191227-N-DW182-1056 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 27, 2019) Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) and Coast Guardsmen assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South depart Detroit’s water mission zone. During this deployment to the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility, USS Detroit, with embarked helicopter and USCG 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)