Lt. Col. Timothy Bryant, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts the Marine Corps birthday cake during a ceremony on the flight deck of USS Ponce, while in port in the Republic of Seychelles, Nov. 10. 2010. The 26th MEU is currently embarked aboard the ships of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group operating in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.