210705-N-RL695-1377 CARIBBEAN SEA - (July 5, 2021) -- Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Rudy Nieves and Logistics Specialist Seaman Francisco Villagomez, assigned to the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11), participate in vertical replenishment (VERTREP) training with the crew of an MH-60S Seahawk attached to the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 3 aboard the flight deck, July 5, 2021. Sioux City is deployed to the U.S. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marianne Guemo/Released) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Rudy Nieves and Logistics Specialist Seaman Francisco Villagomez