Guests of honor attending the commissioning of the Spruance class destroyer USS HAYLER (DD 997) are, left to right, Reverend Paul E. Casby, Captain Sebastian Passantino, supervisor of shipbuilding, conversion and repair, Pascagoula; Rear Admiral Richard Berry, commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Eight, Vice Admiral Edward Briggs, commander, Naval Surface Force, US Atlantic Fleet, and Nicole Hayler, sponsor (walking to her seat)