Leap Frogs jump for Navy Week
By Chelsea Kopta, KHQ News Reporter SPOKANE, Wash. - They're considered our nation's front line in war and in peace, operating on, above and below the sea: members of the United States Navy. more ...
Constitution Sailors spread the word about Navy Week
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathryn Macdonald COLBERT, Wash. (May 16, 2012) Fireman Jessica Rodriguez hands Mountainside Middle School Principal Craig Busch an "All Hands on Deck," book and interactive CD after a speaking engagement ... more ...
Guest opinion: Strong Navy still essential
By Rear Adm. Douglas J. Asbjornsen America needs a strong Navy now more than ever.America’s Navy is our nation’s front line in war and in peace, operating on, above and below the sea. Think of the Navy as America’s “away team,” deployed around the world, defending our nation’s interests every day.more ...
Sailors celebrate Navy Week around Spokane
By KREM.com SPOKANE-- The U.S. Navy is reaching out to the Inland Northwest this week, showing local kids what it’s like to do their jobs.
Kids at Jefferson Elementary got a chance to hop in a simulator Monday. The six-minute ride shows kids what it’s like to perform different water missions by rocking along with a screen that shows underwater scenes in submarines to ships above water. more ...
Photo: With military precision Rock aweigh: U.S. Navy Musicians Third Class Clifton Murray, on guitar, Hector Garcia, on bass, and Sarah Reasner, on keyboards and lead vocals, perform a rock song by Journey with help from Jefferson Elementary School second-graders Cheyanne Miller, Grace Chaney and Andrew Tucker at the Spokane school on Monday. more ...
USS Constitution Sailors Participating in Spokane Navy Week By USS Constitution Public Affairs
SPOKANE, Wash. (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to USS Constitution are participating in Spokane Navy Week, May 14-20.
Sailors will kick off their participation with an interactive history presentation about Constitution at Medical Lake Middle School in Medical Lake, Wash. They will also provide presentations at Mountainside and Horizon Middle Schools later in the week. more ...
Rear Adm. Asbjornsen meets with Avista Energy Corp during Spokane Navy Week
By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joshua Treadwell Rear Adm. Douglas J. Asbjornsen, deputy commander, Navy Region Northwest , speaks about maritime strategy and Navy energy initiatives with Avista Energy Corp executives Dennis Vermillion and Bruce Folsom. This event took place during Spokane Navy Week, one of 15 Navy weeks planned across America for 2012. Navy weeks are designed to show the investment Americans have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. more
Constitution Sailors reach out to Spokane Boys and Girls club during Spokane Navy Week 2012
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James Green Lt. Albert Sharlow III attached to the USS Constitution helps a student with a crossword puzzle at the Boys and Girls Club of Spokane at an event during Spokane Navy Week 2012, one of 15 Navy weeks planned across America for 2012. Navy weeks are designed to show the investment Americans have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. more
ADMIRAL ON DECK: Rear admiral promotes Navy in the 'Boro Written by Doug Davis of DNJ.com
Rear Adm. Donald R. Gintzig’s father was influential in his decision to join the Navy. But it also helped that Gintzig lived in a big Navy area, Jacksonville, Fla., when he enlisted. more...
Full lineup announced for Great Tennessee Air Show Written byThe Daily News Journal The United States Navy Blue Angels precision flight demonstration team will soar into Middle Tennessee for the 2012 Great Tennessee Air Show on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13. more...
Navy Week puts New Orleans at center of a star-spangled celebration: An editorial By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune The U.S. Navy, along with the Marine Corps and Coast Guard, will spend the next four years commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, with events planned for New York, Boston and Baltimore as well as other cities.more...
Navy Medicine Sacks TBI with the New Orleans Saints By Valerie A. Kremer, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs Navy Medicine and the New Orleans Saints met at the Saints training facility to discuss shared initiatives between the National Football League (NFL) and Navy Medicine on the treatment of traumatic brain injury, April 17, as part of New Orleans Navy Week. more...
Navy Week NOLA events By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune Navy Week NOLA kicks off, with the arrival of the Coast Guard’s tall ship Eagle, Great Britain’s HMS Montrose, the USS Mitscher, France’s FS Germinal, the USS De Wert, Canada’s HMCS St. Johns, the USS Wasp, Ecuador’s tall ship Guayas and Indonesia’s tall ship Dewaruci. The public is invited to view the arrivals, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. more...
Navy Week to bring tall ships, military vessels & 3,000 sailors to town this week by Dominic Massa / Eyewitness News You could say the U.S. Navy is invading New Orleans this week, with military vessels and tall ships, along with some 3,000 sailors, in the city for events commemorating Navy Week, and kicking off celebrations of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner. more...
Admiral eager to oversee Navy Week in New Orleans By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Rear Adm. Ann Claire Phillips owns a couple of firsts in Navy history. She is the first woman to command a pre-commissioning unit and transition to become the first skipper of that ship, when she commissioned and commanded the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin. The native of Annapolis, Md., later became the first woman to command a destroyer squadron, when in June 2007 she took the helm of Destroyer Squadron 28. more...
