PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 4, 2021) Sailors aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) depart the flight deck during a transport of suspected contraband to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Feb. 4, 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 Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Richard Cho)