Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion,

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, stand in formation prior to the arrival of Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, the commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 2, 2019. Lt. Gen. Osterman visited the Marines of BLT 1/4 before they depart Okinawa to conclude their deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 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. Tanner D. Lambert/Released)