210516-N-RL695-1009 CARIBBEAN SEA - (May 16, 2021) -- Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Eric Root, performs pre-flight maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 3, on the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), May 16, 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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