CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 19, 2021) Chief Fire Controlman Shane M. Burch stands watch as the defensive systems officer in the mission control center aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), Oct. 19, 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 2nd Class Austin G. Collins)