An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21, departs the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu to transport U.S. Navy chaplain Lt. Tung Tran, from Corpus Christi, Texas, to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore to hold Catholic mass. Peleliu and Rushmore are scheduled to participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific, a large multinational Naval exercise. Peleliu is the command ship for the expeditionary strike group and is scheduled to conduct a follow-on deployment to the 7th fleet area of responsibility.