KAMANDAG 7: Combined Birthday Celebration [Image 19 of 22]

CAMP CAPE BOJEADOR, PHILIPPINES

11.18.2023

Photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks 

3rd Marine Division     

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Osman Sesay, left, commanding officer of 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, offers a slice of cake to Lance Cpl. Michelle Mendezsanchez, a food service specialist and youngest Marine present with 3d LLB, during a combined birthday ceremony during KAMANDAG 7 at Camp Cape Bojeador, Philippines, Nov. 18, 2023. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at improving multinational readiness, relationships, and mutual capabilities in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. This year marks the seventh iteration of this exercise and includes participants from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and observers from the United Kingdom. Sesay is a native of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Mendezsanchez is a native of Reading, Pa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks)

• Date Taken: 11.18.2023
• Date Posted: 11.29.2023 15:28
• Photo ID: 8141668
• VIRIN: 231118-M-MI096-3696
• Resolution: 7574x5052
• Size: 28.91 MB
• Location: CAMP CAPE BOJEADOR, PH
• Hometown: FREETOWN, SL
• Hometown: READING, PA, US