2016 Navy Week Schedule Officially Announced

The following is a release from Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jamal McNeill, Navy Office of Community Outreach:

From Phoenix to Baton Rouge, America’s Navy will come home to 15 cities across the country as part of the 2016 Navy Week program.

Navy Weeks, coordinated by the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO), are designed to give Americans the opportunity to learn about the Navy, its people and its importance to national security and prosperity.

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Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as the Navy’s flagship outreach effort into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence, with 181 Navy Weeks being held in 68 different U.S. cities.

“Navy Weeks are designed to help Americans understand that their Navy protects and defends America on the world’s oceans, that their Navy is deployed around the world around the clock, and is ready to defend America at all times,” said John Wallach, NAVCO’s deputy director. “Because the Navy is concentrated primarily on both coasts, we’re challenged to communicate our mission away from fleet concentration areas. The Navy Week program helps us do that.”

The 2016 Navy Week cities are:

• Phoenix, March 21-27
• Knoxville, …Read the Rest

  Source:: Tactical Life