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SUBJ:SECNAV MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE
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SUBJ/SECNAV MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE//
RMKS/1.  ON 10 NOVEMBER 1775, THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
ESTABLISHED TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES THAT HAVE SINCE GROWN TO BECOME
YOUR MARINE CORPS.  TODAY, AS WE FIGHT THE WAR ON TERROR, WE ARE
FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A FORCE ON OUR SIDE.  YOUR MAXIM,  NO GREATER
FRIEND, NO WORSE ENEMY,  IS DEMONSTRATED DAILY IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES



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ACROSS EVERY REGION OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND ACROSS THE GLOBE.
BECAUSE OF YOUR COMMITMENT, THOSE WAGING A TERRORIST WAR AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES SIMPLY WILL NOT SUCCEED IN THEIR AIMS.
2.  YOUR COURAGE, YOUR IRON WILL, AND YOUR INDOMITABLE SPIRIT ARE AN
INSPIRATION TO ALL PATRIOTIC AMERICANS.  ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL
NATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.  YOU ARE ENGAGED IN A NOBLE AND
WORTHY ENDEAVOR, AND YOUR SACRIFICES KEEP OUR COUNTRY SAFE.  I AM
HONORED TO SERVE AS YOUR SECRETARY.  SEMPER FIDELIS.
3.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
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