Capt. Jameel Ali reads Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune's birthday message during the Marine Corps birthday cake cutting Nov. 10 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. On Nov. 1, 1921, Lejeune, 13th commandant of the Marine Corps, directed that a reminder of the honorable service of the Corps be read by every command on the Marine Corps birthday. Ali is a distribution management officer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler.

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