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SUBJ/2011 MEMORIAL DAY SAFETY MESSAGE//

RMKS/1.  ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, AS ON SO MANY IN THE PAST, AMERICA'S
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ARE GLOBALLY ENGAGED IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM.
ON MEMORIAL DAY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER AND PAY
TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN SO THAT FREEDOM'S TORCH MAY
CONTINUE TO BURN UNDIMMED BY THE PASSAGE OF YEARS.

2.  AS WE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY WITH BARBECUES AND PARTIES, I ASK THAT
EVERY SAILOR AND MARINE KEEP IN MIND BOTH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND
THE LEGACY ENTRUSTED TO THEM BY OUR FOREBEARERS.  EVERY SINGLE SAILOR
AND MARINE IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AND
CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR GLOBAL MISSION.  WHILE EQUIPMENT CAN
BE EASILY REPLACED, OUR PEOPLE CANNOT.  THE LOSS OF ANY ONE OF OUR
900,000 SAILORS, MARINES OR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES DUE TO A PREVENTABLE
HOLIDAY MISHAP WOULD BE AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY FOR FAMILIES AND LOVED
ONES, AND A TRAGIC LOSS TO OUR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS TEAM.

3.  WE SHOULD CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY AND ALL IT REPRESENTS, BUT WE
MUST CELEBRATE SAFELY.  KEEP WATCH OVER EACH OTHER.  WE NEED ALL HANDS
ON DECK TO MEET THE CHALLENGES ON THE HORIZON AND REMAIN THE MOST
FORMIDABLE EXPEDITIONARY FIGHTING FORCE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.

4.  I WISH YOU A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION.

5.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//
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