U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joseph Katz, chief of staff, Marine Forces Reserve, right, and retired Lt. Col. Robert H. Barrow, cut a cake for the Marine Corps Birthday after of a wreath laying ceremony for Barrow’s father Gen. Robert Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps in St. Francisville, L.A., Nov. 10, 2024. Barrow was the first Marine Corps commandant to be buried at his hometown and not in Arlington National Cemetery. Each year on the Marine Corps Birthday, Marines with Marine Forces Reserve lay a wreath on his grave. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)
U.S. Marines with Marines Force Reserve and Marine Forces South conduct an annual motivational run to celebrate the 249th Birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, in New Orleans, Nov. 7th, 2024. The run started at the Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans and traveled along the Mississippi River ending back at MCSF. The run celebrates the history of the Marine Corps and creates esprit de corps and camaraderie among Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
New Orleans-based Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South will hold a formal, traditional Marine Corps change of command ceremony between outgoing Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon and incoming Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV.
