Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey J. Ross, the command chaplain for Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, gives the invocation for a cake-cutting ceremony celebrating 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 esteemed history of those before us who exemplified the Marine Corps warfighting ethos.

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