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Submarine Centennial: 100 Years - From the Depths - SEAPOWER
Message from the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy
 
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FROM: FIRST SEA LORD ADMIRAL SIR MICHAEL BOYCE
TO: CNO WASHINGTON DC
COMNAVSEASYSCOM WASHINGTON DC
COMSUBLANT NORFOLK VA
COMSUBPAC PEARL HARBOR HI
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PERSONAL FROM THE FIRST SEA LORD ADMIRAL SIR MICHAEL BOYCE
SUBJ.: UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE FORCE CENTENNIAL, 1900-2000
1. THIS WEEK THE ROYAL NAVY SALUTES THE UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE FORCE ON REACHING ONE HUNDRED MAGNIFICENT AND HISTORIC YEARS OF BRAVE, AND TECHNOLOGICALLY INNOVATIVE SUBMARINE OPERATIONS. YOUR FIRST CENTURY HAS INCLUDED YOUR VITAL ROLE IN WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC, YOUR SUPERB LEADERSHIP IN THE COLD WAR, AND MANY ACTS OF UNFLINCHING BRAVERY AND HUMAN SACRIFICE BY YOUR PEOPLE - AN ENORMOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
2. FURTHERMORE, IT IS AT TIMES LIKE THESE WE MUST REMEMBER THE HUMAN FOUNDATIONS UPON WHICH THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BUILT AND I SALUTE THOSE [QUOTE] "STILL ON PATROL" [UNQUOTE]. THE U.S. SUBMARINE SERVICE IS THE MANIFESTATION OF THOMAS JEFFERSONS WORDS [QUOTE] "THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF THE PATRIOT" [UNQUOTE].
3. MANY CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY IN THE NUCLEAR ERA AND, AS WE BOTH EMBARK ON A NEW MILLENNIUM FULL OF EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE AND CO-OPERATION,
4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SIR MICHAEL BOYCE

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