Minute with the Commander: The USS Gravely
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – When sailors from Norfolk deploy on a ship, it's usually across the Atlantic over to Europe, the Mediterranean or even the Red Sea.
New operations are opening up a little closer to home, and Admiral Daryl Caudle explains why the Norfolk-based USS Gravely is heading not east, but south, and why a destroyer of 'the perfect class' is the ship to execute the mission.
Each month here on WAVY-TV 10, Admiral Daryl Caudle, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command will address a different topic important to our military community. This month, he talked about the USS Gravely and how they are answering the call to the southern border.
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