Pfc. Joshua Deane, a motor transport operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron-371, takes a bite out of the ceremonial cake as the youngest Marine present during the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma uniform pageant and cake cutting ceremony, Nov. 7. The cake was cut with a ceremonial cutlass by Col. Robert C. Kuckuk, the commanding officer of MCAS Yuma. The cake cutting ceremony includes the oldest and youngest Marine to symbolize the linking our past with the present and welcoming the future of the Marine Corps. File MCAS Yuma Marines celebrate 238 years of Corps' history 131107-M-HL954-878

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