U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Marine Division conduct a birthday ball ceremony for the 249th United States Marine Corps birthday in Greenville, North Carolina, October 30, 2024. The Marine Corps birthday ball is held every year in order to celebrate the Marine Corps legacy and commemorate Marines who have served in the past. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Grace Stover)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C - A rather unassuming Marine arrives at his office and is exchanging greeting with his leadership and subordinates as he has every morning for nearly two decades. This Marine will soon end his part of a legacy of service spanning three generations.
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jeremiah Benjamin, a signals intelligence and electronic warfare chief with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, looks forward to finding new opportunities and challenges starting the next chapter of his life outside the Corps. Benjamin, a native of Nacogdoches, Texas, followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather when he enlisted in the Marine Corps.
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