CAIRNS, Australia (June 13, 2024) Royal Navy sailors aboard the offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar (P233), left, connect a brow to the Royal Australian Navy hydrographic survey ship HMAS Leeuwin (A 245), right, as both vessels are alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), not pictured, during the ship's scheduled port call in Cairns, Australia, June 13, 2024. Cairns is the second port visit for Emory S. Land since it departed on deployment May 17. 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)