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The United States Marine Corps Birthday is an American holiday celebrated every year on 10 November with a traditional ball and cake-cutting ceremony. On that day in 1775, the Continental Marines were established.
Each year, most commands sponsor a birthday ball of some sort, complete with a pageant and cake ceremony as prescribed in the Marine Corps Manual. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island held a ...
Major General Clayton Vogel cuts a piece of cake at the Marine Corps Birthday celebration in San Diego, 1943. From the Clayton Vogel Collection (COLL/1112) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH: Source: Clayton Vogel Cuts Cake on Marine Corps Birthday, 1943: Author: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA
The culture of the United States Marine Corps is widely varied but unique amongst the branches of the United States Armed Forces. [1] Because members of the Marine Corps are drawn from across the United States (and resident aliens from other nations), [2] it is as varied as each individual Marine but tied together with core values and traditions passed from generation to generation of Marines.
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations [11] through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
United States Marine Band; United States Marine Corps Color Guard; United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon; United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps; United States Naval Academy Band; United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps; United States Naval Academy Pipes and Drums; United States Navy Band; United States Navy Ceremonial Guard
Each year, NLUS hosts a ball and ceremony in the Washington, D.C., capital region. The Chief of Naval Operations sends out invites to a wide variety of officials and officers such as the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the former CNO.
A saber arch at the wedding of a US Army officer and his bride. A saber arch is a wedding tradition in which sabers or swords are used to salute a newly married couple. The bride and groom pass under an honorary arch of sabers, typically when exiting the building in which the wedding ceremony took place.