190710-N-EX476-0003 PANAMA CANAL (July 10, 2019) The guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) transits the Panama Canal. Gridley is underway on 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/Released)