SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (July 8, 2021) Lt. Cmdr. Brett Ballard conducts a tour of the flight deck aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) with media outlets from the Dominican Republic, during a port visit to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July 8, 2021. Billings 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 and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Austin G. Collins)