R 131525Z OCT 09

ALCOAST 596/09
COMDTNOTE 1000
SUBJ: 234TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
1. THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE COAST GUARD SALUTE THE UNITED STATES
NAVYS 234TH BIRTHDAY.
2. SINCE OCTOBER 13, 1775, THE UNITED STATES NAVY HAS PROTECTED THE
NATIONS MARITIME INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE MODERN NAVY
CONDUCTS ITS MISSIONS WITH DEDICATION AND EXTRAORDINARY
PROFESSIONALISM. EVERY DAY, THE NAVY FIGHTS PIRACY, DRUG
TRAFFICKING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
AND DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN AID AROUND THE WORLD. YOUR HONOR,
COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT WERE EVIDENT DURING YOUR MOST RECENT
HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT TO THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.
3. THE COAST GUARD AND NAVY SHARE A STRONG MARITIME HERITAGE AS
WORLD LEADERS IN MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY. WORKING TOGETHER IN
NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS, WE ARE BREATHING LIFE INTO THE COOPERATIVE
STRATEGY FOR 21ST CENTURY SEAPOWER. WE ARE PROTECTING CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE BASRA OIL TERMINAL OFF IRAQ'S COAST AND
RECENTLY THE USS CROMMELIN DEPLOYED WITH A COAST GUARD LEDET TO
PREVENT ILLEGAL FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC. COAST GUARD
MEDICAL PERSONNEL JOINED USNS MERCY ON ITS HUMANITARIAN DEPLOYMENT
TO THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA. THE MERCY PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE
TO IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND
AS A RESULT, OVER 100,000 PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR A VARIETY OF
ILLNESSES. AS PARTNERS, WE ARE IMPROVING MARITIME SAFETY, SECURITY
AND GOVERNANCE AROUND THE GLOBE.
4. LAST WEEKS GATHERING OF NAVY AND COAST GUARD SERVICE CHIEFS IN
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL SEAPOWER SYMPOSIUM WAS
AN EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS AND TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF OUR STRATEGY
AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS. IT IS A DISTINCT HONOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR
FREEDOMS, AND TO SERVE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAVY. SEMPER PARATUS.
6. ADM T.W. ALLEN, COMMANDANT, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SENDS.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.