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utilize several key programs that enable us to describe our mission, demonstrate our cababilities, inform the public about their sailors and give back to the communities we serve. Some of these key programs include: Navy Speakers Bureau, Leaders to Sea, Expanded Hometown Interviews, and Caps for Kids. |
The Navy Speakers Bureau is designed to support public organizations looking for Navy Speakers and instrumental in matching the right flag officer for specific Navy Weeks. (Organizations conducting conventions, seminars, symposiums, etc. need to pursue other avenues to recruit speakers.)
The Navy Speakers Bureau also maintains an extensive Library with materials/links to aid Navy speakers and speech writers in preparing remarks for various external and internal audiences. This resource lists upcoming Speaking Opportunities, quotes by the Chief of Naval Operations pertinent to today's Navy, "Rhumb Lines" topics of discussion, Speech Archives, and "Currents" briefs and fact sheets on topical Navy issues.
For more information about the Navy Speakers Bureau, contact: Todd Martin at (901) 874-5805 or Speakers Bureau Program Manager |
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Rear Adm. Edward Masso, speaks on leadership to faculty, staff, and students at the University of St. Thomas. …more |
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The Middle America Leaders to Sea program brings Middle American civic, business and community leaders to the fleet. Coordinated from Millington and conducted out of San Diego and Norfolk, this dynamic program offers participants a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that includes embarkation aboard a U.S. Navy ship operating at sea, tours of assets ashore, and, most importantly, engagement with our nation’s Sailors.
The Navy Office of Community Outreach seeks participants from the widest spectrum of influencers, and all applications are considered. Once an applicant is accepted, their name will remain on the list of invitees until they take advantage of the unique opportunity presented to them through Leaders to Sea. Such flexibility is vital to raising Navy awareness among the busy professionals and community influencers who most need to learn about our missions and capabilities – whenever their schedule allows them to take advantage of a scheduled Leaders to Sea embark, we are happy to welcome them aboard.
Participants are responsible for arranging for their own travel and lodging to the ships but once onboard they are able to experience our Navy's capabilities up close and personal. |
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Quartermaster 3rd Class Sergio Saravia, right, shows David Grundies,, how to plot on a navigation chart during a tour of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of the Leaders to Sea program.
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For more information about the Leaders to Sea program, contact:
LT Amy Carmickle at 901-874-5823 or amy.carmickle@navy.mil |
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The Expanded Hometown Interviews program delivers our Navy story, as seen through the eyes of our Sailors, to regional and local media markets across the United States in an effort to expand awareness and understanding of our Navy mission. These “Expanded Hometowners,” are a great tool for the media to tell the public about their sailors in prepartation for Navy Weeks..
The key ingredient to this proactive media marketing effort is an international headline. With that, print, radio and television editors across the nation can easily and immediately localize the story by interviewing a Sailor with a hometown tie. |
Some recent headlines include:
“Local Sailor Helping Provide Aid to Georgia”
“Ambridge Native Sails with Mercy”
“Augusta County Native Helps Lift Spirits in Vietnam”
“Syracuse Man Serves Aboard USS Lincoln”
“A Great Sailor and Good Samaritan”
Get more information about Expanded Hometown Interviews, contact:
LT Tim Page at (901) 874-7049 or timothy.c.page@navy.mil
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“Caps for Kids” is a community relations project managed by the Navy Office of Community Relations (NAVCO). Navy commands donate hundreds of command ball caps to this project yearly. The caps are hand delivered, by local or visiting Sailors to children in children’s hospitals throughout the U.S. During the visit the Sailors may present a certificate to the children making them an “Honorary Sailor.” Caps for Kids visits are typically held in conjunction with Navy Weeks.
In 1994, Dr. Stephen Heinrich, of Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, LA, founded an international non-profit organization dedicated to giving hats and scarves signed by athletes, entertainers and other notable personalities to children, adolescents and young adults with cancer. In 1998, the Navy Office of Information Southwest, took a wonderful program and adapted it with a “Navy” flavor into an ever-growing and outreaching program. Today, more than 500 commands, including ships, submarines, squadrons and Navy personnel have donated ball caps and other Navy memorabilia along with their time and energy to help bring a smile to faces of young patients in hospitals all over the country.
Mission: In support of “Caps for Kids”, NAVCO helps operational commands reach kids in hospitals throughout the nation. This is done by receiving ball caps from commands and ensuring they get personally delivered in non-Navy areas or by helping commands to establish a relationship with their local hospital. |
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Command Surgeon, U.S. Joint Forces Command Rear Adm. Gregory Timberlake visits with a Vanderbilt Children's Hospital patient during the Nashville Navy Week Caps for Kids event. |
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