{"id":18962,"date":"2019-02-04T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T23:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=18962"},"modified":"2019-02-06T17:46:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T00:46:34","slug":"miami-selected-for-2019-navy-week-by-navy-office-of-community-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/miami-selected-for-2019-navy-week-by-navy-office-of-community-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"MIAMI SELECTED FOR 2019 NAVY WEEK – By Navy Office of Community Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/a>
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ARABIAN SEA (June 18, 2012) Marines pilot an amphibious assault vehicle with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the background while operating in the Arabian Sea. New York, with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. New York is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zane Ecklund\/Released)<\/p><\/div>\n

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America\u2019s Navy is gearing up to participate in Miami Navy Week. \u00a0 <\/span>Miami is one of 14 cities selected this year to host a Navy Week, one of the Navy\u2019s signature outreach programs.\u00a0Miami Navy Week is scheduled for March 24-April 1, 2019, and is designed to give area residents an opportunity to learn about the Navy our nation needs.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0Navy plans to include the following elements in the week-long celebration:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Senior Navy leadership
\n\u2022 Sailors from locally assigned units in the community
\n\u2022 Sailors from the oldest warship afloat, USS Constitution
\n\u2022 A port visit from the USS New York (LPD 21)
\n\u2022 Sailors from the state namesake ship, USS Florida (SSGN 728)
\n\u2022 Navy Divers and Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams
\n\u2022 U.S. Navy Band Southeast performances
\n\u2022 The Navy\u2019s History and Heritage Command
\n\u2022 Navy Meteorological and Oceanographic static displays<\/p>\n

Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as the Navy\u2019s primary outreach effort into areas of the country which do not have a significant Navy presence, with 228 Navy Weeks held in more than 75 different U.S. markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cNavy Weeks are designed to help Americans, and in this case Miami area residents, understand why having a strong Navy is critical to the American way of life,\u201d said Cmdr. Linda Rojas, director of the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO), which plans and executes the Navy Week program.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBecause the Navy is concentrated primarily in select locations on both coasts, we\u2019re challenged to communicate our mission away from fleet concentration areas.\u00a0\u00a0That\u2019s where the Navy Week program comes in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very excited to bring a Navy Week to Miami,\u201d Rojas added, \u201cwhich is a past fleet concentration area, and still maintains strong Navy ties throughout the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Navy Weeks focus a variety of outreach assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a week-long series of engagements with key influencers and organizations representing all sectors of the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring a Navy Week, we coordinate about 75 outreach events with corporate, civic, government, education, media, veterans, community service and diversity organizations in the city,\u201d said Lt. John Stevens, NAVCO Navy Week program manager.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe 2019 schedule is exciting for us.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re outside the continental U.S. for the first time in our program\u2019s history as we travel to Puerto Rico, and we have the potential for some ships joining us in our coastal markets, including a port visit from the USS New York in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on Navy Weeks and the 2019 schedule, visit .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

America\u2019s Navy is gearing up to participate in Miami Navy Week. \u00a0 Miami is one of 14 cities selected this year to host a Navy Week, one of the Navy\u2019s signature outreach programs.\u00a0Miami Navy Week is scheduled for March 24-April 1, 2019, and is designed to give area residents an opportunity to learn about the<\/p>\n

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