For Yuma Marines, Birthday Balls honor Marine Corps tradition
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Colonel Robert C. Kuckuk (right), commanding officer of the Marine Corp Air Station Yuma waits with fellow Marines before they cut a cake honoring the 236th birthday of the Marine Corp during the Marine Corp Ball at the Quechan Casino November 18th.
Photo by JOSH PECKLER/ YUMA SUN
For Yuma Marines, Birthday Balls honor Marine Corps tradition.
It's fairly obvious to the casual observer that the Birthday Balls held by the squadrons at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma are evenings filled with highly polished uniforms, beautiful dresses and the pomp and circumstance of an extremely formal event. But to the men and women who wear those unifor.
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