OKINAWA, Japan (Dec. 23, 2020) Sgt. John James, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), poses for a photo with Tokiko Ahuso after being awarded the Navy Achievement Medal at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 23, 2020. James was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for saving Tokiko Ahuso, a local Kin Town resident, after she was bitten by a habu viper on Nov. 6. 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 Cpl. Brandon Salas)