R 262125Z MAY 11

ALCOAST 270/11
COMDTNOTE 1000
SUBJ: MEMORIAL DAY 2011
1. SHIPMATES, MEMORIAL DAY IS A DAY OF REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE.
IT IS A DAY TO HONOR THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR FLAG
AND COUNTRY AND WHOSE SELFLESS SERVICE, SACRIFICE, AND ETERNAL
VIGILANCE HAVE KEPT OUR NATION SAFE, STRONG, AND VIBRANT.
2. AS COAST GUARDSMEN, WE HAVE ALWAYS SERVED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
OUR CHOSEN PROFESSION IS HAZARDOUS. OUR WORK IS DIFFICULT AND
SOMETIMES DANGEROUS. SINCE 1790, COAST GUARDSMEN HAVE SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES FIGHTING OUR NATIONS WARS, RESCUING OTHERS FROM THE
PERILS OF THE SEA, AND PERFORMING OUR MANY OTHER CHALLENGING MARITIME
MISSIONS.
3. THE NAMES OF SOME OF OUR LOST HEROES ARE ETCHED ON THE COAST GUARD
MEMORIAL IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY AND ON OTHER MEMORIALS THROUGHOUT OUR
NATION - MANY IN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO FIND THEM.
VISIT THE COAST GUARD HISTORIANS WEBSITE TO FIND THE MEMORIALS
NEAREST YOU: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HISTORY/FAQS/USCGMEMORIALS.ASP (CUT
AND PASTE INTO WEB BROWSER IN LOWERCASE). MAKE A POINT OF VISITING,
AND CONSIDER TENDING ONE OF THESE MEMORIALS - AS A UNIT OR
INDIVIDUALLY.
4. LINDA AND I, ALONG WITH MASTER CHIEF LEAVITT AND HIS WIFE, DEBORA,
WILL SPEND MEMORIAL DAY AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY HONORING OUR
FALLEN SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES AND COAST GUARDSMEN.
5. ADMIRAL BOB PAPP, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.