Fleet Week 2026 - April 19, La Porte, TX

[OlDawg]

I wasn’t sure where to put this, or who may be interested. But, La Porte will be the first Texas city to host the U.S. Navy Fleet Week.

Details are in the link. Come one and come all. Sylvan Beach is about 300 yards from LPHS and the new Bulldog Stadium.

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[navydawg31]

Can’t wait to go! Been apart of many many Fleet Week. Best one was NYC, Boston was a lot fun lots of community support. SD had a ball 

[tvc184]

I might make it over there. My older brother did 26 years in the Navy and lives in Richmond. I am sure that he will take part. 
 

I wish the Battleship Texas was back open to the public but it still has a few months before the final berth is ready in Galveston. 

[OlDawg]

1 hour ago, tvc184 said:

I might make it over there. My older brother did 26 years in the Navy and lives in Richmond. I am sure that he will take part. 
 

I wish the Battleship Texas was back open to the public but it still has a few months before the final berth is ready in Galveston. 

If y’all come, stop by the Gold Star Memorial in La Porte (5 Points Park) while you’re here. It’s only a mile or two from Sylvan Beach in old downtown LP. Impressive monument.

La Porte is a very veteran heavy community.

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[OlDawg]

On 3/31/2026 at 9:07 PM, navydawg31 said:

Can’t wait to go! Been apart of many many Fleet Week. Best one was NYC, Boston was a lot fun lots of community support. SD had a ball 

Better 1/2 and I saw Fleet Week in Seattle in the 2010's. Pretty nice set up with the air show and everything over the water in the harbor. I was never assigned a ship. I think my old rate is now an ND. At least I saw that somewhere a few years ago. So, I never participated while serving. I was 'galavanting' other places most of the time anyway. lol

[navydawg31]

4 hours ago, OlDawg said:

Better 1/2 and I saw Fleet Week in Seattle in the 2010's. Pretty nice set up with the air show and everything over the water in the harbor. I was never assigned a ship. I think my old rate is now an ND. At least I saw that somewhere a few years ago. So, I never participated while serving. I was 'galavanting' other places most of the time anyway. lol

You did that shore tour I see! lol it’s a lot of fun and highly recommended to see and attend 

[OlDawg]

1 hour ago, navydawg31 said:

You did that shore tour I see! lol it’s a lot of fun and highly recommended to see and attend 

lol

Yep. All different shores. Always joke the Navy taught me how to blow things up, so I got a degree to learn how to design and build stuff for a well-rounded curriculum.

My brother did 13 as an ET aboard the Grayling (fast attack sub), and my son was the Senior Chief nuke tech on the Ronald Reagan for 13. (Dad flew helos in the Navy and Air Force for 4 years each.)

My brother and son both got more useful skills for civvy life than I did.

Funny thing is, I went in to be an ATC (AC) after Reagan fired them all. My dad taught me how to fly while crop dusting on the farm. He was also a private flight instructor at LP airport when we moved here.  So, I thought it would be a cool job. But, after enlistment, I was told the schools were full. So, they looked at my background, my ASVAB was a 99 (twice because they thought I cheated the first time), saw I was a beach lifeguard, college swimmer, and "asked" to reclassify me.

Of course, they hounded me for about 3 weeks to see if they could con me into the nuke program first. Had me standing straight guard duty to see if I would give in.

I didn't. So Boom! I went from the air to the water. lol

Had to give up diving when my son was born. Wife told me I could only have one dangerous hobby. I chose motorcycles. I’d been riding since I was young, and enjoy the freedom. Still ride when I can. She used to ride along before her Parkinson’s Plus. We used to have a lot of fun taking short weekend trips here and there.