U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy ()
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Charles Peoples, left, the senior enlisted advisor of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, talks with Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, right, the 20th Sgt. Maj. Of the Marine Corps, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Sept. 12, 2023. Smith met with key leaders from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to discuss crisis response capabilities and Marine Corps modernization efforts. The 31st MEU, 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.
