A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stands atop the port side of the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as the ship departs the island nation of Singapore, Oct. 7, 2018. Marines and Sailors with the 31st MEU arrived in Singapore aboard the Wasp October 2 for a port visit after more than a month at sea during a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations.

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