Grand Valley is site host for Navy Week

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An F-18 simulator and state-of-the-art video games will be featured during Navy Week in Grand Rapids, Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10.

Grand Valley State University is the site host for the event, which will also feature a Navy SEAL challenge, in which participants can test their physical skills against a Navy SEAL.

The event will take place in the parking lot of Grand Valley’s Eberhard Center, 301 W. Fulton St., Friday, May 9, from noon-8 p.m., and Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

To coincide with Navy Week, WGVU-TV aired a special program called CARRIER, a 10-part series filmed aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The program is a character-driven, edge-of-your-seat immersion into the high-stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. Given unprecedented access, the filmmakers follow a core group of characters, from the admiral and the fighter pilots to the youngest sailors, as they navigate personal conflicts around jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love and the war on terror. Filmed in high-definition during a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf, CARRIER takes a raw and personal look at the Navy’s role in this controversial war. For more information including future air dates, visit www.wgvu.org .