Left, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding

Left, U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Chris S. Richie, commanding officer for Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010, cuts the first piece of birthday cake to be presented to the oldest Marine, during the Marine Corps 235th birthday celebration in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Nov. 10, 2010. Service members and civilians are deployed in support of CP10 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to Caribbean, Central and South American nations. Service members and civilians are currently off the coast of Cuba.