CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 12, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Muhammed Parks, assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7), transits the Caribbean Sea in a rigid-hull inflatable boat. 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 Nathan T. Beard)