As the Marine Corps hits birthday number 247 this year, its members will no doubt take to pubs, clubs and (evidently) highly trafficked expressways to honor their beloved branch’s Nov. 10 ...

Celebrating 247 ... State Marine Corps was founded in Philadelphia in 1775. Nearly 250 years later, the Marine Corps is a symbol of American heroism and bravery. With today being their birthday ...

Daniel Krause hold a cake-cutting ceremony for the Marine Corps ... local birthday ball, celebrate with this roundup of some of the great things Marines have done since turning 247.

With children playing, friends exchanging hugs and laughs, and a cake to top it all off, it was a lot like a traditional birthday. This celebration, though, was for the Marine Corps — now 247 ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WNCT) — Happy birthday on Thursday to the Marine Corps. Festivities took place at Camp Lejeune and New River to mark the 247th birthday. First to fight. New River hosted a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — U.S. Marines in Norfolk celebrated the branch's birthday with a World War Two Marine veteran in Chesapeake. The Marine Corps turns 247 years old this year. Service members ...

and created a martial organization that’s been kicking ass across the globe for the last 247 years. For Marines still serving, the Marine Corps birthday and ensuing Birthday Ball are annual ...

Dakota Wood is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense and editor of Heritage’s Index of U.S. Military Strength. Previously, he served for two decades ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WNCT) — Happy birthday on Thursday to the Marine Corps. Festivities took place at Camp Lejeune and New River to mark the 247th birthday. First to fight. New River hosted a ...