CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2022) An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), assigned to the “Shadow Det” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 7, takes off from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), Jan. 5, 2022. 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 Aaron Lau)