190703-M-XM144-010 TOWNSHEND ISLAND, Australia (July 1, 2019) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit a combat rubber raiding craft during a boat raid exercise on Townshend Island at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, July 3, 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 Cpl. Brennan Priest/Released)