170910-N-EX476-0008 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 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)