Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon fire M1911 .45-caliber pistols aboard the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 15, 2018. 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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