KIN BLUE, OKINAWA (Feb. 9, 2020) Marines with Charlie

KIN BLUE, OKINAWA (Feb. 9, 2020) Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a bilateral small-boat raid on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2020. Marines and Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted a bilateral small-boat raid prior to a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System insert and simulated shot. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton)