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SUBJ/COMMUNITY SERVICE-VOLUNTEERISM 2001//
POC/MS. MARGO SHORTER/SPECIAL ASST/ODASN(PP)/LOC:PENTAGON
/TEL:(703) 693-0696//
 
RMKS/1.  I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL THANKS TO OUR SAILORS,
MARINES, AND CIVILIANS FOR YOUR NUMEROUS ACTS OF HEROISM AND
KINDNESS FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 11TH.  YOUR UNSURPASSED DEDICATION TO
COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO
YOUR FELLOW
COUNTRYMEN AS WELL.  YOU ARE A FINE TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS, AND I AM
EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS.
 
2.  WE HAVE WITNESSED OUR NATION RISE TO THE CHALLENGE IT NOW FACES
AND I CALL ON EACH OF YOU TO MAINTAIN THIS FIGHTING SPIRIT.  AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RECENTLY SAID, "WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
WORK TO DO AS A NATION.  WE STILL NEED THE FULL SUPPORT OF AMERICANS
EVERYWHERE...THIS IS A GREAT LAND.  IT'S A GREAT LAND BECAUSE OUR
PEOPLE ARE SO DECENT AND STRONG AND COMPASSIONATE."
 
3.  DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL HAVE MAINTAINED A LONG AND RICH
HISTORY OF "SERVING AMERICA TWICE" THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICE.  THIS
NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS OUR LINK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TEACHES
LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER-KEY ATTRIBUTES FOUND IN OUR STELLAR
NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM MEMBERS.  MANY WILL TESTIFY THAT VOLUNTEERISM
CAN BE ONE OF THE MOST STIMULATING AND REWARDING SERVICES WE CAN
RENDER, AND ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFTS THAT WE CAN GIVE.  AS THE
PROUD AMBASSADORS, YOU EMBODY THE CORE VALUES OF HONOR, COURAGE, AND
COMMITMENT, THAT ARE A PART OF AMERICA'S LEGACY OF VOLUNTEERISM.
 
4.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR REGIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE
COORDINATOR, OR YOU CAN CALL NAVY'S COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
MANAGER'S OFFICE AT (901)874-4267/DSN: 882-4267.  THEIR WEBSITE
ADDRESS IS HTTP:/WWW.BUPERS.NAVY.MIL/P605/INDEX.HTML.  THE MARINE
CORPS' COMMUNITY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CAN BE REACHED AT
(703)784-9526/DSN: 278-9526.
 
5.  TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY VOLUNTEERED, I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT
THANKS AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET SERVED, I URGE YOU TO DO SO.
REMEMBER THAT UNITED WE STAND.  TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL, NOT ONLY
IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM BUT IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
 
6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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