OKINAWA, Japan (June 14, 2022) U.S. Marines with Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) practice fast-rope drills from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter to the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 14, 2022. This insert method is vital to the 31st MEU’s ability to conduct visit, board, search, and seizure operations. 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 Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)