If well being circumstances allow, the Navy will conduct schooling and group outreach all through Richmond and the encircling communities.
Richmond Navy Week will convey between 50 and 75 Sailors from throughout the nation to volunteer all through the group and focus on why the Navy issues to Richmond. That is the primary Navy Week held in Richmond
Richmond Navy Week will characteristic in-person demonstrations, performances, and engagements all through the week that can embrace:
- Senior Navy Leaders – Flag officer and senior civilian Navy leaders with ties to Richmond and the encircling space.
- Namesake Sailors – Sailors serving on USS Virginia (SSN 774), nuclear powered assault submarine and the lead ship of her class.
- United States Fleet Forces Band -Performances and masterclasses with Navy Musicians.
- Naval Historical past and Heritage Command – Academic shows and lesson plans in regards to the deep ties between Colorado and the Navy.
- USS Structure – Demonstrations in regards to the oldest commissioned ship within the Navy.
- Navy Expeditionary Fight Command – Academic STEM shows and health demonstrations by technicians, medics, and divers.
- U.S. Navy SEALs and Particular Warfare Fight Craft Crew– Demonstrations and Static shows.
- U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command – Academic presentation on the significance of atmospheric and oceanographic science and the general worth of STEM schooling to the Navy.
Each Sailor chosen to take part in Richmond Navy Week, besides these with an authorized waiver for well being or non secular causes, will probably be absolutely vaccinated towards COVID-19. Moreover, the Navy Workplace of Neighborhood Outreach will work carefully with group companions in Richmond and observe steering from public well being officers.
Navy Weeks are the service’s signature outreach program, designed to permit the residents of Richmond to study in regards to the Navy, its folks, and its significance to nationwide safety and prosperity. The Navy Workplace of Neighborhood Outreach (NAVCO) coordinates Navy Weeks.
“We’re very excited to convey Navy Week to Richmond,” mentioned NAVCO’s director, Cmdr. John Fage. “Navy Weeks give us the chance to assist join People to their Navy. We’re wanting ahead to soundly and responsibly constructing these connections within the Richmond space and displaying everybody why their Navy is so necessary.”
Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served because the Navy’s flagship outreach effort to areas with out a 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,” mentioned NAVCO Navy Week program supervisor Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Chambers. “Outreach occasions vary from company, civic, authorities, schooling, media, veterans, group service engagements.”
For extra data on Richmond Navy Week, contact Lt. Joel Borrelli-Boudreau at (443) 223-6613 or joel.l.borrelliboudreau.mil@us.navy.mil.
