PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 8, 2021) Sailors assigned to the "Wildcards" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, Detachment 10, conduct flight operations from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), Feb. 8, 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)