MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 1281602-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 071602Z MAY 08 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00// TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 125/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/MAY// SUBJ/MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. ON MAY 9, 2008 WE WILL OBSERVE MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY. IT IS A DAY THAT HONORS THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO PROUDLY SERVE BESIDE US AT HOME AND ABROAD. THEY ARE SO VITAL TO OUR INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES AND THE OVERALL READINESS OF OUR NAVY. 2. OUR NAVY ENSURES THE SECURITY, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY OF OUR COUNTRY. WHILE IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR NAVY AND NATION, WE COULD NOT DO SO WITHOUT THE STEADY SUPPORT OF OUR SPOUSES. WE CAN BE OUT AND ABOUT FOCUSED ON THE MISSION BEFORE US, BECAUSE OF THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR SPOUSES. 3. OUR STRENGTH IS OUR PEOPLE. YOUR MOTIVATION, INNOVATION, AND COMPETENCE ALLOW THE NAVY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS THAT ROUTINELY EXCEEDS IMAGINATION. BUT JUST AS OUR SAILORS ARE THE STRENGTH OF OUR NAVY, OUR SPOUSES AND THE LOVE, SUPPORT, AND UNDERSTANDING THEY GIVE IS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR OUR SAILORS. 4. ALTHOUGH WORDS CANNOT ADEQUATELY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION, I URGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO TAKE TIME EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY, TO HONOR AND THANK THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE US AND ENABLE US TO DO WHAT WE DO. 5. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.// BT #0000 NNNN