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Tag: Marine Corps Birthday

The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon is assembled in a line, with various positions of a wave of rifle flips going down the line

Nov. 13, 2023

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Can the birth of the Marine Corps be tied to the history of the Defense Logistics Agency? The Marine Corps was born at the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia Nov. 10, 1775. DLA Troop Support traces its roots to 1799, when it acquired land to build the Schuykill Arsenal, just down the street from the Tun Tavern.

Nov. 16, 2022

McNamara Headquarters Complex celebrates Marine Corps’ 247th birthday

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Threat Reduction Agency hosted a celebration of the Marine Corps’ 247th birthday at the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium Nov. 10.

Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Keith D. Revntlow

Nov. 10, 2020

DLA Distribution Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Reventlow, USMC, Marine Corps Birthday message

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Today is the 245th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps; I would like to wish our current and former Marines as well as all DLA Distribution employees a Happy Marine Corps Birthday!

Marines stand together before birthday celebration begins

Nov. 7, 2019

DSCR celebrates Marine Corps birthday

Richmond, Va — Marine Corps service members and Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees filled the old center cafeteria Nov. 5 to celebrate the birthday of the Corps.

Mike Cannon behind podium with flags in background

Nov. 6, 2019

Marines celebrate 244th birthday in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — They may work for different parts of the Defense Logistics Agency now, but most of the attendees at the Nov. 5 ceremony in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Palm Garden Room all shared the same title – Marine. They assembled to celebrate the Marine Corps 244th birthday with a cake and the usual traditions.

Maj. Alan Thompson hands John Wolfe a piece of cake during the 242nd Marine Corps birthday celebration at DSCC

Nov. 13, 2017

242nd Marine Corps birthday celebrated at DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Active duty and reserve component Marines joined civilian members of the federal workforce at Defense Supply Center Columbus to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps’ 242nd birthday.