Japanese Staff Sgt. Shun Watanabe, an instructor with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force Fuji School writes down information during a simulated close air support drill at Gotemba, Japan, May 10, 2022. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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