Marine Corps Capt. Keith Elliot, an adjutant and manpower officer with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, reads Gen. John A. Lejeune's birthday message at a ball ceremony celebrating the Marine Corps' 247th Birthday at the Smedley D. Butler Officer's Club aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 19, 2022. This is the first time that the integrated Task Force 76/3 celebrated the Marine Corps' birthday along-side the Sailors of 7th Fleet to build camaraderie within the unit.

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