Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey waves from a life-size, cupcake tank at the Pentagon Cake Cutting ceremony, June 14, as the U.S. Army celebrates 237 years of defending freedom. Georgetown Cupcake founders Kathline Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne donated the tank to the Army. The tank is comprised of approximately 5,000 cupcakes and at least 200 pounds of camouflage fondant. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Paul Prince) 

Dempsey, joined by John M. McHugh, secretary of the Army, and Gen. Lloyd Austin, Army vice chief, celebrated the Army’s 237th birthday at the cake cutting ceremony in the Pentagon Courtyard. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega)

Dempsey, joined by John M. McHugh, secretary of the Army, and Gen. Lloyd Austin, Army vice chief, celebrated the Army’s 237th birthday at the cake cutting ceremony in the Pentagon Courtyard. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega)

In celebration of the Army’s 237th birthday, 3rd Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. Robert ‘Abe’ Abrams, Command Sgt. Maj. Edd Watson, and the division’s oldest and youngest soldiers, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ray Noble and Pvt. John Gilbert, cut a cake with the noncommissioned officer sword during a ceremony at Fort Stewart. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Emily Knitter, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division) 

Two thousand soldiers from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, ran to the Alamo June 14 after Revile to take part in a cake cutting ceremony celebrating the Army’s 237th birthday. The 100-foot long cake, decorated with 237 American flags, was donated by the Association of the United States Army’s Alamo Chapter.