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SUBJ/SECRETARY OF THE NAVY BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO THE JAG CORPS//
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BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO THE JAG CORPS RMKS/1.  TODAY, 131 NAVY JUDGE 
ADVOCATES AND LEGALMAN, ACTIVE AND RESERVE, ARE FORWARD DEPLOYED AS 
INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEES IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.  
DURING MY RECENT TRIP TO IRAQ, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SEVERAL 
MEMBERS OF THE NAVY S LEGAL TEAM AND SEE THEM IN ACTION.
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2.  IN A VIOLENT WORLD WHERE TERRORISTS AND CRIMINALS PURSUE CONTROL 
THROUGH FEAR AND DISORDER, OUR NATION STANDS FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND 
THE FREEDOM IT FOSTERS.  FROM BAGHDAD, TO KABUL, TO THE HORN OF AFRICA, 
TO GUANTANAMO BAY, AND AT SEA WITH CARRIER AND EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE 
GROUPS, THE JAG CORPS COMMUNITY REPRESENTS OUR SHARED EXPERIENCE THAT 
THE LAW WORKS IN THE HANDS OF FREE PEOPLE.
3.  ON DECEMBER 8, 1967, THE JAG CORPS, A CADRE OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS 
DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE NAVY MISSION, WAS CREATED.
THIRTY-NINE YEARS LATER, JUDGE ADVOCATES, LEGALMEN, AND CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES ARE PROVIDING EXTRAORDINARY SUPPORT TO NAVY LEADERS, OUR 
SAILORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.  I AM PROUD OF YOUR DEDICATION AND 
COMMITMENT.
4.  I JOIN RADM MACDONALD, RADM HOUCK, AND RADM JOERG IN WISHING ALL 
MEMBERS OF THE JAG CORPS COMMUNITY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
5.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.// BT
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