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SUBJ/2019 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY THANKSGIVING MESSAGE//

RMKS/1.  Dear Fellow Sailors, Marines, Civilians, and our Naval Families.  Of 
the many blessings our nation has received in over two hundred and forty-
three years of existence, one that demonstrates perhaps the most profound 
providence is how the American people, of every background and origin, have 
risen together to prevail when faced with existential dangers.  This is the 
legacy of our Navy and Marine Corps team -- a team that over the course of 
history has assembled from every part of our nation when it was most needed 
to defend freedom and preserve our republic.

2.  As you gather with your families to give Thanksgiving this year, please 
accept my sincerest thanks for your dedicated service.  I also ask that you 
think of your shipmates who are deployed and unable to do the same because 
duty has called them to be away from home this year.  For those deployed, 
know that our thoughts, prayers, and eternal thanks are for you.

3.  Let us also use this Thanksgiving as an opportunity to celebrate our 
shared memory as a nation, and as one naval family.  It is a memory of 
extraordinary courage and sacrifice that throughout our history forged a 
common understanding of what is good about this country.  Our purpose this 
day is to elevate above the noise of divisiveness and to be thankful for our 
unity, to rise above our historical flaws and to be grateful for our 
demonstrated ability to correct them, and to join together in deep 
appreciation for the examples of patriotism, bravery, and humility of those 
who proceeded us in service, and who made this day possible for each of us.  
Happy Thanksgiving.  Go Navy.  And, of course, as always, BEAT ARMY!

4.  Released by the Honorable Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the 
Navy.//

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