Lance Cpl. Andrew Foss, a rifleman with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, the “China Marines,” simulates firing an M9A1 9 mm service pistol under the supervision of Cpl. Austin Pryor, a rifleman, aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), East China Sea, Feb. 14, 2019. Foss, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from Riverside University in June 2017 before enlisting later that month. Pryor, a native of Greenville, Indiana, graduated from Floyd Central High School in May 2015 before enlisting in June 2015. Alpha Company Marines are the small boat raid specialists for BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 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 Lance Cpl. Harrison C. Rakhshani/Released)