200212-M-WW557-198 KIN BLUE, Okinawa (Feb. 9, 2020) Combat rubber raiding craft with Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and service members with Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan Self-Defense Force, link up prior to a full mission profile bilateral small-boat raid. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay/Released)