168, Washington, DC 20373-5819. News stories are intended for use in Navy newspapers or other internal products. The celebration continues until Aug. 16. Hultin addressed more than 1,000 personnel and their families at an Enlisted Recognition Luncheon paying tribute to the 120,000 enlisted military members living and working in San Diego. In short, you serve America twice.
Military members serve as leaders, teachers and mentors to their peers while at sea or on shore.
Hultin said that he and America ask that Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard personnel never lose sight of their role when they are back home in the community. Each year in San Diego, military volunteers contribute more than two million hours of their personal time teaching children to read, cleaning up playgrounds, distributing food to the hungry and serving as mentors. I realize that what you do on a daily basis is serving your community in an all volunteer military. I also realize that the high operational tempo and personnel tempo place significant demands on your free time and the time you can spend with your families. ORM is a process for making disciplined informed decisions that are critical to safety in both peacetime and war.