Newly frocked Chief Hospital Corpsman Jose R. Rayos salutes the commanding officer and command master chief at the chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9). Denver is on patrol with the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently conducting routine joint-force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Lindahl/Released)