A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), belays during a rappelling exercise aboard dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 17, 2021. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of Amphibious Squadron 11 in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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