We have opened a blog on the Web Site which we welcome your comments on this Day and especially those who may have been there. YOU are our living history; keep this Day alive in the memories of ALL!

I want to say again how grateful I am for the opportunity to serve the Order as we do the many things to honor and respect the Naval Heritage that you and our predecessors have put in place. Each of you, along with your families, own a piece of that Heritage. Each of the deployments you were a part of, decisions you made, crew members you trained, and families you raised all had effects on lives you may have not seen or realized. Your actions, professional and personal, influenced others and should be remembered (yes even the liberty stories).

It is now our mission in the Naval Order to preserve the Light of Freedom for our comrades and friends to pass on the efforts and experiences that must be known and understood so we do not have to 're-learn' those lessons learned in blood. I ask each of you to continue to honor those who you have served with and record those lessons wherever and however possible.

Please join me in wishing a grateful and Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps! It was on November 10, 1775, when Congress voted to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps.