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U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, attend a Dine-Out in San Diego, Calif., March 22, 2024. The Dine-Out was a family event held on a cruise ship in San Diego Bay to increase esprit de corps and unit morale. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ryan H. Pulliam)

U.S. Marines, Sailors, and their families of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, attended a dining out at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, March 10, 2023. The dining out was a family event held with the units' adopted city, Yorba Linda, to increase esprit de corps and unit morale. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ryan H. Pulliam)

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines and sailors attached to Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji partake in a traditional U.S. Marine Corps Mess Night to share and cherish Corps values and traditions on Camp Fuji, Japan, July 22, 2019. The mess night was put together to build a stronger alliance through a U.S. Marine Corps tradition. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Sarah Marshall)

Marines with the Deployment Processing Command, Reserve Support Unit-East, conducted a mess night aboard the USS North Carolina, May 1, 2015. The mess night, which is an integral part of the Marine Corps heritage, was intended to promote unit cohesion and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. In times past, the mess served three functions. It was the home for bachelor officers or enlisted Marines, a club for the married ones and the center of social life of a post or station. The formality of the mess night reflects the same spirit of dignity that was practiced by U.S. Armed Forces dating back to pre-World War I days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo and video by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Package of the continuing tradition of Marine Corps Mess Night held at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price.

Package of the continuing tradition of Marine Corps Mess Night held at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jayson Price.