PONCE, Puerto Rico (May 24, 2022) Cmdr. Brett Seeley, center, commanding officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) Gold crew, conducts a tour with Capt. Peter Ehlers, commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40, to explain ship capabilities, May 24, 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 Mineman 2nd Class Justin Hovarter)