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An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views

An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views

An alumni with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 231 views a poster during an open house at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 8, 2019. VMA-231 celebrates their 100th year anniversary provid... More

Fort Meade Medical Department Activity Commander Col.

Fort Meade Medical Department Activity Commander Col.

Fort Meade Medical Department Activity Commander Col. James D. Burk and Hortense Britt, the oldest military and civilian nurses attending the observance, cut a cake to celebrate the 119th Army Nurse Corps Birth... More

Col. Michael Styskal, the commanding officer of 3rd

Col. Michael Styskal, the commanding officer of 3rd

Col. Michael Styskal, the commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, is presented a ceremonial battle drum from a Naval Order of the United States representative during a Battle Colors Ceremony commemorating Bo... More

Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, speaks to Marines here June 19 at the unit’s field celebration of the 113th birthday of the Navy hospital corps, which was established ... More

The U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve

The U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve

The U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command atrium is lined with Soldiers and civilians during the command's 105th anniversary celebration at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 23, 2013. Created in 1908 as ... More

Capt. Lowell Crow, executive officer of the amphibious

Capt. Lowell Crow, executive officer of the amphibious

Capt. Lowell Crow, executive officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), and Master Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Julie Grodski, Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment leading chief p... More

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, take

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, take

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, take part in a cake-cutting ceremony during a Marine Corps Birthday Ball ceremony, Nov. 10, at Camp Baharia in Fallujah, Iraq.

To celebrate the Army’s 236th Birthday, U.S. Army Maj.

To celebrate the Army’s 236th Birthday, U.S. Army Maj.

To celebrate the Army’s 236th Birthday, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Dan Allyn (middle left), commander of RC-East, and Command Sgt. Maj. Isaia Vimoto (right) are joined by the eldest soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division... More

To celebrate the Army’s 236th birthday, (from left

To celebrate the Army’s 236th birthday, (from left

To celebrate the Army’s 236th birthday, (from left to right) the eldest soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Eric Albertson, chaplain, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Dan Allyn, commander of RC-East... More

USS Green Bay action, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Green Bay action, US Navy Photogrpah

Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commanding general of First Marine Expeditionary Force and commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command, cuts a cake during a ceremony celebrating the 235th Marine Corps bi... More

Col. Ronald Newman, right, who serves as the strategic

Col. Ronald Newman, right, who serves as the strategic

Col. Ronald Newman, right, who serves as the strategic planner with the Army Materiel Command and a native of Green Valley, Ariz., and Spc. Brittany Burleigh, who serves as a Mine resistant Ambush Protected veh... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho, the U.S. Deputy

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho, the U.S. Deputy

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Patricia Horoho, the U.S. Deputy Surgeon General and 23rd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, spoke to members of Task Force MED-Afghanistan about trust during the Army Medical Department's 236th... More

Marines and sailors crowd the hallway of the 3rd Marine

Marines and sailors crowd the hallway of the 3rd Marine

Marines and sailors crowd the hallway of the 3rd Marine Division headquarters building on Camp Courtney before the start of the division’s cake-cutting ceremony Sept. 16. The division, part of III Marine Expedi... More

Oldest Marine present, Montford Point Marine Henry

Oldest Marine present, Montford Point Marine Henry

Oldest Marine present, Montford Point Marine Henry L. Jackson, passes a slice of cake to the youngest Marine present, Lance Cpl. Nicole Dickinson, during the Marine Corps birthday cake-cutting ceremony and unif... More

Staff Sgt. Jovanne Jackson, right, and Pvt. Anthony

Staff Sgt. Jovanne Jackson, right, and Pvt. Anthony

Staff Sgt. Jovanne Jackson, right, and Pvt. Anthony Stewart, left, a food service non-commissioned officer and specialist, respectively, assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, grill ... More

Army 1st Lt. Chelsea Baker, the 510th Human Resources

Army 1st Lt. Chelsea Baker, the 510th Human Resources

Army 1st Lt. Chelsea Baker, the 510th Human Resources Company, Special Troops Battalion executive officer, drives a golf ball during the STB golf tournament at The Pines golf course on Fort Eustis, June 14.

