A U.S. Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast-ropes out a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter onto the flight deck of the dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) underway in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 14, 2009. The Rushmore, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is transiting through the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of operations and reports to the Commander, Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet.