SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 9, 2010) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Airman Adam Pond (left) assists Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Airman Norberto Riegodedios in recovering an AH-1W Cobra helicopter assigned to the "Flying Tigers" of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9). Denver is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway for a scheduled patrol in the Western Pacific ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Blair/Released)