CARIBBEAN SEA (April 6, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) conduct counter narcotics operations with the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Joseph Tezanos (WPC 1118), April 6, 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)