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MARCENT Cancels Marine Corps Birthday Ball
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Last: 1 yr ago by Ulysses90
How many times was it cancelled during OEF and OIF?
I don't know. I do know that the Commandant cancelled Birthday Balls for all of the active component in 2021 because of COVID. That was kind of cheesy (in my opinion) because the Marine Reservists across the country still held Birthday Balls because they were already back to a normal drill schedule.
What is the implication here? Taiwan or the Middle East?
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Buck Turgidson said:
What is the implication here? Taiwan or the Middle East?
Cent =Sand. Middle East
Last I heard, 3rd Marines in Okinawa still a go for their ball.
MARCENT in Tampa is just the Marine component staff for CENTCOM HQ. They would be the advance party for a deployment of operating forces from I MEF or II MEF. The fact that they will be busy or absent two weeks from now suggests that CENTCOM has made a request for Marines to deploy. Interestingly, the CGs at I MEF and II MEF haven't canceled their Birthday Ball.
Marines and their birthday parties. So adorable .
It's a mystic ritual we perform that correlates positively to achieving the recruiting mission. It might be worth a try.
Ulysses90 said:
It's a mystic ritual we perform that correlates positively to achieving the recruiting mission. It might be worth a try.
Cutting a cake from HEB is a mystic ritual?
It's from HEB?!PanzerAggie06 said:Ulysses90 said:
It's a mystic ritual we perform that correlates positively to achieving the recruiting mission. It might be worth a try.
Cutting a cake from HEB is a mystic ritual?
All this time I thought military cakes were baked exclusively by CW5's.
Happy Birthday Marines!
2004FIGHTINTXAG said:
How many times was it cancelled during OEF and OIF?
None that I can remember. We held "cake cutting "ceremonies" in Iraq.
usmcbrooks said:2004FIGHTINTXAG said:
How many times was it cancelled during OEF and OIF?
None that I can remember. We held "cake cutting "ceremonies" in Iraq.
That's what I thought. Pretty interesting they posted the message to Twitter for five minutes before taking down.
Ulysses90 said:
I don't know. I do know that the Commandant cancelled Birthday Balls for all of the active component in 2021 because of COVID. That was kind of cheesy (in my opinion) because the Marine Reservists across the country still held Birthday Balls because they were already back to a normal drill schedule.
Yep, and luckily some local VFWs or whatnot where still doing them and Marines did attend...or not attend...right?
We had the birthday ball in Orlando last night with 750 attendees.
The oldest Marine was Sgt Elmer Hawkins, age 100. Elmer enlisted in the Marine Corps on April 13, 1942. He fought on Guadalcanal and was wounded there. He remembers being carried off the ship in Melbourne on a stretcher as the Aussies play Waltzing Matilda for 1st Marine Division which is the origin of why 1st MarDiv adopted it as their Division song. Elmer's father was also a Marine who fought at Belleau Wood. It's good to touch history whenever you get an opportunity.
The oldest Marine was Sgt Elmer Hawkins, age 100. Elmer enlisted in the Marine Corps on April 13, 1942. He fought on Guadalcanal and was wounded there. He remembers being carried off the ship in Melbourne on a stretcher as the Aussies play Waltzing Matilda for 1st Marine Division which is the origin of why 1st MarDiv adopted it as their Division song. Elmer's father was also a Marine who fought at Belleau Wood. It's good to touch history whenever you get an opportunity.
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