CARIBBEAN SEA (March 12, 2021) Gunner�s Mate 1st Class Justin R. Blennis instructs Mineman 3rd Class Michael Watson during a live-fire exercise aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), March 12, 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 taken by Aerographer�s Mate 1st Class Keith E. Mitchell)