R 121747Z OCT 11

ALCOAST 476/11
COMDTNOTE 1000
SUBJ: 236TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
1. THE MEN, WOMEN AND FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WISH
OUR U.S. NAVY SHIPMATES AND FAMILIES A HAPPY 236TH BIRTHDAY.
2. THE UNITED STATES NAVY HAS A PROUD TRADITION OF PROJECTING POWER
AND DIPLOMACY ON THE HIGH SEAS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO DEFEND OUR
FREEDOM.  YOU HAVE STRUCK OUR ENEMIES IN EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE,
EASED THE SUFFERING OF VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, AND EVACUATED
REFUGEES FROM REGIONS EMBROILED IN CONFLICT.
3. FROM THE VERY FOUNDING OF OUR NATION TO ONGOING JOINT OPERATIONS,
THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN HONORED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU, PROTECTING
OUR NATION FROM MARITIME THREATS.  WE ARE INTERDICTING ILLICIT DRUG
TRAFFICKERS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, COMBATING PIRACY IN THE
INDIAN OCEAN, AND PARTNERING TO ENHANCE OUR JOINT CAPABILITIES IN THE
INCREASINGLY ICE-DIMINISHED ARCTIC OCEAN.
4. IT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH THE FINEST
SHIPMATES IN THE WORLD AS WE CONTINUE TO EMPLOY COOPERATIVE SEAPOWER
TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
SEMPER PARATUS.
5. ADM BOB PAPP, COMMANDANT, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SENDS.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.