Fleet Week Opening Day: Humanitarian Village and STEM Exhibits Welcome First Visitors
San Francisco is a city in San Francisco County, California (a consolidated city-county). San Francisco Fleet Week officially opened on Sunday, Oct. 4, with the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Village and STEM exhibits at Marina Green welcoming the first visitors of the nine-day event, according to the organizers' schedule — the most family-friendly stop of opening weekend.
Presented by military units and local emergency agencies, the village displays field hospitals, water-purification systems, search-and-rescue equipment and disaster-response workflows, with military vehicles and communications gear open for close-up viewing and hands-on science activities for children. Organizers say the exhibits turn a military open house into a public classroom on disaster preparedness and STEM careers.
The week ahead includes free public ship tours starting Oct. 7, air show survey flights on the afternoon of Oct. 8, the Parade of Ships on the morning of Oct. 9, and the Blue Angels-headlined air show Oct. 9-11. Parking near Marina Green is extremely limited, and organizers recommended Muni or bicycles.
This year's village adds mental-health and post-disaster recovery information booths and hosts organized school-group visits from around the Bay Area, organizers said. For many local families, opening day at the exhibits is the week's best-value outing: free, ahead of the air-show crowds, and a rare chance to talk with service members face to face.
Photo: 旧金山 Marina Green 与海湾实景，CC BY-SA 2.0（Wikimedia Commons，摄影：Naval Surface Warriors）
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Photo: 图：旧金山Marina Green草坪与海湾、恶魔岛远景。摄影：Simon Cobb，CC0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
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