A Sailor launches an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat 21, from the flight deck of 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.