PHILIPPINE SEA (June 6, 2019) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) prepares to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during twilight flight operations while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 6, 2019. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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. Cameron E. Parks)