On Duty: November 4 – November 10
Marine Staff Sergeant Garival Perez, Marine Corps Detachment, High Speed Vessel 2 (HSV-2) Swift, greets his father, Eleodoro Perez on Swift’s ramp, Nov. 6, 2011. Swift is deploying on Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2012. SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.
SFC Alan B. Owens, USA
Sergeant Major J. B. Edwards Jr., Sergeant Major, 8th Marine Corps District, looks over the district color guard prior to the kick off of the Seattle Seahawks vs. Dallas Cowboys game at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas, Nov. 6, 2011.
LCpl Alfredo V. Ferrer
Cpl Matthew L. E. Doyle, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 community relations coordinator, escorts Machiko Hamamoto, Honorary Marine recipient, during an award ceremony at the Strike Fighter Squadron 94 hangar, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 8, 2011.
LCpl Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.
Marines and sailors with the Second Marine Logistics Group hit the pavement during the 2dMLG Marine Corps Birthday run aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 8, 2011. The run was in honor of the Corps’ 236th birthday and was followed by a traditional cake-cutting ceremony at Soifert Field.
PFC Franklin E. Mercado
Colonel Richard W. Fullerton, chief of staff, 2dMLG, cuts a cake during a cake-cutting ceremony at Soifert Field aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 8, 2011. The 2dMLG also took “PT Road” for a motivational run in honor of the Marine Corps’ 236th Birthday.
PFC Franklin E. Mercado
(From the right) Marines dressed in uniforms the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and Boxer Rebellion stand at parade rest during the 236th Marine Corps Birthday Cake-cutting Ceremony and Historical Uniform Pageant in front of the Christian F. Schilt building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 8, 2011.
LCpl Cory D. Polom
A joint service color guard representing Marines, Coast Guardsmen, soldiers, airmen, and sailors appeared at The Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard & Airmens’ Club’s Salute our Veterans ceremony in Times Square in New York, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2011.
Sgt Randall A. Clinton
Marines participate in the Annual Marine Corps Birthday Run from the Pentagon to the Marine Corps War Memorial, Nov. 10, 2011.
LCpl Cody A. Fodale
Sergeant Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor, and Sergeant Major Micheal P. Barrett, the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, at the Marine Corps War Memorial during the Annual Marine Corps Birthday Run, Nov. 10, 2011.
LCpl Cody A. Fodale
General James F. Amos, the 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Medal of Honor Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer and SgtMaj Micheal P. Barrett, the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, with the Washington-based Marines after the annual Marine Corps Birthday run from the Pentagon to the Marine Corps War Memorial, Nov. 10, 2011.
LCpl Cody A. Fodale
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