[Captain Rhino]

The US Central Command is located at McDill AFB in Tampa, FL. So hardly in the theater of operations beaten zone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command

Since it is a solemn commemoration of the Marine Corps heritage (past, present, and future), the “cake cutting” ceremony on 10 November is mandatory (even if the cake is C-rat fruit cake (remember that?) with a candle stuck in it).

The MC Ball is not. Outright cancellation is a surprise. A delay until the operational situation calms down would be more appropriate.

[Red Badger]

I actually liked that fruit cake.....................

[cgbg]

“The US Central Command is located at McDill AFB in Tampa, FL”

Ah—central Florida.

;-)