Navy Week Program sails into St. Louis

FromIsaiahSellers

Navy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON,Tenn. TheU.S.Navyis bringing Navy Week to St Louis May 8-14 withSailorsfromacrossthefleettotakepart intheservice’ssignatureoutreachprogram. St LouisNavyWeekgivesthecommunityan opportunitytolearnabouttheNavy,itsSailors and the Navy’s importance to national security and prosperity The Navy Week concludeswithanairshowperformanceby theBlueAngels

Participating Navy organizations include Namesake Sailors from USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS St Louis (LCS 19), USS Constitution, musical concerts by Navy Band Great Lakes, demonstrations by the Ceremonial Guard, Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Office of Small BusinessPrograms,NavyTalentAcquisition

GroupMidAmerica,theNimitz(VRtrailer), U.S. Fleet Forces, parachute jumps by the Navy’s Parachute Team (Leap Frogs), and the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (BlueAngels)

More than 75 Sailors will participate in education and community outreach events throughout the city, including live performances by Navy Band Great Lakes at Ball ParkVillage,JackieJoyner-KerseeFoundation, St Charles Riverfront Stage, the City Museum,andKienerPlaza.

TheNavy’sseniorexecutivefortheweek is Rear Admiral Ingrid Rader Reserve Deputy Director for Maritime Information Warfare, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Rader is participatingincommunityengagements,meeting withstudentsandspeakingwithlocalbusinesses, civic, education, and government leaders

“I am excited to represent the Navy and engage with the city of St Louis and surrounding areas,” said Rader. “Being able to share the Navy’s story and interact with thecitizensisbothanhonorandprivilege.”

Since 2005, the Navy Week program has servedastheNavy’sflagshipoutreacheffort into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence, providing the public a firsthand look at why the Navy matters to citieslikeSt Louis

“We are excited to bring the Navy Week program to St Louis,” said NAVCO’s director Cmdr Anthony Falvo. “Seapower and America’s Navy are more important now thaneverbefore TheU.S.Navyremainsour nation’s most powerful instrument of military influence and Navy Weeks allow us to showcase how the Navy serves America at sea,intheair,andashore.”

Throughouttheweek,Sailorswillparticipateinvariouscommunityeventsincluding engagingwithstudentsacrossmultiplehigh schools and volunteering throughout the citywithorganizationssuchastheVeterans Community Project Girl Scouts St Louis Food Pantry, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, SSM HealthCardinal,GlennonChildren’sHospital, St Louis Cardinals Ceremonial Pitch, andtheBlackGirlsDoSTEM.

St Louis Navy Week is one of 15 Navy Weeks in 2023, which brings a variety of assets,equipment,andpersonneltoasingle city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America’s Navy closer to the people it protects Each year the program reaches more than 140 million people abouthalftheU.S.population.

For more information on 2023 Navy Weeks, visit http://outreach.navy.mil or contact Mr Isaiah Sellers at (228) 281-3940 orIsaiah.sellers.civ@us.navy.mil.