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DARWIN, Australia (May 28, 2024) – Machinist’s Mate Nuclear 2nd Class Donald Westbrook, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), watches as the tender arrives at HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, for a regularly scheduled port call, May 28. Emory S. Land is on deployment supporting the U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward deployed numbered fleet, operating with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Emory S. Land provides expeditionary intermediate-level maintenance, services, and logistics support to deployed submarines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)