CARIBBEAN SEA (June 8, 2022) Lt. Thomas Carpenter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 8, conducts a preflight inspection of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), June 8, 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 Mineman 2nd Class Justin Hovarter)