RODMAN, Panama (March 23, 2021) Sailors prepare for an Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) board aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a brief stop for fuel and provisions in Rodman, Panama, March 23, 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)