CARIBBEAN SEA (Nov. 10, 2022) An 11-meter rigid inflatable boat (center) from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) and Dominican navy vessels Altair (GC-112) (right) and Becrux (LI-170) (left) conduct a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 10, 2022. Milwaukee 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 Gunners Mate Seaman Hanna Westbrook)