PACIFIC OCEAN (March 1, 2021) Boatswain�s Mate 1st Class Benjamin Kaufman directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the �Wildcards� of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 during flight operations aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), March 1, 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)