Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) receive assistance during combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) recovery as part of a boat company raid exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9). Denver is on patrol with the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 31st MEU, is conducting routine joint-force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond/Released)