170910-N-EX476-0009 PANAMA CANAL (July 10, 2019) Sailors man the rails aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) as the ship prepares to transit the Panama Canal. Gridley is underway on a regularly-scheduled deployment as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) to conduct maritime operations and provide a continuous maritime capability for NATO in the northern Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Audrie Cottle)