200316-M-WB494-1002 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 16, 2020) A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads his M4A1 service rifle prior to a test-fire aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). Operating as an expeditionary strike force, the Navy-Marine Corps team integrates the combat power of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group with the flexible capability of the America Expeditionary Strike Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to provide the fleet commander with a capable, credible combat force that can be deployed anywhere in the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)