Navy Office of Community Outreach - NAVCO

📍𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝟭: 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 & 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗩𝗮. – 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻.

Samuel Cox, Director of Naval History & Heritage Command, kicked off our campaign at America's first permanent English settlement. He connected the Navy's enduring 250-year mission to our earliest history, engaging with local historians, university students, and high schoolers.

🤝 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: Jamestown Rediscovery Historic Jamestowne William & Mary

Capt. Chad Trubilla, a native of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, recently took over as the officer in charge at the Surface Advanced Warfighting School (SAWS), on board Naval Base San Diego, California.

Part of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), SAWS is responsible for training the surface Navy’s specialized warfare tactics instructors, serving as the surface fleet’s direct counterpart to naval aviation’s famed “TOP GUN” weapons school.

The assignment marks a professional homecoming for Trubilla, an original “plankowner” of SMWDC who helped establish the elite tactical institution more than a decade ago. Trubilla, an Integrated Air and Missile Defense warfare tactics instructor, was part of the pioneering foundational cohort in 2014.

“Returning to SAWS is a tremendously humbling full-circle experience,” Trubilla said. “To lead the schoolhouse that forged my own development as a tactical officer, and to now guide the next generation of elite instructors, is a profound privilege.”

To read more about Trubilla, visit: https://navyoutreach.blogspot.com/2026/05/tamaqua-native-named-officer-in-charge.html

Honoring our nation’s fallen heroes together this Memorial Day.

Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage and visiting Sailors marched in the 107th Annual Camp Hill Memorial Day Parade today to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇸

We’re smack-dab in the middle of Harrisburg !

Our Sailors have spent the week meeting residents, visiting schools, and sharing the U.S. Navy’s mission across the community for Navy Week. We are proud to connect with the people of Harrisburg as we continue celebrating 250 years of naval service and dedication to our nation. ⚓️🇺🇸

The Navy officially arrived in Pennsylvania’s capital city with a ceremony alongside local leadership!

Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams hosted a proclamation and enlistment ceremony today to kick off ! Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage joined local leaders, the USS Constitution crew, and the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard to welcome the Fleet and highlight 250 years of naval service. 🇺🇸