Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lily Daniels | U.S. Navy | 02.16.2010
Rear Adm. Vic Guillory, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet, addresses the crew of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., before its first operational deployment. Freedom will conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lily Daniels | U.S. Navy | 02.16.2010
Sailors aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom lower the Navy Jack from the jackstaff before the ship departs Naval Station Mayport for its first operational deployment. Freedom will conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility....
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lily Daniels | U.S. Navy | 02.16.2010
The littoral combat ship USS Freedom departs Naval Station Mayport for its first operational deployment. Freedom will conduct counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility....