220801-N-N3764-1005 MANTA, Ecuador - (Aug. 1, 2022) – Chief Boatswain’s Mate Hector Najera, right, assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) converses about ship capabilities with Ecuadorian Coast Guard Cmdr. Chong, commanding officer of the Ecuadorian ship LAE Isla Foreana (LG 35) while on a tour of Billings in Manta, Ecuador, Aug. 1, 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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