There’s a lot of ceremony and pageantry involved in Marine Corps Birthday celebrations. The Dress Blue uniforms, cake cutting, and wide variety of other activities go back generations.

I’ve always wondered at what point you can start adding new traditions. The things we do are out of reverence for those who came before us, but at some point those things entered the lexicon and became those traditions.

I think the ceremonial Port-a-John is a fine addition to commemorate the GWOT generation.