180323-M-GT736-077 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2018) Marines assigned to Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), fast rope out of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter onto the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while underway in the Pacific Ocean. Force Reconnaissance Platoon train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets on both land and sea. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes/Released)