Arleigh A. Miller (hereinafter Plaintiff) filed suit in October, 2001, against Donald H. Rumsfeld (hereinafter Defendant) in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense and Operator of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) by whom Plaintiff was employed. Plaintiff asserts that she was discriminated against on the basis of age and retaliated against for asserting her age discrimination claim in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (“ADEA”). In March, 2003, Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment which the district court granted in October, 2003, by a ten page memorandum opinion and order. Plaintiff timely filed this appeal.

We have carefully examined the briefs, the record excerpts and relevant portions of the record itself. For the reasons stated by the district court in its memorandum opinion and order filed on October 14, 2003, we affirm the final judgment entered by the district court in favor of Defendant entered on October 14, 2003.

AFFIRMED.