The commander of U.S. Army Alaska, Maj. Gen. Michael

The commander of U.S. Army Alaska, Maj. Gen. Michael

The commander of U.S. Army Alaska, Maj. Gen. Michael X. Garrett leads the soldiers of USARAK off post for the portion of the four-mile Army Birthday Run that followed alongside the Glen Highway of Alaska.

Lt. Cmdr. Santico Valenzuela, officer in charge of

Lt. Cmdr. Santico Valenzuela, officer in charge of

Lt. Cmdr. Santico Valenzuela, officer in charge of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, speaks during a Hispanic Heritage cake cutting ceremony held on the mess decks of the forward-deployed amphibious assault sh... More

Incoming commander Col. Raymond Murray shares cake-cutting

Incoming commander Col. Raymond Murray shares cake-cutting

Incoming commander Col. Raymond Murray shares cake-cutting moment with outgoing commander Col. (P) Danny Baldwin at their change of command ceremony in Kuwait.

Colonel Stephen Medeiros, commanding
officer of Marine

Colonel Stephen Medeiros, commanding officer of Marine

Colonel Stephen Medeiros, commanding officer of Marine Depot Maintenance Command, cuts the first slice of cake with a noncommissioned officers' sword for the oldest Marine present, Nov. 6. It is a Marine Corps ... More

Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit bow

Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit bow

Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit bow their heads in prayer during an early Marine Corps Birthday celebration on the flight deck of the USS Rushmore, Nov. 7. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of th... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Paul F. Bertholf (center), commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Paul F. Bertholf (center), commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Paul F. Bertholf (center), commanding officer, Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, passes cake to U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Joseph P. Zarba, academics officer, MCCSSS, during th... More

Clemence, 8, explains to her sister Hermine, 4, what

Clemence, 8, explains to her sister Hermine, 4, what

Clemence, 8, explains to her sister Hermine, 4, what to do during the first USMC Kids' Birthday Bash was held at Barber Physical Activity Center on Nov. 8. The gym was set up with stations where children partic... More

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, perform warm-up exercises before a battalion run here, Nov. 14, 2012. The battalion conducted a three-mile conditioning run to reiterate the imp... More

From left, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb; the Commandant

From left, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb; the Commandant

From left, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb; the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, and Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, participate in a cake-cutting ceremony at the U.S. Senate building in Washingto... More

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos (right) and former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb (left) participate in a cake-cutting ceremony at the U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2012. The... More

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines serving with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, perform warm-up exercises before a battalion run here, Nov. 14, 2012. The battalion conducted a three-mile conditioning run to reiterate the imp... More

U.S. Army Capt. Jeremy Miller, a chaplain assigned

U.S. Army Capt. Jeremy Miller, a chaplain assigned

U.S. Army Capt. Jeremy Miller, a chaplain assigned to the 39th Brigade Support Battalion, Arkansas Army National Guard gives the invocation before the National Guard Birthday Bash at Bagram Air Field, Afghanist... More

The New York Army National Guard's newest brigadier

The New York Army National Guard's newest brigadier

The New York Army National Guard's newest brigadier general, Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields (center) joins Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Smith, who enlisted in 1973, and Pvt. Shelbi Vanderbogart, who enlisted on De... More

Spc. Luz Maldonado, dressed in Desert Shield/Desert

Spc. Luz Maldonado, dressed in Desert Shield/Desert

Spc. Luz Maldonado, dressed in Desert Shield/Desert Storm uniform, discusses final preparation for celebrating the Army's 238th birthday at the U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarter... More

From left to right, Michael Woodin from The Culinary

From left to right, Michael Woodin from The Culinary

From left to right, Michael Woodin from The Culinary Institute of America, U.S. Army Pfc. Dominique Walker, an infantryman with the Honor Guard Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment(The Old Guard), Chief of Staff... More

U.S. Army Col.(P) John Thomson, deputy commander of

U.S. Army Col.(P) John Thomson, deputy commander of

U.S. Army Col.(P) John Thomson, deputy commander of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian M. Stall, senior enlisted adviser, cut a cake in celebration of the Army's 238th Birthd... More

238th Army birthday cake cutting

238th Army birthday cake cutting

From left, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Cal Christensen, the command sergeant major of the U.S. Military Academy Band, Gen. John Campbell, the vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, and Pvt. Justin Paradiso, an i... More

NCG2 change on command - A couple of men standing next to a cake

NCG2 change on command - A couple of men standing next to a cake

Capt. John Adametz and Capt. Darius Banaji cut the cake at change of command ceremony Aug. 29, 2013.

