Austin

Navy Week in Austin is scheduled Oct. 1-10, 2021. The event will take place during Austin City Limits and other city-wide events with additional content online via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, local media, and other social media platforms, in partnership with several organizations throughout the Austin area, to include Austin City Limits, Visit Austin, Austin FC, Cup of the Americas/Moto GP Red Bull Grand Prix, the Texas State Capitol, Boys & Girls Club of Austin, Mobile Loaves and Fishes and other civic groups and local and state government entities. Here is a tentative schedule and sampling of some potential featured events.

   Friday, Oct. 1:

• 12-12:10 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard Drill Team Performance at the Capitol
• 12:15-12:30 PM – Austin Navy Week Sailors Meet and Greet with Laura Koerner, Chair of Texas Veterans Commission at Capitol
• 2-5 PM - Navy Band: Popular Music Group at Republic Park Square
• 2-3 PM - Navy Brass Band, USS Constitution, Naval History and Heritage Command, Ceremonial Guard drill team and Navy Oceanographers Presentations and Demos at Kocurek Elementary

  
  
  Saturday, Oct. 2:

• 1-2 PM - Navy Brass Band and U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard at Austin City Limits Photo Stage
• 1-3 PM - Navy Singer National Anthem, UT NROTC Color Guard during Navy Flyover at Austin FC vs Real Salt La
  
  Sunday, Oct. 3:
   
• 12-3 PM - Navy Band: Popular Music Group Tailgate Performance and Navy Singer National Anthem, UT NRTOC Color Guard during Navy Flyover, Rear Adm. Gene Price at Moto GP Red Bull Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas
• 1-2 PM - Navy Brass Band and U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team at Austin City Limits Photo Stage and Navy Flyover

  
  Monday, Oct. 4:

• 7-8 AM - Virtual Meeting with Admiral Christopher Grady, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and University of Texas NROTC and (via Zoom)
• 7-10 AM - Navy Seals and Navy Master-at-Arms Combined Training with Austin Police Department at Police Academy Grounds
• 8:15-8:30 AM – Rear Adm. Gene Price Radio Interview KOKE FM (with Bob Cole)
• 9-10 AM - Austin Navy Week Proclamation with Rear Adm. Gene Price, Vice Commander, Naval Information Forces and Austin Mayor Steve Adler
• 10:25-11 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Hendrickson High School
• 10:30 AM - 12 PM - Rear Adm. Gene Price visit to Capital Factory (Founder and CEO Joshua Baer, COO Joelle Vail, VP of Federal Defense Programs Jorge Manresa)
• 11 AM - 1 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill performance, USS Constitution Presentation, Naval History and Heritage Command and Navy Oceanographers at University of Texas Speedway
• 12:05-12:50 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Hyde Park High School
• 12:45-2 PM - Rear Adm. Gene Price meeting with Rich Julian (Amazon Public Sector Venture and Startups)
• 1:15-2 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Pflugerville High School
• 2-3 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team, USS Constitution, Naval History and Heritage Command and Navy Oceanographers Demos and Presentations at Williams Elementary
• 3-4 PM - Austin Navy Week Proclamation and Navy Sailor Swear-in with Rear Adm. Price and Texas Governor Greg Abbott at Capitol

  
  Tuesday, Oct. 5:

• 7-8 AM - Leadership Lab with Rear Adm. Gene Price at University of Texas
• 8-8:35 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Cedar Park High School
• 8:30-9 AM - Rear Adm. Gene Price meeting with Austin Chamber of Commerce President Laura Huffman
• 9-10 AM - Breakfast with Austin Chamber of Commerce and Rear Adm. Gene Price
• 9 AM - 12PM – USS Constitution, U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team and other Sailors at Mobile Loaves and Fishes
• 9:20-10 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to St. Michael’s Catholic Academy
• 9:50-10:35 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School
• 10:30 AM - 12 PM - Navy Band: Popular Music Group at KIPPP Austin Collegiate School
• 10:30-11:30 AM - Rear Adm. Gene Price visit with Adm. Bobby Inman
• 10:30-11:10 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Regent’s School of Austin
• 11:45 AM -12:35 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Vandegrift High School
• 12-1 PM - Rear Adm. Gene Price to Speak to Austin Rotary (via Zoom)
• 1:30-2:30 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Connally High School
• 1:45-4:15 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team, USS Constitution, Navy Oceanographers Demos and Presentations at Westlake High School
• 2-4 PM - Rear Adm. Gene Price meeting with IBM Executives
• 3-3:30 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Valor South Austin High School
• 4:30-6 PM - Tour of UARC (Univ. Affiliated Research Center) at UT-Austin Applied Research Laboratories by Rear Adm. Gene Price
• 7-8 PM – Rear Adm. Gene Price speaking to Austin Navy League, local JNROTC cadets and their families

