PHOTOS: MCLB Albany celebrates 249th Marine Corps Birthday

Albany’s Marine Corps Logistics Base celebrated the U.S. Marine Corps’ 249th birthday with a cake cutting ceremony and historical uniform pageant, Friday morning.

A message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Eric Smith, read: “As we celebrate our Corps’ birthday this year, I encourage all Marines to reflect on our legacy forged in blood on battlefields since 1775, and to rededicate ourselves to carrying that legacy untarnished into the future. Collectively, we who wear the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor have an obligation to uphold the ideals of self-discipline, warfighting proficiency, professionalism, and personal conduct that define what it means to be a Marine. I know you are all up to the task.”