RAAUZYUW RUENAAA4216 3411618-UUUU--RUCRNAV. ZNR UUUUU ZUI RUEWMCF1640 3411607 R 071618Z DEC 05 PSN 542780K26 FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV ZEN/ALNAV @ AL ALNAV(UC) INFO ZEN/CNO CNO BT UNCLAS SUBJ: SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO THE JAG CORPS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV UNCLAS //N02300// ALNAV 082/05 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/DEC// SUBJ/SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO THE JAG CORPS// RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I JOIN RADM MCPHERSON AND RADM MACDONALD IN EXTENDING MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL JUDGE ADVOCATES, LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS, LEGALMEN, AND CIVILIAN LEGAL PERSONNEL IN RECOGNITION OF THE 38TH PAGE 02 RUENAAA4216 UNCLAS BIRTHDAY OF THE NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS. 2. ON DECEMBER 8, 1967, PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON ESTABLISHED THE NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS, A DISTINCT GROUP OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS DEDICATED TO THE DUAL PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING THE NAVY'S MISSION AND PRESERVING THE RULE OF LAW. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS LATER, NAVY LEGAL PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE OUTSTANDING SERVICE WORLDWIDE ON CHALLENGING AND DIVERSE LEGAL ISSUES. FROM THE HIGH SEAS TO THE SANDS OF THE MIDDLE EAST TO MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD, THE NAVY LEGAL TEAM DOES IT ALL AND DOES IT WELL. KEEP UP THE OUTSTANDING WORK! 3. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIPMATES! 4. RELEASED BY THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. BT #4216 NNNN