220822-N-N3764-1008 Manta, Ecuador - (Aug. 22, 2022) — Cmdr. Brett Seeley, commanding officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) Gold crew, left, Lt. Ezekiel Knowlin, and Cmdr. Curtis Thomas, the executive officer, pose for a picture with the surface warfare officer (SWO) belt aboard the ship off the coast of Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 22, 2022. Billings 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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