Sailors remove chocks and chains from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, as it prepares to takeoff from the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (#PELARG14) and along with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Raul Moreno Jr./Released)