MCL Det 066 Award
- December 22, 2015
- / E. Rouse, PAO
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It
is my happy duty as PAO officer to report that the Corporal
J.R. Spears Detachment 066 of the Marine Corps League will be awarded the George
Washington Honor Medal (National
Award) for the Heroes Among Us program. The awards ceremony
will be held here in Pensacola sometime in January of 2016.
This prestigious honor
reflects the dignity, enthusiasm and commitment to excellence that Marines have
exemplified in the performance of their duties as members of the League, in
support of this worthy program. In addition, this award reflects the common
dignity of the citizens of Pensacola, for without wide citizen support it would
not be possible to have such a series. That dignity and decency is one of
the reasons I chose to make my home here in Pensacola.
In recognition of this
award let us rededicate ourselves to making the Heroes
Among Us the
flagship series that permits our comrades in arms to remind their fellow
citizens that our freedoms rests upon sacrifice.