Our Winter in July event is hosting special appearances from Sailors from USS Constitution, USS North Dakota and Navy History and Heritage Command. They are attending the event and taking part in the winter fun!

Pop Up Aqua Class on July 20 is a special Navy bootcamp version of the Pop-Up Aqua Class. As part of Navy Week, sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One lead the class.

• "Side Boys" is an acoustic brass band ensemble which performs a wide range of musical genres, spanning from traditional New Orleans-style jazz to modern-day popular music, including, but not limited to, country, rock, jazz and blues. Under the direction of Unit Leader Musician First Class Christopher Bettler, "Side Boys" is the most versatile ensemble within Navy Band Great Lakes.

Since 2005, the Navy Week program has served as the Navy's principal outreach effort into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence, with 250 Navy Weeks held in 80 different U.S. cities. The program is designed to help Americans understand that their Navy is deployed around the world, around the clock, ready to defend America at all times. Navy Weeks focus a variety of outreach assets, equipment and personnel in a single city for a week-long series of engagements with key influencers and organizations representing all sectors of the market.

• Navy EOD forces clear explosive hazards to provide access to denied areas; they employ advanced tactics and technologies to exploit and secure the undersea domain for freedom of maneuver; they build and foster relationships with a constellation of capable and trusted partners; and they protect the homeland and our American way of life.