Whereas Sailors have beforehand participated within the Atlanta Airshow, Navy Week Atlanta will convey between 50 and 75 Sailors from throughout the nation to volunteer all through the neighborhood and talk about why the Navy issues to native and surrounding communities.
Atlanta Navy Week will characteristic in-person demonstrations, performances, and engagements all through the week that can embody:
· Senior Navy Leaders – Flag officer and Navy leaders with ties to Atlanta and the encompassing space.
· Navy Band Southeast – Performances with Navy Musicians.
· Naval Historical past and Heritage Command – Instructional shows and lesson plans concerning the deep ties between Atlanta and the Navy.
· USS Structure – Demonstrations concerning the oldest commissioned ship within the Navy.
· Navy Ceremonial Guard – Performances with the Navy’s drill workforce.
· Workplace of Small Enterprise Program – Conducting coaching on the best way to do enterprise with the Division of the Navy.
· Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels – Tactical aerial demonstrations by the Navy’s premier aerial demonstration squadron.
Each Sailor chosen to take part in Atlanta Navy Week, besides these with an accredited waiver for well being or non secular causes, will probably be totally vaccinated towards COVID-19. Moreover, the Navy Workplace of Neighborhood Outreach will work carefully with neighborhood companions in Atlanta and observe steerage from public well being officers.
Navy Weeks are the service’s signature outreach program, designed to permit the residents of Atlanta to be taught concerning the Navy, its individuals, and its significance to nationwide safety and prosperity. The Navy Workplace of Neighborhood Outreach (NAVCO) coordinates Navy Weeks.
“We’re excited to convey Navy Week to Atlanta and join its residents to their Navy safely and responsibly,” stated NAVCO’s director, Cmdr. John Fage. “Atlanta Navy Week will enable us to indicate the individuals what their Navy does for them and why the Navy is vital to the town, the state, and the nation. We’re excited to spend this time giving again to the town and connecting with these whom we serve.”
Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served because the Navy’s flagship outreach effort to areas with no important Navy presence, with over 250 Navy Weeks held in additional than 80 totally different U.S. markets.
“We coordinate round 75 outreach occasions all through the host metropolis throughout a Navy Week,” stated NAVCO Navy Week program supervisor Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Chambers. “The 2022 schedule is thrilling for us as a result of the nice residents of Atlanta proceed to welcome the Navy Week program with open arms and are desirous to be taught extra about their Navy.”
For extra info on Atlanta Navy Week, contact Mr. Isaiah Sellers at (901) 229-5631 or isaiah.sellers.civ@us.navy.mil.
