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LA FLEET WEEK’S ‘GALLEY WARS’ CULINARY CONTEST TURNS UP THE HEAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH SURF AND TURF TACO CHALLENGE
Galley Wars, LA Fleet Week’s culinary cooking competition, is back Sunday, May 28

LA Fleet Week Invites Public to the LA Waterfront to Celebrate Military Services over Memorial Day Weekend – May 26-29, 2023
LA Fleet Week Invites Public to the LA Waterfront to Celebrate Military Services over Memorial Day Weekend – May 26-29, 2023

Military Personnel To Give Back To The Community During LA Fleet Week
LA Fleet Week, the annual multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea Services, will take place over the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles. Active-duty sailors and Marines visiting Los Angeles for LA Fleet Week will be giving back to the local community by volunteering their time at organizations throughout the Los Angeles area. Following is a list of the scheduled community relations projects that Navy sailors and Marines will be participating in: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 • St. Francis Center, 1835 South Hope St, L.A. – 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Serving breakfast to the homeless • Los Angeles Ronald...

LA Fleet Week Returns to the LA Waterfront | Navy Ships Arrive Monday and Tuesday Morning | Mayor Garcetti To Hold LA Fleet Week Kick-Off Press Conference 2 P.M. Tuesday
LA Fleet Week® returns to the Port of Los Angeles with a variety of events/activities leading up to tours of two active Navy vessels Friday-Monday, this Memorial Day holiday weekend.

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS BANDS TO BRING LA FLEET WEEK INTO THE COMMUNITY
LA Fleet Week, the annual multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea Services, will take place over the Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles. Professional musicians from Navy Band Southwest and 1st Marine Division Band will provide public performances throughout the Los Angeles area, showcasing a wide variety of genres to entertain audiences of all ages. Following is a list of the scheduled performance locations that are open to the public: Monday, May 23, 2022 The Original Farmer’s Market – 12 p.m. – Marine Corps Band Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Roxbury Memorial Park, 471 S. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills - 3:30...

IT’S BACK! ALL ABOARD FOR LA FLEET WEEK’S 2022 ‘GALLEY WARS’ CULINARY COMPETION
The famous LA Fleet Week® “grill off” between U.S. military branches returns to Battleship IOWA May 29, and U.S. Army is joining the competition for the best surf-and-turf bragging rights SAN PEDRO, Calif. – May 17, 2022 – Tie on the aprons, fire up the grills and get the spatulas ready! The famous LA Fleet Week® Galley Wars grilling competition is back in action after a two-year hiatus, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles. Sponsored this year by Fox Entertainment and Weber grills, the event will pit active culinary specialists from the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Coast...

LA Fleet Week Invites Public to Celebrate Military Services Over Memorial Day Weekend
LA Fleet Week, the annual multi-day celebration of our nation’s Sea Services, will take place over Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, 2022, in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles. For the first time in LA Fleet Week history, this year’s event will take place concurrently with Fleet Week New York, creating simultaneous coast-to-coast celebrations over a holiday for remembering the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces. Free to the general public, the family-friendly LA Fleet Week will be hosted at the Port of Los Angeles with the LA Fleet Week EXPO area in the footprint of the...
LA Fleet Week Returns to Port of Los Angeles over Memorial Day Weekend
LA FLEET WEEK RETURNS TO PORT OF LOS ANGELES OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Four-Day Event will Coincide with Fleet Week New York 2022, Establishing Simultaneous Celebrations of U.S. Sea Services on the East and West Coasts SAN PEDRO, Calif., March 7, 2022 – The LA Fleet Week Foundation, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to plan and support LA Fleet Week®, today announced that LA Fleet Week 2022 will take place over Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, 2022, in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles. Moving LA Fleet Week from Labor Day weekend to Memorial Day weekend, for the first time in LA Fleet Week history, this year’s event will...

Jonathan Williams Receives Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award
President and CEO of Pacific Battleship Center Recognized for 13 Years of Exceptional Contributions to the U.S. Navy Through Battleship IOWA Museum, Los Angeles Fleet Week and the National Museum of the Surface Navy SAN PEDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA, the museum for America’s Surface Navy located aboard the historic Battleship USS IOWA Museum, today announced Jonathan Williams, President and CEO, Pacific Battleship Center, and President, LA Fleet Week Foundation, has been awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award by the Department of the Navy. The Navy’s highest award for...
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