220224-N-HD110-1046 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Feb. 24, 2022) -- Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class George Apav signals to the pilots in an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 5, to take off from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), Feb. 24, 2022. Milwaukee 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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