U.S. MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE – 10 NOVEMBER 2000
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SUBJ/U.S. MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE – 10 NOVEMBER 2000//
POC/CPL WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/TEL:(703)614-2326
/EMAIL:WOODSJP@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. TODAY, AROUND THE WORLD, IN GATHERINGS LARGE AND SMALL,
MARINES WILL ASSEMBLE, AS THEY HAVE FOR TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS, TO HONOR BOTH OUR HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE
PRECEDED US. IT IS FITTING THAT WE DO SO, FOR IT IS OUR PROFOUND
RESPECT FOR OUR TRADITIONS AND REVERENCE OF OUR HERITAGE THAT
DISTINGUISHES US AS A CORPS OF MARINES. THIS YEAR IS ESPECIALLY
MEANINGFUL. FIFTY YEARS AGO, THE FREE NATIONS OF THE WORLD UNITED
TO STEM AGGRESSION IN KOREA; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, THE LONG WAR IN
VIETNAM DREW TO A CLOSE; AND A SHORT DECADE AGO, AMERICA AND HER
ALLIES LIBERATED KUWAIT. THE THREAD LINKING THESE DISPARATE
CONFLICTS IS THE CORPS ITSELF, AND OUR PERFORMANCE ON THESE DISTANT
BATTLEFIELDS ADDED NEW DEFINITION TO OUR CHARACTER WHILE CEMENTING
OUR PRIVILEGED PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN.
2. JUST AS THE VALOR OF MARINES ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF KOREA,
VIETNAM, AND KUWAIT CONTRIBUTED UNIQUELY TO OUR LEGACY, SO, TOO, DO
OUR ACTIONS TODAY. WE CONTINUE TO WRITE OUR HISTORY, WHETHER
CONDUCTING CRITICAL OPERATIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT OR
DILIGENTLY ATTENDING TO THE EQUALLY IMPORTANT, BUT UNHERALDED WORK
OF TAKING CARE OF MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ARE, IN FACT,
STEWARDS OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. WE, THEREFORE, MUST REMAIN
MINDFUL THAT OUR ACTIONS TODAY–GUIDED BY THE LESSONS OF
YESTERDAY–WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE CORPS TOMORROW.
3. AS THE CORPS–A FAMILY IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD–PAUSES TO
CELEBRATE OUR TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY, IT IS PROPER
THAT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE AND THE WORK WE DO. WE ARE
UNITED STATES MARINES AND FOR TWO AND A QUARTER CENTURIES WE HAVE
DEFINED THE STANDARDS OF COURAGE, ESPRIT, AND MILITARY PROWESS. ON
THIS OCCASION, WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT A GRATEFUL NATION
CHERISHES OUR SERVICE AND JOINS US IN CELEBRATION.
4. THE SPIRIT OF THE MARINES OF KOREA, VIETNAM, AND KUWAIT STILL
ANIMATES THOSE WHO WEAR THE EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR TODAY. THEIR
VOICES AND THOSE OF ALL OUR PREDECESSORS JOIN IN A FAMILIAR CHORUS
AND EXHORT US TO UPHOLD OUR STANDARDS AND HONOR OUR LEGACY. THIS WE
WILL DO, FOR WE HAVE LEARNED WELL THE LESSONS OF OUR PAST AND KNOW
THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VIGILANCE, STRENGTH, AND RESOLVE.
OUR NATION AND THE MARINES OF TOMORROW CAN DEPEND ON THAT
COMMITMENT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//CMC//
TO ALMAR
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UNCLAS //N05000//
ALMAR 038/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/U.S. MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY MESSAGE – 10 NOVEMBER 2000//
POC/CPL WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/TEL:(703)614-2326
/EMAIL:WOODSJP@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. TODAY, AROUND THE WORLD, IN GATHERINGS LARGE AND SMALL,
MARINES WILL ASSEMBLE, AS THEY HAVE FOR TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS, TO HONOR BOTH OUR HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE
PRECEDED US. IT IS FITTING THAT WE DO SO, FOR IT IS OUR PROFOUND
RESPECT FOR OUR TRADITIONS AND REVERENCE OF OUR HERITAGE THAT
DISTINGUISHES US AS A CORPS OF MARINES. THIS YEAR IS ESPECIALLY
MEANINGFUL. FIFTY YEARS AGO, THE FREE NATIONS OF THE WORLD UNITED
TO STEM AGGRESSION IN KOREA; TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, THE LONG WAR IN
VIETNAM DREW TO A CLOSE; AND A SHORT DECADE AGO, AMERICA AND HER
ALLIES LIBERATED KUWAIT. THE THREAD LINKING THESE DISPARATE
CONFLICTS IS THE CORPS ITSELF, AND OUR PERFORMANCE ON THESE DISTANT
BATTLEFIELDS ADDED NEW DEFINITION TO OUR CHARACTER WHILE CEMENTING
OUR PRIVILEGED PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN.
2. JUST AS THE VALOR OF MARINES ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF KOREA,
VIETNAM, AND KUWAIT CONTRIBUTED UNIQUELY TO OUR LEGACY, SO, TOO, DO
OUR ACTIONS TODAY. WE CONTINUE TO WRITE OUR HISTORY, WHETHER
CONDUCTING CRITICAL OPERATIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT OR
DILIGENTLY ATTENDING TO THE EQUALLY IMPORTANT, BUT UNHERALDED WORK
OF TAKING CARE OF MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE ARE, IN FACT,
STEWARDS OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. WE, THEREFORE, MUST REMAIN
MINDFUL THAT OUR ACTIONS TODAY–GUIDED BY THE LESSONS OF
YESTERDAY–WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF THE CORPS TOMORROW.
3. AS THE CORPS–A FAMILY IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD–PAUSES TO
CELEBRATE OUR TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY, IT IS PROPER
THAT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE AND THE WORK WE DO. WE ARE
UNITED STATES MARINES AND FOR TWO AND A QUARTER CENTURIES WE HAVE
DEFINED THE STANDARDS OF COURAGE, ESPRIT, AND MILITARY PROWESS. ON
THIS OCCASION, WE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT A GRATEFUL NATION
CHERISHES OUR SERVICE AND JOINS US IN CELEBRATION.
4. THE SPIRIT OF THE MARINES OF KOREA, VIETNAM, AND KUWAIT STILL
ANIMATES THOSE WHO WEAR THE EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR TODAY. THEIR
VOICES AND THOSE OF ALL OUR PREDECESSORS JOIN IN A FAMILIAR CHORUS
AND EXHORT US TO UPHOLD OUR STANDARDS AND HONOR OUR LEGACY. THIS WE
WILL DO, FOR WE HAVE LEARNED WELL THE LESSONS OF OUR PAST AND KNOW
THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VIGILANCE, STRENGTH, AND RESOLVE.
OUR NATION AND THE MARINES OF TOMORROW CAN DEPEND ON THAT
COMMITMENT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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