CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 5, 2022) Chief Mineman Jesse Silcox, assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), sends off an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-Bravo), during deck landing qualifications (DLQs), Feb. 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)