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Nov 10, 2011

The oldest and youngest Marines present, 1st Sgt. Alonzo P. Baxter, right, the battery first sergeant for Lima Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Center Cross, Va., native, along with Lance Cpl. David A. Harper, left, a rifleman with Echo Company, BLT, and Schenectady, N.Y., native, share cake during the Marine Corps Birthday Ceremony aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Nov. 10, 2011. The 22nd MEU is currently deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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