A Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary

A Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force and members of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group and Philippine Coast Guard tie bowline knots during Baker Piston 19-2, Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Philippines, August 20, 2019. During Baker Piston 19-2, the Marines of the 31st MEU’s MRF are exchanging Visit, Board, Search and Seizure techniques and procedures with members of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group and Philippine Coast Guard around the island of Palawan. 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 Into-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell)