RODMAN, Panama (Feb. 20, 2021) Mineman 1st Class Nikolas Hochmuth from Tempe, Ariz., stands watch on the bridge of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a planned maintenance availability (PMAV) in Rodman, Panama, Feb. 20, 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)