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R 051630Z DEC 03 ZYB MIN PSN 580048J25
 
FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC
 
TO ALNAV
 
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ALNAV 089/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/DEC//
 
SUBJ/SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO THE JAG CORPS//
 
RMKS/1.  I WANT TO JOIN RADM LOHR AND RADM MCPHERSON IN EXTENDING MY
HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO ALL JUDGE ADVOCATES, LAW LIMITED DUTY
OFFICERS, LEGALMEN, AND CIVILIAN LEGAL PERSONNEL IN RECOGNITION OF
THE 36TH BIRTHDAY OF THE NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS.
 
2.  ON DECEMBER 8, 1967, ALMOST TWO CENTURIES AFTER THE CONTINENTAL
NAVY FIRST HIRED LAWYERS TO "MANAGE ITS MARITIME CAUSES," PRESIDENT
LYNDON B. JOHNSON ESTABLISHED THE NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S
CORPS.  THIRTY-SIX YEARS LATER, NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATES PROVIDE AN
EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF LEGAL ADVICE TO NAVY LEADERSHIP AND
INVALUABLE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO NAVY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND WISE COUNSEL PROVIDED BY NAVY JUDGE
ADVOCATES IN SO MANY AREAS IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO THE CONTINUED
PREEMINENCE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.  FROM THE HIGH SEAS TO THE
COURTROOM TO THE CORRIDORS OF THE PENTAGON, NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATES DO
IT ALL AND DO IT WELL.  YOU MAKE US PROUD!
 
3.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIPMATES!  GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU, YOUR
FAMILIES, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
 
4.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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