The cake, a traditional flat sheet cake, was decorated in celebration of the United States Army’s 248th birthday, but witnesses say in the middle of the celebration, a knife appeared and cut ...

Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger (center) and two other Soldiers (youngest and oldest present) cut the Army birthday cake June 14, 2 ...

The Army, meanwhile, did not forget, and eventually returned to repay its delectable debt. Seventy-seven years later, the U.S. Army gifted Mion a replacement cake and celebrated her 90th birthday.

FT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – Fort Leonard Wood held a special celebration Friday to mark the Army’s 249th birthday. Military members cut a cake at the maneuver support center of Excellence Plaza.