245 USMC birthday ball Military Families Magazine

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Duane A. Durant, center front, commanding officer of 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, leads Marines and Sailors in a formation run in celebration of the 244th Marine Corps Birthday at Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 6, 2019. The three-mile run is an annual event held in conjunction with the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in recognition of the birth of the Marine Corps in 1775. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. David Luckey)