Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Navy Kicks Off Cleveland Navy Week 2010

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terry Matlock, Navy Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs

CLEVELAND (NNS) -- U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band "Four-Star Edition" kicked off Cleveland Navy Week 2010 with a performance at John Marshall High School Aug. 30.

The performance was the first of 47 events Aug. 29 - Sept. 6.

The Navy Band are scheduled to perform at 10 different venues during the week and are a just a portion of the representatives lined up to showcase the Navy and all its capabilities to the Cleveland audience.

Among the representatives on hand to talk to the public about the Navy are Vice Director, Joint Concept Development and Experimentation U.S. Joint Forces Command, Rear Adm. Julius S. Caesar, and Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command, Rear Adm. Wendi B. Carpenter.

The representatives are participating in a variety of events including a visit to the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, a Mayoral Proclamation at USS Cod Submarine Museum and speaking engagements with the West Shore Rotary Club; CEO Great Lakes Science Museum, Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver; the Douglas MacArthur Girls Leadership Academy and the Sherwin-Williams CEO and staff.

Sailors from USS Ohio (SSGN 726), USS Cleveland (LPD 7), Navy Recruiting District Ohio and the Navy Operational Support Center in Akron, Ohio will help educate a community that does not have a significant Navy presence.

Cleveland Navy Week 2010 is one of 19 Navy Weeks that are scheduled throughout the United States in 2010.

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