USS Freedom (LCS 1).CARTAGENA, Colombia (March 19-20, 2010)

100318-N-7058E-062 COLON, Panama (March 18, 2010)

Cmdr. Randy Garner, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), looks on as Lt. Cmdr. Jaime Hill and Lt. Todd Sehl maneuver the ship out of the port of Colon. Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.

(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)

100319-N-6433M-463 CARTAGENA, Colombia (March 19, 2010)

The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) passes a lighthouse while entering Cartagena to begin a theater security cooperation (TSC) port visit.

(U.S. Navy photo by Capt. Mark Morris)





100319-N-7058E-135 CARTAGENA, Colombia (March 19, 2010)

Sailors man the rails as the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) approaches Cartagena, Colombia to begin a theater security cooperation port visit as part of operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.

(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)






00320-N-7058E-109 CARTAGENA, Colombia (March 20, 2010)

U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield, left, examines the main control console on the bridge of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) with Freedom's commanding officer, Cmdr. Randy Garner, and Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva. Freedom is conducting a theater security cooperation port visit as part of operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.

(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early)