180413-M-GO150-015 OKINAWA, Japan (April 13, 2018) Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), off load a landing craft, air cushion hovercraft for a simulated embassy reinforcement during a certification exercise in Okinawa, Japan, April 13, 2018. Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion is the ground combat element for the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 are conducting the certification exercise as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensures readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo- Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)