Navy Sails into Atlanta for Navy Week

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 focus on why the Navy issues to native and surrounding communities. 

Atlanta Navy Week will function 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 encircling space.

·       Navy Band Southeast – Performances with Navy Musicians.

·       Naval Historical past and Heritage Command – Academic shows and lesson plans in regards to the deep ties between Atlanta and the Navy. 

·       USS Structure – Demonstrations in regards to the oldest commissioned ship within the Navy.

·       Navy Ceremonial Guard – Performances with the Navy’s drill group.

·       Workplace of Small Enterprise Program – Conducting coaching on how you can 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 authorized waiver for well being or non secular causes, shall be totally vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. Moreover, the Navy Workplace of Group 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 study in regards to the Navy, its individuals, and its significance to nationwide safety and prosperity. The Navy Workplace of Group Outreach (NAVCO) coordinates Navy Weeks.

“We’re excited to convey Navy Week to Atlanta and join its residents to their Navy safely and responsibly,” mentioned NAVCO’s director, Cmdr. John Fage. “Atlanta Navy Week will permit us to point out the individuals what their Navy does for them and why the Navy is essential 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 vital 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,” mentioned 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 study 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.