Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 31 carry a simulated casualty atop the flight-deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).

EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 04, 2019) Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 31 carry a simulated casualty atop the flight-deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a mass-casualty exercise while underway in the East China Sea. During the exercise, dubbed "Nightingale," Navy doctors and hospital corpsmen triaged simulated casualties to refine their ability to respond in the event of a mass-casualty scenario. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle P. Bunyi) File# 190204-M-PY691-042