160930-N-YR391-103 MANAMA, Bahrain (Sept. 30, 2016) Service members and their guests dance together during the 2016 Navy Ball at the Gulf Hotel Convention Center in Manama, Bahrain. The Navy Ball is an annual event, which celebrates the heritage, history and the day Congress created the United States Navy on Oct. 13, 1775. The U.S. Navy has a 241-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U.S. interests around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Gary Granger Jr./Released)