PONCE, Puerto Rico (Oct. 1, 2021) Lt. Nicole DeFazio and Lt. Kenny Rice discuss the outbound transit for sea and anchor detail aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) as the ship prepares to depart Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 1, 2021. Sioux City is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Juel Foster)