USMC 1977-1981
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