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CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan – Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, held a uniform pageant at Roberts Field on Camp Kinser, Nov. 9, to honor the sacrifices Marines have made during conflicts in every clime and place since the Marine Corps' establishment.
Speaking of the past and future of the Marine Corps, Brig. Gen Peter J. Talleri, commanding general of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, addressed the crowd.
"As I look out at the future of the Marine Corps and listen to all the great things we heard about the Marines that came before us today, I know many in this crowd can and will accomplish great things like them," said Talleri, to an audience of service members and other guests. "After 232 years we are still going strong, and we will still be standing here for at least another 232 years."
Kubasaki High School's Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps students and Marines with several Okinawa commands wore the uniforms while marching to the center of the field one at a time as a narrator gave a brief history of the era of the uniform.
The pageant ended with six Marines re-enacting the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima.
Many of the Marines in attendance and those participating in the pageant agreed the pageant is an important part of Marine Corps' birthday festivities.
"It is important to look back at what the Marines before us accomplished and how the Marine Corps became what it is today," said Lance Cpl. Leon Knight, a pay clerk with III Marine Expeditionary Force Disbursing Office.
"The pageant really showed us how rich of a history we have."
| Date Taken: | 11.16.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 11.18.2007 20:02 |
| Story ID: | 14001 |
| Location: | CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 46 |
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