War of 1812 bicentennial events launch in New Orleans with tall ships, air show By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
The War of 1812 introduced “the rockets’ red glare” to the nation’s lexicon and gave Andrew Jackson the political footing to become the seventh president of the fledgling United States. Its legacy is threaded throughout the New Orleans area, from Jackson Square to the Chalmette Battlefield. more...
Celebration a reminder of Navy's essential role: Letter By Letters to the Editor
The War of 1812 has been called our nation's second war of independence, and it was the true birth of the U.S. Navy. America called on the Navy to preserve our country's security and prosperity by fighting for the idea of freedom of the sea lanes. Two hundred years later, your Navy and Marine Corps continues its contribution to national security on, over and under the world's oceans and ashore. more...
My103.9 - Navy Week w/ Robin Nash
Navy Parachute Team Leaps into the Hearts of the American Public U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michelle Turner James Woods, assigned to the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, lands with a POW/MIA flag during the opening ceremony of a Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres Spring Training baseball game as part of Phoenix Navy Week, one of 15 Navy Weeks planned across America this year. more...
Phoenix Navy Week Is Here Gregg Paul True Arizona doesn't have ocean front property, but that is not keeping the world's finest sailors away. Phoenix Navy Week is underway giving the Valley the opportunity to meet sailors and learn how important the Navy's mission is to our country.more...
skydiving with Navy Seals Paul Horton talks to Aaron Darakjy of the U.S. Navy to talk about Navy Week events in the Valley. more...
Navy Week kicks off at Arizona Science Center by Stella Inger and Catherine Holland Phoenix is one of 15 cities across the nation picked for the event. The Navy says it chose cities that don’t have a strong Navy presence. The goal is to educate the community about the Navy. more...
The Navy comes to Phoenix Submitted by Scott Sanders
This year marks the centennial of Arizona’s statehood. I am excited to celebrate this proud event, being the grandson of grandparents who were born in the Territory of Arizona. As an admiral in the Navy, I am equally as excited to let Arizonans know about Phoenix Navy Week, March 26-31. more...
Navy celebrará "Semana Naval" por Samuel Murillo
La Semana del US Navy 2012 con sabor latino se realizará en Phoenix teniendo como marco la conmemoración del Centenario de Arizona. more...
NOLA Navy Week to bring 10 tall and modern warships, air show to New Orleans next month By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune Thousands of sailors and 10 tall ships and modern warships will converge on New Orleans next month, when the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard kick off four years of international events to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. City and military officials provided details of "Navy Week NOLA" today during a news conference at City Hall. more...
The Milwaukee Air & Water Show will be an integral part of Navy Week and the Bicentennial Celebration of the War of 1812 August 8-13. more...
NOLA Navy Week War of 1812 Bicentennial Events to Begin Here
New Orleans will serve as the inaugural city in a three-year national celebration commemorating the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner. The 2012 celebration will take place April 17 – 23, 2012, featuring a colorful spectacle of ships spreading on the East Bank of the Mississippi River from Erato Street to Upper Poland Avenue. more...
Navy parachute team to drop in By Richard E. Baldwin News Staff Reporter The Navy’s parachute team will demonstrate combat skills during an array of activities planned for Buffalo Navy Week — Sept. 10-17.more...
Sioux Falls Selected For Navy Week 2012 Sioux Falls Navy Week, July 19-26, is one of 15 selected cities where America’s Navy will “come home” in 2012, giving area residents an opportunity to meet Sailors and learn about the Navy’s capabilities and relevance to national security. more...
Nobels, NATO and now Navy Week will land in Chicago; hello, sailor The U.S. Navy has selected Chicago as one of its Navy Week home bases for 2012 Chicago Navy Week will be held Aug. 13-20 and will commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the Star Spangled Banner, according to a release.more...
by Style News Wire Houston Navy Week, Oct. 22-29, is one of 15 selected cities where America’s Navy will “come home” in 2012, giving area residents an opportunity to meet Sailors and learn about the Navy’s capabilities and relevance to national security. more...
Cleveland Navy Week Aug. 27-Sept. 4 Cleveland has been named one of 15 cities where America’s Navy will “come home” in 2012, giving area residents an opportunity to meet sailors and learn about the Navy’s capabilities and relevance to national security. more...
Buffalo to be part of 'Navy Week by David Bertola, Buffalo Business First Reporter Buffalo is among 15 U.S. cities where the U.S. Navy will be celebrating Navy Week throughout 2012. more...
Baltimore selected to host Navy Week By Matthew Hay Brown, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore has been selected to host a Navy Week in June, when the Blue Angels, the Leap Frogs parachute team and ships and sailors will join in the War of 1812 bicentennial celebration. more...
Navy Announces 2012 Navy Week Schedule By the Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- From Boston to Sacramento, America's Navy will come home to 15 cities across the country in 2012 to show Americans why having a strong Navy is critical to the American way of life and to help commemorate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. more ...
Maryland plans for 1812 bicentennial commemorations include June 2012 maritime festival By Associated Press, Updated Thursday, November 17 BALTIMORE — Maryland tourism officials hope to draw more than one million people to the birthplace of the “Star-Spangled Banner” next summer as they open a years-long bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812 with an international maritime festival. more ...
2012 Navy Weeks
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