SECNAV VETERAN'S DAY 2006 MESSAGE

Since 11-10-06

From: Tompkins, Charles L, Civilian [mailto:Charles.L.Tompkins.CIV@msc.navy.mil]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:10 PM
Subject: SECNAV VETERAN'S DAY MESSAGE

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R 091540Z NOV 06 PSN 078424K25

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TO ALNAV ZEN/ALNAV AL ALNAV(UC)

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UNCLAS

SUBJ: SECNAV VETERAN S DAY MESSAGE FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV BT UNCLAS ALNAV 079/06

MSGID/GENADMIN/-/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC//

SUBJ/SECNAV VETERAN S DAY MESSAGE

RMKS/1. ON VETERAN S DAY, AMERICA HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN UNIFORM. IT IS A DAY THAT REMINDS US THAT A NATION S FREEDOM EXISTS ONLY AS LONG AS ITS CITIZENS ARE WILLING TO DEFEND IT.

2. THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, BRAVE AMERICANS HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO DUTY IN DEFENSE OF THIS NATION. THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN WHILE FOLLOWING THIS PATH OF HONOR WILL FOREVER LIVE AS HEROES IN THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND WE WILL ALWAYS STAND HUMBLED BY THEIR SACRIFICE. YOU WHO SERVE TODAY DO SO WILLINGLY WITH UNBOUNDED DEDICATION--STEPPING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY AS A NATION IS PROTECTED FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE IT AWAY. AMERICA S DESTINY AS A BEACON OF LIBERTY IN A TURBULENT WORLD IS BUILT ON THE COURAGE AND PATRIOTIC DEVOTION OF ALL WHO SERVE. LET US RESOLVE TO BE WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR NATION S VETERANS.

3. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

4. RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.// BT #01346

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