181021-M-YY851-087 EAST CHINA SEA (Oct. 21, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Jay Weatherwax, the chaplain with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), baptizes Lance Cpl. Austin Fizer, an F-35B Lighting II aviation electrician assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), atop the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 21, 2018. Fizer, a native of Marshall, Missouri, graduated Marshall High School in May 2016; he enlisted September the same year. While on patrol, Marines and Sailors have a variety of religious services available to fulfill their religious needs. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall/Released)