French Marine Lt. Col. Rene Debuire celebrates the

French Marine Lt. Col. Rene Debuire celebrates the

French Marine Lt. Col. Rene Debuire celebrates the Battle of Bazeilles, a widely honored battle in France's history, with U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailor... More

SOUTHCOM's Air Force element celebrates the US Air Force's 66th birthday

SOUTHCOM's Air Force element celebrates the US Air Force's 66th birthd...

At a traditional cake cutting ceremony held at U.S. Southern Command in Miami, SOUTHCOM Chief of Staff, Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Nowland, left, joins Mr. Mario Garza (U.S. Air Force Academy, Class of 1977), and... More

USSOUTHCOM's Joint Task Force-Bravo celebrates Air Force birthday

USSOUTHCOM's Joint Task Force-Bravo celebrates Air Force birthday

To celebrate the Air Force’s 66th birthday U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Wade, Joint Task Force-Bravo deputy commander, and one of 612th Air Base Wing's junior airmen, Airman 1st Class Chad Behr, 612th AB cre... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Roberto A. Salcedo, an administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Roberto A. Salcedo, an administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Roberto A. Salcedo, an administrative specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a Los Angeles native, stands as a sideboy during a tending the side ceremony Sep. 30, 2013 abo... More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors assigned to the 26th

U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors assigned to the 26th

U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), hold a cake cutting ceremony to honor the birthdays of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, in ... More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) begin a motivational run aboard Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, La., on Nov. 8, 2013. Over 500 Marines assigned to ... More

U.S. Marines prepare to present a birthday cake during

U.S. Marines prepare to present a birthday cake during

U.S. Marines prepare to present a birthday cake during a ceremonial cake cutting in honor of the 238th birthday of the Marine Corps at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Nov. 6, 2013. The U.S. Marine Corps celebra... More

A Navy corpsman rappelled 100 feet down from a UH-1N

A Navy corpsman rappelled 100 feet down from a UH-1N

A Navy corpsman rappelled 100 feet down from a UH-1N Huey helicopter to deliver the ceremonial sword to Col. Robert C. Kuckuk, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., at the station’s pa... More

The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen.

The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen.

The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., right, poses for a photo with the youngest Marine present, Pfc. Tahira Lawrence, left, and the oldest Marine present, retired Maj. George C... More

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, left, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, left, commanding general,

Brigadier Gen. Daniel Yoo, left, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), leads I MEF (Fwd) Marines and sailors on a motivational run in celebration of the 238th Marine Corps Birthday aboard ... More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) warm up on the field outside Marine Corps Support Facility before a battalion run in New Orleans, La., on Nov. 8, 2013. Over 50... More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN), Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) pass through the gates of the Marine Corps Support Facility finishing the motivation run in New Orleans, La., on Nov. 8, 2013. ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Felty, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Felty, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brian Felty, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) adjutant, reads Gen. John A. Lejeune’s birthday message during a Marine Corps birthday celebration aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the... More

The birthday cake is staged for the 238th Marine Corps

The birthday cake is staged for the 238th Marine Corps

The birthday cake is staged for the 238th Marine Corps birthday for Marines and Sailors from School of Infantry-East at the New Bern Convention Center, New Bern, N.C., November 16, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps phot... More

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors with the 22nd Marine

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors with the 22nd Marine

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps’ 238th birthday with a custom cake during a birthday ball ceremony in Wilmington, N.C., Nov. 22, 2013. Every... More

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 line up to receive cake after a ceremony to commemorate the unit's 70th anniversary in the Marine Corps at Hangar 101 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kan... More

Col. Mangelsdorf, the highest ranking officer and Staff

Col. Mangelsdorf, the highest ranking officer and Staff

Col. Mangelsdorf, the highest ranking officer and Staff Sgt. McBride, the lowest ranking soldier at the event take part in cutting the cake.

