Food service specialist Marines gather to review the dishes being served during the Navy’s 243rd birthday celebration, at Phelps Chow Hall, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 11, 2018. Founded on Oct. 13, 1775, the Continental Navy was created by Congress to defend and protect American coastal communities and colonies from British attacks, and to disrupt British communications.

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