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FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01750//
NAVADMIN 225/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/PERS-662//
 
SUBJ/NAVY FAMILY OMBUDSMAN APPRECIATION DAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2000//
 
REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/27JUN94//
 
AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1750.1D, NAVY FAMILY OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM//
 
RMKS/1.  IN RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL ROLE OUR OMBUDSMEN PLAY IN
SUPPORT OF NAVY'S MISSION, NAVY FAMILY OMBUDSMAN APPRECIATION DAY
WILL BE CELEBRATED ON 14 SEPTEMBER 2000.  PLEASE JOIN ME IN
RECOGNIZING AND EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO OUR OMBUDSMEN FOR THE
SIGNIFICANT ROLES THEY PLAY IN ASSURING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
SERVICEMEMBERS' SPOUSES AND FAMILIES.
 
2.  THIS YEAR MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVY FAMILY
OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.  ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1970, ADMIRAL ELMO ZUMWALT, THEN
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, ISSUED Z-GRAM 24 INITIATING THIS HISTORIC
PROGRAM.  THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED DURING A PERIOD OF
WAR AND SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY; IT WAS A RESPONSE
BY THE U.S. NAVY TO CHANGING TIMES AND DEMANDS.  SINCE THEN, THE
NAVY FAMILY OMBUDSMAN HAS GROWN TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF NAVY LIFE.
 
3.  THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM SUCCEEDS THROUGH THE COMMITMENT OF THE
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHO SELFLESSLY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND
TALENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR NAVY.  ON THIS SPECIAL DAY, I STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE EVERY COMMANDING OFFICER TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE BY THE COMMAND OMBUDSMAN, AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT
COMMEMORATE 30 EXTRAORDINARY YEARS OF OMBUDSMAN SERVICE.  AREA
OMBUDSMEN APPRECIATION LUNCHEONS OR DINNERS, LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
AND CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION, AND PRESENTATIONS AT AREA
OMBUDSMEN ASSEMBLY MEETINGS ARE GREAT WAYS TO ENSURE PUBLIC
RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL ROLE OMBUDSMEN HAVE IN OUR NAVY.
 
4.  POC IS MR. W. RAY, NAVPERSCOM, PERS-662, (901) 874-4370/DSN 882.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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