CARIBBEAN SEA (March 2, 2021) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) transits the Caribbean Sea, Mar. 2, 2021. Wichita 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 in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Aerographer�s Mate 1st Class Keith E. Mitchell)