Cleveland Navy Week

Schedule of Public Events

Tuesday, August 28
5 – 5:30 p.m. Vice Admiral Faison, Ceremonial Drill Team, U.S. Fleet Forces Band and USS Ohio
Sailors hold Navy Week proclamation event with City of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson
at Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.

Wednesday, August 29
12 – 1 p.m. U.S. Fleet Forces Band performs concert at Cleveland Clinic

5 – 8 p.m. U.S. Navy conducts joint Navy Week outreach event with City of Cleveland, Police, Fire
and EMS. “Family Night Under the Stars” will be held at Luke Easter Park Navy assets
include U.S. Fleet Forces Band, Navy Divers, Navy Oceanography Meteorology, Navy
Ceremonial Drill Team, USS Ohio Sailors, Navy Recruiting, Navy History and Heritage
Command and hometown Sailors.

Thursday, August 30
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The Department of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs will conduct a small
business workshop, designed to educate small businesses on how to do business with
the Navy and Marine Corps at Cuyahoga County Council Chambers, 4th Floor, 2079 E.
9th St. Cleveland, Ohio. (By registration only)

2 – 3 p.m. U.S. Fleet Forces Band and Ceremonial Drill Team perform at Louis Stokes VA Medical
Center

Friday, August 31
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Navy Day at Great Lakes Science Center – Navy assets, including Navy Divers, Navy
History and Heritage Command, Meteorology/Oceanography, USS Ohio, Navy Band,
Ceremonial Drill Team and hometown Sailors will be on site

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Gold Star Memorial Dedication event at Louis Stokes VA Medical Center. Ceremonial
Drill team and Navy Band also in attendance.

Saturday, September 1
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Cleveland National Air Show – Attendance to include performance by the Blue Angels,
displays of the Navy’s Virtual Reality Experience, Navy Divers, Various static aircraft,
Navy History and Heritage Command, Navy Oceanography/Meteorology, USS Ohio
crew members

5 p.m. – 6 p.m. U.S. Fleet Forces Band (popular music group) performance at Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame

6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Navy Night at the Cleveland Indians Game- Under Secretary of the Navy, The
Honorable Thomas B. Modly, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch, tentative F-18
flyover, various Navy displays throughout the ballpark and other game time inclusion

Sunday, September 2
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Cleveland National Air Show – Attendance to include performance by the Blue Angels,
displays of the Navy’s Virtual Reality Experience, Navy Divers, Various static aircraft,
Navy History and Heritage Command, Navy Oceanography/Meteorology, USS Ohio
crew members.
Monday, September 3
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Cleveland National Air Show – Attendance to include performance by the Blue Angels,
displays of the Navy’s Virtual Reality Experience, Navy Divers, Various static aircraft,
Navy History and Heritage Command, Navy Oceanography/Meteorology, USS Ohio
crew members.

For media inquiries and interview requests with individual groups/sailors, please contact Nancy Lesic at Lesic &
Camper Communications (nlesic@lesiccamper.com) or Lt. David Carter, Lead Navy Week planner at
david.carter@navy.mil.