191106-N-DW182-1070 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 6, 2019) Cmdr. Howard Meehan, commanding officer of the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7), serves food to Sailors on the mess decks. During this deployment to the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility, Detroit, with embarked helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, will support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-drug patrols and detection and monitoring of illicit traffic in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Bowser/Released)