Marine Corps Col. Matthew Danner, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), addresses the room during a change of command ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jun. 2, 2022. Col. Michael Nakonieczny relinquishes authority as commanding officer of the 31st MEU to Danner. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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