220305-N-HD110-1051 PONCE, Puerto Rico - (March 5, 2022) -- Electronics Technician 1st Class Luke Mauck lowers the Puerto Rican flag on the bridgewing of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) as the ship departs Ponce, Puerto Rico, after completing a planned maintenance availability (PMAV), March 5, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the 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.

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