PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 27, 2021) A Sailor assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise, Jan. 27, 2021. Freedom 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 missions in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Richard Cho)