Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Brian Potter, from Buffalo, N.Y., signals to the pilot of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, while Sailors chock and chain the helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during exercise Blue Chromite. Blue Chromite is an amphibious training exercise with the 4th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. Germantown is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (#PELARG14), commanded by Capt. Heidi Agle, and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Dionne/Released)