The littoral combat ship USS St. Louis departed Naval Station Mayport, Fla., in support of U.S. Northern Command's mission to secure the U.S. southern border, enabling maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs or other illegal activity.
Her nomination is to serve as ambassador to Barbados, and also, to serve without additional compensation as the top envoy to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.