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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES!

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Zachary Ybarra, adjutant, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), hands the oldest Marine, Master Sgt. Jeremy Olderding, a piece of the birthday cake Friday, Nov. 5, during the VMFAT-501’s cake-cutting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina. The cake-cutting is a long-standing tradition where Marines worldwide celebrate the birth of the United States Marine Corps. Photos by Lance Cpl. Julia Cochrane, USMC.