I was fortunate to get an invitation to the Marine Corps Birthday Uniform Pageant and Cake Cutting at MCAS Cherry Point this past Monday.

The only problem is that as the largest Marine Corps Air Station on the East coast it is restricted airspace so the XMTSAS Saltire had to go into stealth mode and was not visible in the photos. So I photoshopped the airship where I think it was when I took each of these photos.

The uniforms started in 1775 when the Corps was first formed and went through to the present day.

From inception to WW1



To the Vietnam era



The Color Guard coming onto the parade ground



Cake cutting by Maj Gen Flock, CO 2MAW and Col Denn CO MCAS Cherry Point.



Brian