Gunnery Sgt. John Esguerra, standing, the motor

Gunnery Sgt. John Esguerra, standing, the motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, loads a magazine during marksmanship qualification aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), underway in the South China Sea, Feb. 18, 2019. Esguerra is a native of Largo, Florida. CLB-31 provides security, logistics, and transportation as the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, 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. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mackenzie Carter/Released)