251st Marine Corps Birthday Ball

About this event

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• Ticket Pricing

• Event Room Block - Reservations

• Dinner Buffet Menu [Food and Beverage policy below - No Outside Food and Beverage is allowed for our event.]

• Cocktail List [There will be 4 cash bars throughout the event space]

• Guest of Honor - Colonel Christopher Starling, USMC (RET.) Bio

• Rifle / Pistol Raffle - View Only: Tickets must be purchased at the event

• Silent Auction Items - Silent Auction Items available. Bid Sheets will be available at the Ball.

TICKET PRICING ( Ticket + Service Fee added at check out) :

• Maintenance Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 23 • E1 - E3: $100.00

• E4 - E5: $105.00

• E6 - E7: $110.00

• E8 - Above $120.00

• General Admission • All - $120.00

RESERVATIONS FOR THE ROOM BLOCK HAVE CLOSED

(Please contact the Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova to secure a reservation)

Please enjoy the evening responsibly! Stay with us and stay safe!

Buffet Dinner includes:

• Rainbow panzanella • squash | grilled red & gold beet | humboldt fog | crouton | tomato | marinated peppers | green onion | red peppers

• Mixed baby greens • cucumber | radish | cherry tomato | shredded carrots | shaved red onion | champagne vinaigrette

• Pasta primavera - • pasta | artichoke | confit tomato | spinach | sweet peppers | squash | lite garlic herb sauce

• Grilled tri tip • chimichurri | black garlic

• Chicken marsala • grilled lemon | garlic mushroom | herbs

• Baby carrots - herb compound butter

• Baby broccoli - lemon | garlic | olive oil | sea salt

• Roasted herb potato - fine herbs | parmesan

• New York Cheesecake • Berry compote

All food and beverages served at functions associated with the Marine Corps Ball must be provided, prepared, and served by the Marriott Staff, and must be consumed on hotel premises. Absolutely, NO OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGES will be allowed to be consumed on the trellis, in the lobby, Starbucks area or any of the food and beverage outlets. All outside food and beverages must be consumed in your guest hotel room. In the event the group does not adhere to the aforementioned policy, we (you) will be charged an outside catering fee of $1,000 per violation.

GUEST OF HONOR - Colonel Christopher Starling, USMC (RET.)

Colonel Starling, US Marine Corps (Ret.), was a national security affairs fellow for 2007–2008 at the Hoover Institution.

Colonel Starling graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1988. He has served in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marine Divisions. He participated in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Iraqi Freedom. Most recently he was the Commanding Officer of Battalion Landing Team 2/2, completing his fifth deployment to the Persian Gulf in July 2007. Other previous assignments include service in the US Pacific Command’s Counter-Drug Inter-Agency Task Force in Alameda, CA and as an Assistant Professor of Military Science at the US Military Academy, West Point. He has a Masters of Public Administration degree from John Jay College, City University of New York.

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

Silent auction items and bid sheets will be present at the Ball for viewing and bidding. More items will be added to this site as pictures become available. All bidding will start at 30% of Fair Market Value and will increment at different intervals. Purchase methods will include Cash or Card - No checks will be accepted.

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