GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 10, 2016) Navy Cmdr. Ethan Rule, left, the guest of honor, speaks to Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as they celebrate the 241st Marine Corps birthday cake cutting ceremony 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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