This last period has again been one of good activity for most of the Corps seemingly at all levels. Various brigades have been either conducting  or planning Annual Musters and in my own office I have been responding to a wide and vibrant range of queries and suggestions posed that have come from all over the Corps. Please keep this coming as I value your input and ideas.

In my last report I touched on the 'ogre' of apathy, and in the ensuing weeks I have had positive, personal contact with enough marines to give me good evidence marines that we are certainly very alive; well; and definitely screaming and kicking. This is really great for us all, most especially for us on the GS, as this gives encouragement and stimulus to ensure we are moving on and ahead as an organization. Long may this continue!