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Marines gather to celebrate the 238th Marine Corps Birthday during the Joint Daytime Ceremony at Liversedge Field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Nov. 6. The event included a cake cutting ceremony and Marines dressed in authentic uniforms from each era to symbolize every major conflict since 1775.
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arine Corps Base Camp Lejeune celebrated the 238th Marine Corps birthday with the time honored tradition of the Joint Daytime Ceremony at Liversedge Field aboard base, Nov. 6. The Joint Daytime Ceremony honored Marines from past
and present wars, but also pays tribute to the combined service cooperation aboard the base. “As the son of a former Marine and a former Marine myself, the Joint Daytime Ceremony provides us all a great time to pause and reflect on the proud history of the Marine Corps,” said John Sollis, director of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Community Services. “It reminds us of the obligations we swore to uphold.” Marines know there are expectations because they signed up to be a part of something
higher, and the ceremony exemplifies what the expectations are, Sollis added. After each unit present was recognized, pageant Marines marched out onto the field donned in authentic uniforms from each era, to symbolize every major conflict since 1775. Following the pageant, Brig. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, commanding general of Camp Lejeune, presented the first piece of cake to Master Gunnery Sgt. Jerry Morris, battalion maintenance chief with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Bat-
talion, 2nd Marine Division, during a traditional cake cutting ceremony. Morris was born in 1960. Morris then presented a piece to the youngest Marine in attendance, Pfc. Austin J. Hawk, a student with Marine Corps Engineer School. Hawk was born in 1996. The passing of the birthday cake from the oldest to youngest Marine signifies the passing of traditions and knowledge from one generation to the next. The ceremony concluded with the playing of Taps and the Marines marching off the field.
“The ceremony is the one time of each year the Marines can take stock in their legacy and reaffirm their commitment to carry on the legacy spelled out,” Castellvi. “For me, the special part of today was the playing of Taps. It honors the Marines who have come before us and paid the ultimate price, but we are here to carry on their legacy.” Castellvi added it’s important for the Marines to learn they can’t know where they’re going, until they realize where the Marine Corps has come from.
Division Marines celebrate 238 years of tradition STAFF SGT. STEVE CUSHMAN AND LANCE CPL. MICHAEL DYE 2nd Marine Division
On Nov.10, 1775, during the midst of the revolutionary war, the Continental Congress resolved that two battalions of Marines be raised for service as landing forces with the fleet. Two hundred and thirty-eight years later Marines still serve with distinction aboard naval vessels and around the globe. Marines around the world, whether deployed or in garrison, gather each November to celebrate the founding of the Corps and to remember those they have served with and those who have given the ultimate measure of service in defense of the nation. The staff noncommissioned officers and officers of the 2nd Marine Division celebrated the 238th Marine Corps birthday Nov. 7 at the Goettge Field House aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. “I believe the Marine Corps birthday celebration is one of the most important traditions the Corps has,” said Sgt. Maj. Bryan Zickefoose, the 2nd Marine Division sergeant major. “It is a time to rededicate ourselves to the Corps, tell our story, talk about our past and future and remember our fallen.” Marines are fiercely proud of the history of the Marine Corps, and the traditions involved with the Marine Corps birthday demonstrate the loyalty Marines have to each
other and the institution of the Corps. “Marine Corps birthday celebrations are about our history and future, rededicating our force in readiness and building a team that can fight at any time or place,” Zickefoose said. “And most of all, to remember those that have come before, that survived hard times or have paid with their own souls to make our Corps the finest fighting force this country will ever see.” While the Marines at Camp Lejeune will wear their dress uniforms and observe the pomp and ceremony involved in the tradition of the Marine Corps birthday celebration, many Marines celebrate the birth of the Corps no matter where they are in the world. Zickefoose, who has observed more than 30 anniversaries of the birth of the Corps, said, the most memorable ones were when he was deployed. Cutting a cake with a knife in austere conditions and bringing it to Marines on post in Fallujah, Iraq or in Afghanistan is a fitting, present-day tribute to past warriors. The camaraderie built during a birthday celebration, no matter the location, is one of the most important aspects of the event. Zickefoose said his favorite part of the celebration is, “Talking to and enjoying time with our young Marines and sailors and hearing about their experiences. It is a time to relax and build a team that makes a better fighting force.”
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Gen. John M. Paxton, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps (left), is presented gifts from Brig Gen. James W. Lukeman, the 2nd Marine Division commanding general and Sgt. Maj. Bryan Zickfoose, the 2nd Marine Division sergeant major, on behalf of the officers and staff noncommissioned officers of the 2nd Marine Division during the division’s celebration of the 238th birthday of the Marine Corps, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Nov. 7.
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