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# The few, the proud, the Marines. Celebrating 247 years of the fighting spirit

By Leon Moore, Public Affairs SpecialistDLA Aviation Public Affairs Office

                RICHMOND, Va.  –              
Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate’s United States Marine Corps Customer Facing Division held a cake cutting ceremony in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia Nov. 10 to celebrate the Corps’ 247th birthday.

Division Chief Marine Lt. Col. Steven DesRosiers was the presiding official and speaker.

The Marine Corps was established Nov. 10, 1775, to augment naval forces in the Revolutionary War. The recruiting headquarters was set up in the Tun Tavern on Water Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is considered the birthplace of the Marines.

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