CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 12, 2020) Lt. Christian Merkel flies an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 embarked on the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), Oct. 12, 2020. Sioux City is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Juel Foster)