Boston 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 Boston. This would be the first Navy Week hosted by Boston and the encircling communities since 2012.
Boston Navy Week will function in-person demonstrations, performances and engagements all through the week that may embody:
- Senior Navy Leaders – Flag officer and senior civilian Navy leaders with ties to Boston and the encircling areas.
- Namesake Sailors – Sailors serving aboard PCU Massachusetts (SSN-798), a Virginia-class nuclear-powered quick assault submarine and USS Structure, the world’s oldest commissioned warship nonetheless afloat.
- Navy Band Northeast – Performances and masterclasses with Navy Musicians.
- Naval Historical past and Heritage Command – Instructional shows and lesson plans concerning the deep ties between Boston and the Navy.
- Navy Ceremonial Guard – The Navy’s esteemed drill crew/shade guard.
- Navy Expeditionary Fight Command – Instructional STEM shows and health demonstrations by technicians, medics, and divers.
- U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command – Instructional shows on the significance of atmospheric and oceanographic science and the general worth of STEM schooling to the Navy.
Navy Weeks are the service’s signature outreach program, designed to permit the residents of Boston to be taught concerning the Navy, its individuals, and its significance to nationwide safety and prosperity. The Navy Workplace of Group Outreach (NAVCO) coordinates Navy Weeks.
“We’re thrilled to convey the Navy to Boston,” stated NAVCO’s director, Cmdr. Anthony Falvo. “Although our Navy is deployed around-the-world and around-the-clock, the Navy Week program permits us to showcase our Navy in locations that don’t take pleasure in an on a regular basis naval presence. Most significantly, it affords us the chance to focus on our most essential asset – the extremely expert women and men of the US Navy who guarantee our warfighting benefit to protect our American lifestyle.”
Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served because the Navy’s flagship outreach effort to areas and not using a important Navy presence, with over 300 Navy Weeks held in additional than 85 completely different U.S. markets. Every year, this system reaches greater than 130 million individuals — about half the U.S. inhabitants.
“Our mission is to attach with the heartbeat of every group, and we try to make an enduring affect on the Sailors, companions and group members,” stated NAVCO Navy Week program supervisor, Lt. Caroline Prepared. “We coordinate with firms, civic and group service organizations, native authorities, academic establishments, media, and veterans to provide the group as many alternatives as doable to have interaction with their Navy.”
For extra info on Boston Navy Week, go to https://outreach.navy.mil or contact Lead Planner, Ensign Josh Keim at (901) 232-4451 or Joshua.a.keim.mil@us.navy.mil.
