210312-N-RC007-1003 EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (March 12, 2021) Sailors assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepare for flight operations aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), March 12, 2021. Freedom 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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