U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines hold security during an assault demonstration with soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade at Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Japan, April 26, 2019. BLT 1/4 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The weeklong SMEE reinforced the U.S. Marine-JGSDF partnership and commemorated the 1st anniversary of the ARDB. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continually 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 photos by Lance Cpl. Cameron Parks/ Released)