U.S. Marine Corps 238th Birthday

U.S. Marines, with Headquarters Battalion (HQBN) Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), retire the cake for the duration of the HQBN, MARFORRES cake cutting ceremony aboard Marine Forces Reserve Support Facility, New Orleans, La., on Nov. 8, 2013. Over 500 Marines assigned to HQBN, MARFORRES participate in the annual cake cutting ceremony. The cake cutting ceremony is a long-standing tradition in celebrating the Birth date of the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Schlueter, MARFORRES Combat Camera)