Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) wash a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter prior to flight operations aboard the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st MEU, is currently underway in support of Cobra Gold 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Raul Moreno Jr.)