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Lance Cpl. Kurt Spinney, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, teaches New Yorkers about the M249B machine gun during Military Day as part of Fleet Week at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York, May 28, 2016. The Marines and sailors are visiting to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America’s sea services. - Lance Cpl. Kurt Spinney, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, teaches New Yorkers about the M249B machine gun during Military Day as part of Fleet Week at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York, May 28, 2016. The Marines and sailors are visiting to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America’s sea services.

Marine, Navy helicopters churn up dust, grass and cheers in Long Island

People flocked the railing, clapping and cheering as several helicopters kicked up dust and grass while landing on a field at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York, May 28, 2016.The Marine and Navy helicopters landed for Military Day as part of Fleet Week New York. “It’s nice that they are introducing the civilian populace to what the service

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Pfc. Miguel Ramirez Collon, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, selects gifts while building care packages with children during a Project HOPE event that brought aid to children and families in need during a Project HOPE event that brought aid to children and families in need at Times Square Church in New York, May 28, 2016. Fleet Week New York is an opportunity for the public to interact with service members from America’s sea services, spreading awareness of the Navy and Marine Corps’ missions at home and abroad. - Pfc. Miguel Ramirez Collon, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, selects gifts while building care packages with children during a Project HOPE event that brought aid to children and families in need during a Project HOPE event that brought aid to children and families in need at Times Square Church in New York, May 28, 2016. Fleet Week New York is an opportunity for the public to interact with service members from America’s sea services, spreading awareness of the Navy and Marine Corps’ missions at home and abroad.

Marines help children in need during Fleet Week New York

Marines, sailors and coast guardsmen joined volunteers at Times Square Church to meet children in need and share an afternoon together during Project HOPE in an effort to bring aid to other children across the world as part of Fleet Week, May 28th, 2016. Each child was paired with a sailor, Coast Guardsman or Marine, to learn about each other while

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Cpl. Austin Richards, a flight equipment technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, paints the gymnasium of the Graham Windham’s Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center in Manhattan, New York, May 27, 2016. The Marines are visiting the city to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America's sea services. - Cpl. Austin Richards, a flight equipment technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, paints the gymnasium of the Graham Windham’s Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center in Manhattan, New York, May 27, 2016. The Marines are visiting the city to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America's sea services.

24th MEU helps repaint Harlem community center

Service members with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit prove that giving back to the New York community is one of the biggest parts of Fleet Week. Marines, coast guardsmen and sailors helped repaint the Graham Windham’s Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center in Manhattan, New York, May 27. “We are redoing the gymnasium for the [kids in the

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A CH-53 Super Stallion with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit demonstrates a landing at Massapequa High School in Long Island, New York, May 26, 2016. The Marines are visiting the city to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America's sea services. - A CH-53 Super Stallion with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit demonstrates a landing at Massapequa High School in Long Island, New York, May 26, 2016. The Marines are visiting the city to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America's sea services.

24th MEU brings Fleet Week to Massapequa High School

With wide smiles, hundreds of high school students rushed to their school’s baseball field to greet Marines whose arrival left many of them in awe; this is the excitement that Fleet Week New York brings. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Sgt. Eli Rhodes helps a young child up on the pull up bar during a MAGTF demonstrates at

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An MV-22B Osprey is displayed on the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) for residents during Fleet Week New York, May 27, 2016. This year is the 28th year the New York has hosted Fleet Week. - An MV-22B Osprey is displayed on the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) for residents during Fleet Week New York, May 27, 2016. This year is the 28th year the New York has hosted Fleet Week.