CARIBBEAN SEA (Dec. 1, 2021) Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Christopher Mitchell inspects a wye gate adapter while performing a repair locker inventory inspection aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), Dec. 1, 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 Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Juel Foster)