A Marine with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sweeps the area for improvised explosive devices during a mechanized raid here, Jan 24. The raid began from the USS Germantown (LSD-42), located off the coast of Okinawa, as part of their pre-deployment training for Spring Patrol 2013. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.