190324-M-XH454-154 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 24, 2019) Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th (BLT 1/4) Marines, prepare Assault Amphibious Vehicles before exiting the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), underway in the Pacific Ocean. BLT 1/4 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron E. Parks/Released)