Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Scott Hester, from

Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Scott Hester, from Linn, Mo., and Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Royce Mergist, from Abbeville, La., pick up empty ammunition shell casings during a small arms gun shoot on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5). Peleliu will participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak/Released)