  
  Wednesday, Oct. 6:

• 8:50-9:40 AM - Brass Quintet Virtual Performance with Westlake High School
• 9 AM – 12 PM - Navy Dive Ops with Austin Police Department at San Marcos Aquarena
• 9:10-10:30 AM - Navy Band: Popular Music Group Performance at Austin High School
• 9:05 AM - 12 PM - Rear Adm. Gene Price speaking to UT Law students (Cybersecurity Policy & Law)
• 9:30-10:30 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Jack C. Hays High School
• 11 AM - 1200 PM - Meeting with Rear Adm. Gene Price and Dr. Tom Leonard, Superintendent of Eanes Westlake
• 12-2 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Lehman High School
• 12-2 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Johnson High School
• 1:40-3:20 PM - Navy Band: Brass Band Virtual Performance with Westlake High School
• 2-3 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team, USS Constitution, Navy Oceanographers Demos and Presentations at Lehman High School
• 3:30-5 PM - Gathering with Rear Adm. Gene Price and IT Leaders, NSIC, Austin Technical Council
• 5-6 PM - Rear Adm. Price at Reception w/ NSIC at TAB
• 4-5:30 PM - Navy Fitness and Nutrition/STEM/History with USS Texas (SSN 775) and other Sailors at Boys and Girls Club of Austin
• 7:15-9 PM - Navy Band: Popular Music Group and U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard at University of Texas Austin Pep Rally for University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma Football Game
• 7:30-9 PM - University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma Football Game Ball Run around the Capitol and Georgetown with UT NROTC with USS Texas (SSN 775) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and other Sailors

  
  Thursday, Oct. 7:

• 8 AM - 4 PM - USS Texas (SSN 775), Navy Talent Acquisition Group, USS Constitution, Navy Band, U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and other Sailors at Austin Habitat for Humanity build
• 8:30-9:15 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Liberal Arts and Science Academy
• 10:30-11:15 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Bowie High School
• 12-4 PM - Navy Oceanographers/Meteorologists with Austin Police Department on Lake Austin
• 12:30-1:15 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Ann Richards School for Young Women
• 1:30-3:30 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to San Juan Diego Catholic School
• 1:45-2:30 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Bastrop High School
• 5-6:30 PM - Austin Watershed Protection, Navy Natural/Cultural Resources Management Mixer at Barton Springs Pool
• 6-7 PM – Navy Flyover and Navy Singer National Anthem, Navy Sailors to lead USA chant at U.S. Men’s National Team World Cup Qualifier: USA vs. Jamaica

  
  Friday, Oct. 8:

• 10-11 AM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Round Rock High School
• 10 AM - 2 PM - Navy Sailors at National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg
• 11:15 AM - 1:30 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions visit to Georgetown High School
• 1-2 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team at Austin City Limits Photo Stage
• 2-3 PM - USS Constitution, Navy Oceanographers Demos and Presentations at Oak Springs Elementary
• 7:25 PM - Navy Band: Solo Vocalist National Anthem at Westlake vs. Bowie Football Game

  
  Saturday, Oct. 9:

• 1-2 PM - U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team at Austin City Limits Photo Stage
• 1-2 PM - U.S. Naval Academy Admissions Forum at University of Texas Austin Speedway, WCP Student Activity Center
• TBD – Navy Flyover University of Texas and University of Oklahoma at Cotton Bowl

  
  Sunday, Oct. 10:

• 1-2 PM - Navy Flyover, U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard drill team at Austin City Limits Photo Stage

   

  Get Involved!

  This is a tentative outline of events, and we look forward to the ideas, collaboration, and additions from Austin-area organizations and individuals. To learn more and for any information about how you or your organization can be a part of Austin Navy Week, contact Lt. Ian McConnaughey at (901) 229-5709/(760) 932-0866 or ian.mcconnaughey@navy.mil or Lt. Joel Borrelli-Boudreau at (443) 223-6613 or joel.l.borrelli@navy.mil. We look forward to your partnership!

CONTACT INFO
Navy Coordinator
NavyWeeks@Navy.Mil
(901) 874-5590