CARIBBEAN SEA (July 22, 2021) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) participates in a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise with the Dominican Republic navy coastal patrol vessel Canopus (GC 107), July 22, 2021. Sioux City 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 2nd Class Marianne Guemo)