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R 042120Z SEP 03 ZYB MIN PSN 667005J24
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N05000//
NAVADMIN 244/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/-/SEP//
 
SUBJ/OBSERVANCE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2003//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS YEAR NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WILL BE OBSERVED
FROM 15 SEP TO 15 OCT 03.  THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S OBSERVANCE IS
"HISPANIC AMERICANS:  HONORING OUR PAST, SURPASSING OUR PRESENT, AND
LEADING OUR FUTURE."
 
2.  MORE THAN 26 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE OF HISPANIC
ORIGIN, AND SOME 39,300 SERVE IN THE U.S. NAVY.  EVERYDAY, AND IN
EVERY FACET OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, THESE TALENTED SAILORS WORK, SERVE
AND SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS.  THEY BRING TO THE
FIGHT UNIQUE TALENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT BOTH ENRICH OUR SERVICE
CULTURE AND IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT OPTIONS.  THEY
HAVE DONE SO THROUGHOUT OUR NAVY'S HISTORY.
 
3.  RECENTLY, A RECORD BREAKING 222 SAILORS FROM MORE THAN 40
COUNTRIES AND 60 COMMANDS, EACH OF WHOM HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, TOOK THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP ABOARD USS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71).  ONE OF THE NEW CITIZENS IS AVIATION
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN 2ND CLASS NEWTON R. ARIAS, FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  HE SAID "I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW."  PROUD
OF HIS HISPANIC HERITAGE AND U.S. CITIZENSHIP, HIS NEXT GOAL IS TO
BECOME AN OFFICER.  THIS IS THE TYPE OF SAILOR, AND THOSE WHO HAVE
GONE BEFORE HIM, THAT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WILL CELEBRATE.
 
4.  ALL COMMANDS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC
HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS,
AND PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT RECOGNIZE
THE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS TO THIS GREAT NAVY
AND TO THE NATION THEY SO PROUDLY SERVE.  VISIT
WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL/PERS00H/OBSERVANCES.HTML FOR INFORMATION ON
CULTURAL OBSERVANCE MONTHS.
 
5. NAVPERSCOM POC IS YN1(AW) OTIS ROBINSON AT (901)874-4073/DSN 882
OR E-MAIL:  P00HC@PERSNET.NAVY.MIL.
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
 
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