A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to load an M240B machine gun with ammunition during a live fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 7, 2022. Infantry Marines train with various weapon systems, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and rockets, making them more flexible on a battlefield. 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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