 US Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a boat-rate exercise at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, December 11, 2023. Marines, with Battalion Landing Team, execute boat-rate exercises to increase their proficiency in assaulting and destroying key maritime assets. 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.