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The Navy's ship has come in - as well as the ships for the Marine Corps and other military aircraft - today is the start of Fleet Week! It's a great time of the year, when people get to visit various ships and aircraft AND admire men and women in uniform. Ships are docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan and at Stapleton Pier in Staten Island and are open to the public. Here's a Fleet Week Schedule of Events (PDF) and some highlights:
- Starting tomorrow, the ship will be open for public visitation at Pier 90 (50th Street & 12th Avenue) from 8AM to 5PM.
- Also tomorrow: USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration at 9AM in Queens (there's also face painting!) and the Navy Flight Simulator (F-18) on Stapleton Pier S.I., which is open between 8AM and 5PM.
- Friday, 8AM-4PM: Navy Seal Static & Challenge Display, Pier 90
- Friday, 9AM-4PM: Marine Day in Central Park; Central Park, 5th Avenue and 72nd Street
- Saturday, 8AM-5PM: Marine Day in Times Square, 7th Avenue & 46th Street
- Sunday: Various Memorial Day Parades in Greenpoint, Forrest Hills, Maspeth, and College Point
- Sunday, 6-7PM: Navy Band performs in Times Square
And even though the U.S.S. Intrepid has moved away for repairs, there will be an Intrepid Memorial Day ceremony at Central Park's Summerstage on Monday.
Photograph, captioned "In the Apple Store during Fleet Week, two sailors are among the visitors charting a course for the information superhighway," taken last year by hbomb1947
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The Marines do not have ships, the Navy has the ships and the USMC is a part of the USN.
However, the Navy does have ships specially outfitted for operations by the Marines, such as Landing Ship Docks so the Marines can carry out their amphibious warfare mission.
Is that Randy from 'The Wire'?
And Navy men do not use PCs while in dress uniform. They use all-white mac books.
Do servicemen get an apple discount? or is it just students and academia?
Wouldn't that be "charting a course for the information superwaterway"
I can't wait to try the "Waterboarding Simulator"
Can't wait to deal with drunken sailors in the bars.
Can't wait to deal with drunken sailors in the bars.
Sailors tend to hang in the blue collar or B&T bars. They don't want to hang with obnoxious elitist Gothamist types.
I love a man in uniform..
pppuuuuuuurrrrrr.........
I heard the fireworks last night from Washington Square Park, and for a couple of minutes I thought it was Al Qaida.
Anyone else think the same thing, or am I alone in my paranoia?
Most annoying week of the year.
Al Qaeda? Hardly. It did kinda sound like mortars, but knowing i was in nyc and teh harbors are filled with destroyers on top of nexus teams, i knew we were pretty safe.
For most women I know in NYC, Fleet Week is the best week of the Year. I love looking at a sailor in uniform. Welcome, boys!
Don't worry, leave it to me. I can deal with drunken sailors, after the bar...in bed.
how much is the admission ticket to get into a ship?
where is the uss wasp located and how much is it to enter?
where is the uss wasp located and how much is it to enter?
how much do i have to pay for the other ships?