Logistics Specialist Seaman Maretta Stubbs, from San Antonio, (foreground) braces Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Brian Potter, from Buffalo, N.Y., as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, takes-off from 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)