Marines with Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) cake detail stand at parade rest as a Capt. recites the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. John A. Lejeune’s birthday message during MCIA’s 241st Marine Corps birthday ball ceremony at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center in Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 10, 2016. The Continental Marines were established on this date in 1775, and the United States Marine Corps celebrates every year with a traditional birthday ball and cake-cutting ceremony.

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