Cake cutting, US Navy Photogrpah

Cake cutting, US Navy Photogrpah

Master Chief Thomas McComas, center, the senior enlisted religious programs specialist for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the longest serving religious programs specialist present, cuts a cake as Master... More

Capt. Carlos Sardiello, executive officer of the aircraft

Capt. Carlos Sardiello, executive officer of the aircraft

Capt. Carlos Sardiello, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), addresses the crew during a cake cutting ceremony held to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Georg... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew St. Clair, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew St. Clair, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew St. Clair, commanding officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), gives a speech during a cake cutting ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Apr. 24, 2014. The ceremony was in ce... More

USS Abraham Lincoln, US Navy Photogrpah

USS Abraham Lincoln, US Navy Photogrpah

Senior Chief Petty Officer Richard Manuel, a personnel specialist, addresses Sailors aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) before a cake cutting commemorating Asian-American Pacific ... More

The Vanguard Dining Facility proudly poses with their

The Vanguard Dining Facility proudly poses with their

The Vanguard Dining Facility proudly poses with their winning creation on Trent Field after having their cake chosen in an installation-wide competition to serve as the Army's 239th Birthday cake for the 3rd In... More

Cutting the Cake. Seymour Johnson Air Force base

Cutting the Cake. Seymour Johnson Air Force base

Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Craver, 4th Fighter Wing command chief, and Airman 1st Class Lurenza Hutchison, 4th Force Support Squadron personnel specialist, cut a cake in honor of the Air Force’s 67th birthday Se... More

Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, speaks at the Pentagon

Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, speaks at the Pentagon

Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, speaks at the Pentagon during a cake cutting ceremony in anticipation of the 239th Marine Corps birthday, Nov. 5. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Larry Babilya/Released)

1st Sgt. Joseph Sorgie reads the Commandant of the

1st Sgt. Joseph Sorgie reads the Commandant of the

1st Sgt. Joseph Sorgie reads the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ annual birthday message Nov. 10 to the Marines of Battery B at the North Fuji Maneuver Area during Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-3. AR... More

Happy 240th, U.S. Army!

Happy 240th, U.S. Army!

The U.S. Army will celebrate 240 years of selfless service to the nation June 14. A list of birthday-related events at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall and the National Capital Region can be found on page 8. (Off... More

Sgt. Maj. Rowan Joseph (left), senior enlisted advisor

Sgt. Maj. Rowan Joseph (left), senior enlisted advisor

Sgt. Maj. Rowan Joseph (left), senior enlisted advisor for the 1st Cavalry Division’s operations section, and Col. Paul Mele, 1st Cav. Div. chief of staff, cut a cake during the 94th birthday celebration at the... More

Brig. Gen. John T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. John T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander,

Brig. Gen. John T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander, and Airman Hannah Hacker, 786th Force Support Squadron retentions and separations technician, cut the celebratory cake during the 68th Air Force Birthday ... More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors stand for colors

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors stand for colors

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors stand for colors during a cake cutting ceremony at the Palms Club on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 9, 2015. The cake cutting ceremony signified the U.S. Navy’s 240 years i... More

SPMAGTF-CR-AF celebrates Navy birthday

SPMAGTF-CR-AF celebrates Navy birthday

Seaman Angello Ruiz, a corpsman with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, cuts the cake during a U.S. Navy Birthday ceremony on Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Oct. 13, 2015... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, commanding general of Marine Corps Installation Command (MCICOM), speaks during a brief to the staff of MCICOM at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va.,... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington perform

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington perform

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington perform during a cake cutting ceremony at the U.S. State Department in Washington, Nov. 3, 2015. Every year, U.S. Marines celebrate the Marine Corps birthday by havi... More

The color guard marches during the Marine Corps Birthday

The color guard marches during the Marine Corps Birthday

The color guard marches during the Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Marriot Resort and Spa in Hilton Head, S.C. Nov. 6. Marines will celebrate the 240th year of the Marine Corps with birthday balls throughout ... More

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ronald

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ronald

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green reads the birthday message from the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John A. Lejeune, Nov. 9 at the Pentagon during the cake cutting ceremon... More

