210414-N-RL695-1090 CARIBBEAN SEA - (April 14, 2021) -- Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Evan Root, assigned to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 3, prepares an MH-60S Seahawk for flight operations on the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), April 14, 2021. Sioux City 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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