Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Michael Harris, from Pittsburgh, launches a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161, during flight operations on board the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu. Peleliu will participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific, a large multinational Naval exercise, as the command ship for the expeditionary strike group and is scheduled to conduct a follow-on deployment to the 7th fleet area of responsibility.