U.S. Navy Chaplain Capt. Ray Stewart gives the invocation

U.S. Navy Chaplain Capt. Ray Stewart gives the invocation

U.S. Navy Chaplain Capt. Ray Stewart gives the invocation during the Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Marine Corps birthday ball ceremony at the Geottege Memorial Field House, Cam... More

Members of the U.S. Marine Band perform during the

Members of the U.S. Marine Band perform during the

Members of the U.S. Marine Band perform during the Pentagon's cake cutting ceremony hosted by the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, at Arlington, Va., Nov. 9, 2015. The ceremony was he... More

Celebratory cake is shared with all those in attendance

Celebratory cake is shared with all those in attendance

Celebratory cake is shared with all those in attendance of the 240th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps at Rosenthal Theater Nov. 10 on the Henderson Hall portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. It is customa... More

Marine Corps Birthday Celebration in Tucson

Marine Corps Birthday Celebration in Tucson

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Johnston, center, poses for a snapshot with Col. Patrick Wall, commanding officer, Marine Corps instructor for the University of Arizona, and several Marines who are members o... More

LtGen Robling (retired) attends 3D MARDIV Birthday Ball

LtGen Robling (retired) attends 3D MARDIV Birthday Ball

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard Simcock II and Col. Dave Odom represent the Marines of 3rd Marine Division serving all over the Pacific during a cake cutting ceremony to commemorate the Marine Corps’ 240th ... More

U.S. Marine Crops Lt. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, deputy

U.S. Marine Crops Lt. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, deputy

U.S. Marine Crops Lt. Gen. Glenn M. Walters, deputy commandant for Programs and Resources, right, and Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Mulloy, deputy chief of Naval Operations, Integration of Capabilities and Resources, l... More

Master Sgt. Jason Annis raises the guidon in celebration

Master Sgt. Jason Annis raises the guidon in celebration

Master Sgt. Jason Annis raises the guidon in celebration as the Marines finish 240 laps around the Semper Fit track Nov. 10 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The Marines ran the laps to celeb... More

Kubasaki High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training

Kubasaki High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training

Kubasaki High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps model uniforms worn by Marines throughout history during the Marine Corps birthday pageant Nov. 10 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The narrator... More

SASEBO, Japan (Nov. 11, 2015) – Maj. Daeyong Ku passes

SASEBO, Japan (Nov. 11, 2015) – Maj. Daeyong Ku passes

SASEBO, Japan (Nov. 11, 2015) – Maj. Daeyong Ku passes a ceremonial Mameluke sword to Capt. Jeffrey Ward, commanding officer of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), to cut the ... More

A Marine Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps color

A Marine Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps color

A Marine Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps color guard presents the colors during a cake cutting ceremony at Bolden Elementary School aboard Laurel Bay Nov. 12. The ceremony is a Marine tradition performed ... More

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 14, 2016)

150612-N-MG976-015 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 14, 2016)

150612-N-MG976-015 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 14, 2016) -- Cmdr. Maurice Buford, Chaplain aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), speaks to Lincoln Sailors about Martin Luther King J... More

US COAST GUARD LASSEN Photos

US COAST GUARD LASSEN Photos

160319-N-MD297-010 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2016) Cmdr. Robert Francis, right, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), and Damage Controlman Fireman Alyssa Ma... More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2016) Cmdr. Christopher J.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2016) Cmdr. Christopher J.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2016) Cmdr. Christopher J. Gilbertson, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), addresses the crew during the ship’s celebration of the13th birthday of it... More

U.S. Marine Corps retired 1st Sgt. Harry O. Blake,

U.S. Marine Corps retired 1st Sgt. Harry O. Blake,

U.S. Marine Corps retired 1st Sgt. Harry O. Blake, Jr., delivers remarks during the 242nd Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Golden Nugget Casino Nov. 10, 2017, in Biloxi, Mississippi. More than 300 service memb... More

Covered in cake - A group of people standing around a cake

Covered in cake - A group of people standing around a cake

Army Reserve Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Greene, Command Sergeant Major, 85th Support Command, brandishes a sword covered in cake after he and the most junior enlisted soldier Erika Vahst, Human Resources Specialis... More

U.S. Navy Seaman David Parker, a hospitalman at the

U.S. Navy Seaman David Parker, a hospitalman at the

U.S. Navy Seaman David Parker, a hospitalman at the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic, lights a candle in honor and reverence of all men and women prisoners of war and missing in action from all U.S. mi... More

Kim Shipley, a station resident, left, and Joseph H.

