Good morning alive look at Coronado honoring
our servicemen and women Fleet Week.
San Diego kicked off last night.
This morning. Larry Bloomberg is busy
setting up for a full day of fun at
the Broadway Pier Good morning to you.
Larry, thank you so much for joining us.
Great to be here, Stella.
Good talking to you? Yes,
thank you for your service.
I want to start off by saying
that you were in the Navy.
Yeah, I spent
a little time in the Navy
just a little,
maybe 30 years. There you go. That
is huge. Thank you so much for your service.
It is so exciting to see this event
back after two years of cancellations.
Obviously because of the pandemic.
Tell us what you're preparing for today.
Well today we start off with students
from around San Diego area schools
coming out to visit the displays,
go aboard the ships played,
spend some time in the innovation
zone and we've got lots of
activities set up for them.
We expect them to be arriving here
anytime you know between 8:30
and 9:00 o'clock this morning, so
they'll be spending the morning with
us and then at about 1:00 o'clock,
we'll open up to the public for
a general visiting so. Well,
we're looking forward to a big crowd.
We know the sun is going to come out.
That's the San Diego, right? Yes,
it is. Yes, it will come out for sure.
Can you show us some products
featured in your innovation zone?
Well, yeah, we have lots of high tech
equipment from the Navy Medical Center.
We have the Navy, weather and
meteorology or meteorological service.
We've got some robotics
stuff back there is there's.
There's an awful lot for the children to
learn and and to get acquainted with.
You know the sailors and Marines
and Coast Guard people who operate
this equipment and we also have some
displays from the from some of our
technology companies here in San Diego.
So what are some of the other
activities you have planned pot?
The parades, the golf, the gains. Well
yeah, OK. So we've already completed our
golf tournament earlier earlier this month,
and we're actually last month and and
we also had a softball tournament here.
We had a Marines Coast Guard and we
actually had some first responders
from the police fire departments
around the area playing in it.
So this weekend we're all down
here at Broadway Pier for the ship
visits and and for the tours of the
equipment and and so that the public
can get to see the men and women who.
Who operate these equipment and who
service at 24/7 and an on Monday?
We're having a breakfast by invitation
or by registration with the Secretary of
the Navy and that'll be at the Admiral
Kid Club and then on Tuesday we have our
big enlisted recognition luncheon at
SeaWorld San Diego and actually there.
The public can purchase a table for that
event to go to our website Fleet Week.
Sandiego.org and.
There's an opportunity for some of
the people in the in an organization
or a company to share a table with
sailors and marines and Coast Guard
and then on on we take a break and
wrap up on veteran's day Thursday
with our Fleet Week Boat parade,
which is an event that we started
last year and it involves all sorts
of activities on San Diego Bay.
That's such a beautiful we have
a pleasure boats.
Yeah it is.
It's a great event,
some great visuals,
some great things to look at
and not only do we have the the
boating community participating,
but we have a vintage aircraft
flying over the Bay.
We have skydivers that will be performing.
We have our Coast Guard sector here doing
some search and rescue demonstrations
on what they do on a daily basis.
So there's great great places
to watch the event from.
From Shelter Island to Harbor Island.
Through the Embarcadero and over on Coronado,
yeah those ships and planes just come down.
Go ahead, I'm sorry.
Go ahead. No, I was gonna say
they're just going to say
it's great. Great viewing.
Yeah, those ships and planes
up close are are massive and
they really represent strength.
Well yeah, are Navy in our Coast Guard?
Obviously we're very proud of him.
I I usually know I served there on
ships most of my career and they are.
They are awesome pieces of equipment,
off, awesome pieces of machinery,
but it's really the men and women
that make that run them that make it
happen so we could never forget that.
Absolutely, never thank you so
much for honoring. Our servicemen.
Are women. Great to see you Larry.
Thank you so much for your service as well.
Well, thank you Stella.
It's great to be with you and we look
forward to having the public down
here for the rest of the weekend.
So you bet I know a lot of
people will be out there.
Thank you so much, Larry.