USS Denver (LPD 9). PACIFIC OCEAN (March 4, 2010)

100304-N-5538K-068 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 4, 2010)

Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Ranulfo C. Gonzalez drags a JP-5 fuel hose after refueling an AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9). 
Denver is part of the forward deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting spring patrol.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey H. Kyhl)