210331-N-N3764-0101 CARIBBEAN SEA - (March 31, 2021) – Crewmembers assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 8, and flight deck personnel assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), conduct hoist training with a dummy aboard the ship, March 31, 2021. Wichita is deployed to the 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

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