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SUBJ: OBSERVANCE OF THE 2004 NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH//
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SUBJ/OBSERVANCE OF THE 2004 NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
/NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
HERITAGE MONTH IS AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMANDS TO
CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY BY FOCUSING ON THE INCREDIBLE VALUE OF
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UNIQUE CULTURES, BACKGROUNDS, AND EXPERIENCES.  THE INDIVIDUAL
CREATIVITY, SKILL, TALENT, AND IDEAS OF EVERY SAILOR AND CIVILIAN
ENABLE US TO LEVERAGE OUR DIFFERENCES, MAKE BETTER DECISIONS, AND BE
MORE AGILE AND FLEXIBLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.  NEXT MONTH WE
CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AND DISTINCTIVE CULTURES OF
THE AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKAN NATIVES.
2.  AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES HAVE FOUGHT WITH HONOR AND
VALOR IN EVERY WAR AND CONFLICT SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
DURING WORLD WAR I, NEARLY 12,000 AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA
NATIVES SERVED AS VOLUNTEERS.  DURING WORLD WAR II, 44,000 AMERICAN
INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN BOTH THE
PACIFIC AND EUROPEAN THEATERS.  OPERATION DESERT STORM SAW 24,000
SERVE.  TODAY, OVER 10,000 AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE GENERATIONS WHO PROUDLY SERVED
BEFORE.
3.  SENIOR CHIEF NAVY COUNSELOR JACQUELINE POTEET OF PERSONNEL
SUPPORT ACTIVITY DETACHMENT MEMPHIS WAS RECENTLY QUOTED AS SAYING,
"WHERE WE CAME FROM IS IMPORTANT, WHERE WE ARE GOING IS PARAMOUNT,
AND HOW WE GET THERE IS UNIVERSAL.  TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT OUR
HERITAGE, AND ALLOWING TIME FOR THE EXPRESSION OF TRADITIONS WILL
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IMPEL KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH."
4.  TO FURTHER THIS KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH, COMMANDS ARE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS,
AND PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT RECOGNIZE
THE DIVERSITY OF OUR AMERICAN CULTURE.  FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT
WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL/PERS00H/OBSERVANCES.HTML OR CONTACT ABEC (AW)
HENDERSON HILL AT (901) 874-4405/DSN 882, E-MAIL:
HENDERSON.HILL@NAVY.MIL.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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