190609-M-WW557-117 Philippine Sea (June 9, 2019)Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced) aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) work on an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft during night time flight operations while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 9, 2019. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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 U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay)