210722-N-WU807-1007 APRA HARBOR, Guam (July 22, 2021) Machinist's Mate 1st Class Shaun Conrad, from Seattle, attached to submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), guides a nitrogen bottle down a hatch for maintenance aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 22. Charleston, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment operating in the 7th Fleet area of operation to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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