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Nov 13, 2008

Sgt. Alejandro Castellano(second from left), 37, utilities maintenance chief, Support Platoon, Company B, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, passes a glazed pastry to Lance Cpl. Dimitri Murray, 19, an electrician with Support Platoon, during a Marine Corps birthday ceremony Nov. 13 in Rutbah, Iraq. Castellano and Murray were the oldest and youngest Marines present. It is customary at a Marine Corps birthday ceremony for the oldest Marine to pass a piece of cake to the youngest Marine, symbolizing the passing of traditions from the older Marines to the younger Marines.

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