Lt. Col. Tase Bailey III, executive officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, serves a birthday cake in celebration of the 243rd Marine Corps birthday at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Nov. 10, 2018. Every year on Nov. 10, Marines around the globe pause to commemorate the birth of the Marine Corps in 1775.

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