GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 10, 2016) Navy Cmdr. Ethan Rule, right, gives a speech in the turntable of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) to Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during a cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 241st Marine Corps birthday, 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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