ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 031031Z JUL 01 ZYB MIN PSN 304720J16
 
FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC//SN//
 
TO ALNAV
 
UNCLAS
ALNAV 067/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV//
 
SUBJ/INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE//
 
RMKS/1.  BEST WISHES TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS TEAM AS WE CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE ESTABLISHED A NEW NATION.  SINCE THAT TIME, THE UNITED
STATES HAS BECOME A BEACON OF HOPE AROUND THE GLOBE. THE FREEDOM AND
IDEALS ON WHICH AMERICA WAS FOUNDED HAVE ATTRACTED MEN AND WOMEN WHO
LONG FOR LIBERTY.  AS WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY WITH OUR
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, LET US REMEMBER OUR FOUNDERS, OUR ANCESTORS
AND ALL WHO HAVE SACRIFICED TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT.
 
2.  NOWHERE IS DUTY TO COUNTRY MORE EVIDENT THAN IN OUR NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS.  WE HAVE A SACRED RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE THE PEACE
AND PROSPERITY THAT IS SO VITAL TO OUR NATION AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.
 
3.  IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU.  THE SACRIFICES
THAT EACH OF YOU MAKE IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION IS A GIFT OF FREEDOM
AND JUSTICE UNIQUE IN HISTORY.  ALL NATIONS RESPECT YOUR DEDICATION,
PROFESSIONALISM AND VIGILANCE.
 
4.  ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR CITIZENS, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES
AND HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY.
 
5.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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