Houston Navy Week will convey between 50 and 75 Sailors from throughout the nation to volunteer all through the group and talk about why the Navy issues to Houston. This would be the first Navy Week hosted by Houston and the encircling communities since 2016.
Houston Navy Week will characteristic in-person demonstrations, performances, and engagements all through the week that may embody:
· Senior Navy Leaders – Flag officers with ties to Houston and the encircling space.
· Namesake Sailors – Sailors serving on USS San Jacinto (CG-56), a Ticonderoga-class cruiser and USS Texas (SSN-775), a Virginia-class submarine.
· U.S. Navy Parachute Workforce, The Leap Frogs – Performances all through the week and in the course of the Wings Over Houston Air Present.
· Navy Band Nice Lakes – Performances with Navy Musicians.
· Naval Historical past and Heritage Command – Academic shows and lesson plans concerning the deep ties between Texas and the Navy.
· Navy Expeditionary Fight Command – Academic STEM shows and health demonstrations by technicians, medics, and divers.
· U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command – Academic presentation on the significance of atmospheric and oceanographic science and the general worth of STEM training to the Navy.
· U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, The Blue Angels – Performances on the Wings Over Houston Air Present
Each Sailor chosen to take part in Houston Navy Week, besides these with an accredited waiver for well being or non secular causes, will likely be absolutely vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. Moreover, the Navy Workplace of Group Outreach will work carefully with group companions in Houston and observe steering from public well being officers.
Navy Weeks are the service’s signature outreach program, designed to permit the residents of Houston to be taught concerning the Navy, its folks, and its significance to nationwide safety and prosperity. The Navy Workplace of Group Outreach (NAVCO) coordinates Navy Weeks.
“We’re very excited to convey Navy Week to Houston,” stated NAVCO’s director, Cmdr. John Fage. “Navy Weeks give us the chance to assist join Individuals to their Navy. We’re wanting ahead to securely and responsibly constructing these connections within the Houston space and exhibiting everybody why their Navy is so essential.”
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 completely different U.S. markets.
“We coordinate about 75 outreach occasions throughout a Navy Week by company, civic, authorities, training, media, veterans, and group service engagements,” stated NAVCO Navy Week program supervisor Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Chambers. “The 2022 schedule is thrilling for us as a result of we will likely be in a number of brand-new markets and making return visits to others, like Houston.”
For extra info on Houston Navy Week, contact Ens. Andrew Johnson Andrew.l.johnson4.mil@us.navy.mil.
