CARIBBEAN SEA (April 9, 2022) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), left, breaks away from USS Wichita (LCS 13) while conducting counter narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea, April 9, 2022. Billings and Wichita are 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)