OKINAWA, Japan (June 14, 2022) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), post security on the flight deck during visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) operations aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 14, 2022. VBSS training allows the 31st MEU to confidently ensure the safety of vessels in the Indo-Pacific area of operation. 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)