Kim Shipley, a station resident, left, and Joseph H.

Kim Shipley, a station resident, left, and Joseph H. Jeu, director and CEO of the Defense Commissary Agency, cut the cake during the grand opening ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 21, 2... More

Marines and Sailors gather at the mess hall aboard

Marines and Sailors gather at the mess hall aboard

Marines and Sailors gather at the mess hall aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to celebrate the Navy’s birthday Oct. 13. The event commemorated the 241st birthday of the United States Navy.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 21, 2016) - U.S. Naval Hospital

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 21, 2016) - U.S. Naval Hospital

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 21, 2016) - U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka's Commanding Officer Rosemary C. Malone (right) and USNH Yokosuka Pharmacy Department Head, Lt. Cmdr. Linh Quach cut a ceremonial cake in celebrati... More

Chaplains, religious program specialists and their

Chaplains, religious program specialists and their

Chaplains, religious program specialists and their spouses celebrate the 241st Navy Chaplain Corps and 38th Religious Program Specialist birthdays at the Frontline Restaurant aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground ... More

U.S. Department of State's Observance of the Marine Corps' Birthday

U.S. Department of State's Observance of the Marine Corps' Birthday

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks during the U.S. Department of State's observance of the Marine Corps' birthday, at the Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2016. The c... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, center, and Col. Phillip W. Boggs, senior Marine officer assigned to the U.S. Department of State, stand at the position of attention during the U.S. Depart... More

U.S. Marines celebrate the Marines Corps’ 241st birthday

U.S. Marines celebrate the Marines Corps’ 241st birthday

U.S. Marines celebrate the Marines Corps’ 241st birthday alongside the Norwegian Army during a cake cutting ceremony in Setermoen, Norway, 5 Nov., 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michelle Reif.)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joshua Strand, defense systems

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joshua Strand, defense systems

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Joshua Strand, defense systems analyst, Programs and Resources (P&R), delivers a prayer during the P&R cake cutting ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Nov. 08, 2016. The ceremony w... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, left, shakes hands with retired Staff Sgt. Charles G. Manuel, Jr., before a cake cutting ceremony in observance of the Marine Corps’ birthday, Arlington, Va... More

Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&S BN) Commander

Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&S BN) Commander

Headquarters and Service Battalion (H&S BN) Commander Col. Todd Oneto speaks to residents of Heatherwood Retirement Home during a H&S BN Veterans Day visit and celebration in Burke, Va., Nov. 10, 2016. H&S BN's... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B.

Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B.

Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller, right, speaks to Betty Sims, 97, oldest Marine present at the CMC Birthday Ball, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxen Hill, Md., N... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington present

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington present

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington present colors during the House Cake Cutting Ceremony, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2016. The cake cutting ceremony was held to honor and celebrate the Marine Corps’ 2... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington stand

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington stand

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington stand at ease before the Senate Cake Cutting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2016. The ceremony was held to honor and celebrate the Marine Corps’ 241st birthday... More

LATHAM, N.Y. – Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, assistant

LATHAM, N.Y. – Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, assistant

LATHAM, N.Y. – Brig. Gen. Raymond Shields, assistant adjutant general, Army, of New York (far right) joins the oldest and newest members of the New York National Guard to cut a cake in celebration of the Nation... More

170127-N-WF272-059 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 27, 2017) Logistics

170127-N-WF272-059 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 27, 2017) Logistics

170127-N-WF272-059 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 27, 2017) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Saskia France, from Brooklyn, N.Y., speaks to the Sailors during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on the mess decks of amp... More

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 5, 2017) Amphibious

170305-N-FM530-013 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 5, 2017) Amphibious

170305-N-FM530-013 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Mar. 5, 2017) Amphibious transport dock ship, USS Mesa Verde's (LPD 19) Bos'n, Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) 2 Summer Levert cuts a cake at a black history ceremony. CWO2 Levert... More

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