Thir­ty-five stu­dents and 15 teach­ers from Lochmaben Ro­man Catholic School in Ce­dros toured the US Navy de­stroy­er USS Grave­ly (DDG-107) on Oc­to­ber 27 in Port of Spain ac­cord­ing to a re­lease sent by the US Em­bassy. The vis­it fol­lowed re­cent in­fra­struc­ture up­grades and do­na­tions to the school by the Unit­ed States South­ern Com­mand (US­SOUTH­COM).

Sailors and of­fi­cers from the Grave­ly host­ed the group and gave them a guid­ed tour of the ship.

The Grave­ly, an Ar­leigh Burke-class de­stroy­er, is in Trinidad and To­ba­go as part of on­go­ing co­op­er­a­tion be­tween the Unit­ed States and the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force (TTDF), in­clud­ing joint train­ing ex­er­cis­es to strength­en re­gion­al se­cu­ri­ty.