PANAMA CITY, Panama (July 21, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) gold crew stand by to render honors to the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (DDG 172), during an inbound sea and anchor detail to Panama City, Panama, July 21, 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)