PHILIPPINE SEA (June 7, 2019) A Sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) guides F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft during flight operations while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 7, 2019. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (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. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay)