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SUBJ/NAVAL ENGINEERING ANNIVERSARY//

RMKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NAVAL FACILITIES 
ENGINEERING COMMAND, THE CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS AND SEABEES EVERYWHERE AS WE 
CELEBRATE ON MARCH 5TH, THE 174TH BIRTHDAY OF NAVFAC, THE 149TH BIRTHDAY OF 
OUR CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS, AND THE 74TH BIRTHDAY OF THE SEABEES.

2.  THE UNIQUE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES YOU BRING TO BEAR IN SUPPORT OF OUR 
NAVY AND THE NATION HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEY ARE NOW.  
THROUGH YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND SACRIFICES, YOU BUILD ON YOUR PROUD HISTORY, 
MEETING TODAY'S DIVERSE AND DEMANDING MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD.  YOU 
EXEMPLIFY THE NAVY CORE VALUES OF HONOR, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT.  YOU LIVE 
LIVES DEFINED BY INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, INITIATIVE AND TOUGHNESS.

3.  TO OUR "CAN DO" DEPLOYED SEABEES, WE KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES IN OUR 
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SAFE RETURN HOME.  I LOOK 
FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGES WE WILL FACE TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.  YOUR 
SHIPMATES AND COUNTRY ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

4.  ADM J. M. RICHARDSON, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.//

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