OKINAWA, Japan (June 14, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors refuel a UH-1Y helicopter aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) after inserting Marines conducting a visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) operation off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 14, 2022. Miguel Keith, a Lewis B. Puller class expeditionary sea base, brings a broad range of military capabilities to enhance Marine Corps distributed operations as part of the Naval Expeditionary Force. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (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)