GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 10, 2016) Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Piech, an infantry platoon commander with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads Gen. Lejeune's birthday message during the 241st Marine Corps birthday cake cutting ceremony held aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Nov. 10, 2016. 22nd MEU, deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is maintaining regional security in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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