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NEW ORLEANS - Mr. Gregg Habel, Executive Director of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, watches Lt. Col. Brian J. Hardy, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion, MARFORRES, cut the Marine Corps Birthday cake, during a cake cutting ceremony aboard the Marine forces Reserve Support Facility, New Orleans, La., Nov. 8. More than 500 Marines assigned to HQBN, MARFORRES participated in the annual cake cutting ceremony. The cake cutting ceremony is a long-standing tradition in celebrating the birth date of the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lauren Whitney/Released)