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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), delivers his holiday message alongside his wife Becky Cederholm at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2021. Second MAW is the aviation combat element of the II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt Servante R. Coba)

For 246 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has served and defended the American people and their way of life. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, has shared in that responsibility for 80 of those years. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point, would like to wish all Marines a happy birthday and remind them to celebrate our Corps’ history, and strive to become better Marines each and every day.

For 246 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has served and defended the American people and their way of life. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, has shared in that responsibility for 80 of those years. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mikel Huber, commanding officer of MCAS Cherry Point, would like to wish all Marines a happy birthday and remind them to celebrate our Corps’ history, and strive to become better Marines each and every day.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Roger B. Turner, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), delivers a birthday message to the Marines of 1st MARDIV in honor of the Marine Corps’ 246th birthday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 28, 2021. The Marine Corps birthday is celebrated annually on November 10th by U.S. Marines around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Cedar Barnes)

On November 10, 2021 U.S. Marines around the globe celebrate a 246-year legacy of battlefield prowess defined by courage, discipline, loyalty, perseverance, adaptability, leadership, and warfighting innovation. The annual birthday message delivered by the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy Black acknowledges the generation of Marines who joined after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, who later served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and who now approach their retirement milestone. It also highlights the culture of innovation being cultivated by Marine leaders to enable the Marine Corps to remain America’s force in readiness—prepared to fight and win in every clime and place.

Maj. Gen. Bradley S. James and Sgt. Maj. Matthew J. Fouss, commander and sergeant major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces - Korea, deliver a 246th Marine Corps birthday message to MARFORK Marines and their families at U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys, Republic of Korea, Oct. 25, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ash McLaughlin)

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William J. Bowers, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC), and Sgt. Maj. Joy Kitashima, sergeant major of MCIPAC, explain MCIPAC's mission and priorities and provide a brief message to the off-going and oncoming commanders for Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, June 11, 2021. Maj. Gen. Edward Banta relinquished command of MCICOM to Brig. Gen. Daniel B. Conley on July 8, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Marine Corps Installations Pacific)