CARIBBEAN SEA (March 14, 2022) Mineman 1st Class Tyler Lavalle assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) applies an emergency water activated repair patch (E-warp) over a simulated ruptured pipe during a major conflagration drill, March 14, 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 Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Lau)