A Marine assigned to the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast ropes onto the USAV Calaboza (LCU 2009) during a visit, board, search and seizure training off the coast of Kin, Okinawa, Dec. 7, 2022. VBSS training consists of boarding a vessel, systematically checking all compartments for enemy personnel, weapons or contraband. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a ready and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific.

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