PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 30, 2020) Marines with Charlie

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 30, 2020) Marines with Charlie Co., Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, move their combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) down the ramp of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), into the ocean during CRRC training. Germantown, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Bray)