200520-N-KK394-1034 COLON, Panama (May 20, 2020) Chief Boatswain's Mate Ryan Beaton takes distance measurements with a laser range finder during a sea and anchor evolution aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) as the ship departs Colon, Panama. Detroit is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson W. Branch/Released)