The ceremonial Navy Hospital corps cake sits on display during the 120th Corpsmen Ball on Kadena air base, Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2018. The cutting of the cake symbolizes the passing on of traditions from the past corpsmen to the present corpsmen. Corpsmen have been an organized unit of the Medical Department since the act of congress was passed on the official Navy corpsmen birthday June 17, 1898.

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