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APRA HARBOR, Guam (May 9, 2024) – Sailors assigned to the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Emory S. Land’s (AS 39) medical department practice collecting and transfusing whole blood during “walking blood bank” training, May 9. In this instance, a walking blood bank is a program to draw fresh whole blood from pre-screened members of the crew which would be used if the ship’s medical department needed to treat severely injured trauma patients. Emory S. Land provides expeditionary intermediate-level maintenance, services, and logistics support to deployed submarines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mario E. Reyes Villatoro)
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