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Marine Corps Celebrates 240th Birthday

By Cyra Master
Posted November 10, 2015 at 12:03pm

Marines across the nation celebrated the 240th birthday of the corps Tuesday. Gen. Robert B. Neller, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sen. Pat Roberts, who was a Marine captain, toasted service members at a reception in the Russell building on Nov. 3.  

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 3: From left, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Gen. Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who served in the Marine, share a toast during a 240th birthday celebration for the Marines in the Russell Building, November 3, 2015. The actual birthday is November 10th. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
From left, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, Neller and Roberts share a toast during the 240th birthday celebration for the Marines on Capitol Hill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

   

Neller cuts the cake as Roberts, right, looks on. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Neller cuts the cake as Roberts, right, looks on. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

   

(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

   

A Marine cleans the sword used to cut the cake during a 240th birthday celebration for the Marine Corps. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
A Marine cleans the sword used to cut the cake during a 240th birthday celebration for the Marine Corps. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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