CARIBBEAN SEA (March 18, 2022) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Sutton, assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), downloads rounds from a Mark 46 30mm gun weapon system, March 18, 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)