OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 13, 2020) Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Blythe, the chaplain for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads a prayer during a cake cutting ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on Nov. 13, 2020. The 31st MEU, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez)