Sailors assembled at Discovery World Science and Technology Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 5 to kick off Milwaukee Navy Week.

Kickoff festivities included static displays and equipment demonstrations from Sailors assigned to the Trident Refit Facility Dive Locker based out of Kings Bay, Georgia, USS Constitution, Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), Navy Recruiting District Chicago and Navy Medicine Logistics Command. Navy Band Great Lakes also performed at one of the many firework displays that took place throughout the city July 4.

"Navy Weeks are a great opportunity to let people who might not know about the Navy learn what we are really about," said Electrician's Mate 1st Class Quinton L. Wilson, a Sailor stationed aboard Milwaukee. "These types of events give us Sailors the chance to meet people who might not live near a Navy installation, while also giving back to the communities that we work so hard to protect."

Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as the Navy's principal outreach effort in the areas of the country without a significant naval presence. More than 185 Navy Weeks have been held in 68 different U.S. cities.

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