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ROTA, Spain (July 26, 2019) Rear Adm. Edward Cashman, commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), cuts into a cake commemorating the completion of the first semester of SNMG1's deployment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107). Gravely is underway on a regularly-scheduled deployment as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 to conduct maritime operations and provide a continuous maritime capability for NATO in the northern Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cameron Stoner)