191123-N-DW182-1339 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 23, 2019) Sailors perform a preflight check on an MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 on the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7). 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 Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Bowser/Released)