First Sergeant Frank B. Kammer, a Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, eats the first piece of cake during a cake-cutting ceremony held in celebration of the Marine Corps’ 241st birthday at Morón Air Base, Spain, Nov. 10, 2016. A time-honored tradition, the birthday celebration embodies esprit de corps and the proud history of those before us who exemplified the Marine Corps warfighting ethos.

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