Navy’s 245th Birthday [Image 1 of 5]

QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES

10.13.2020

Photo by Lance Cpl. Dangelo Yanez 

Marine Corps Base Quantico

U.S. Marine Col. William C. Bentley III, base commander of Quantico, cleans the Chief’s Cutlass during the Navy birthday cake cutting ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Oct. 13, 2020. The cutting of the cake by the oldest and youngest sailors is a tradition that symbolizes the passing of knowledge from the previous generation of sailors to the next. Marines and sailors celebrated the Navy's 245th birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. D’Angelo Yanez)

• Date Taken: 10.13.2020
• Date Posted: 10.14.2020 12:41
• Photo ID: 6388430
• VIRIN: 201013-M-UE724-0001
• Resolution: 4285x2857
• Size: 8.42 MB
• Location: QUANTICO, VA, US