San Francisco Fleet Week - SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 02, 2017) Todd Franssen, senior emergency coordinator for the California Emergency Medical Services Authority, explains medical capabilities of the California Medical Assessment Team (CALMAT) base of operations to visitors at a Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) exercise held at the San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center during Fleet Week San Francisco, Oct. 2. The DSCA exercise was designed to provide familiarization and training for amphibious landing operations and to show how they can be used to support DSCA and disaster response. Fleet week provides an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard team and to experience America's sea services. Fleet Week San Francisco will highlight naval personnel, equipment, technology, and capabilities, with an emphasis on humanitarian assistance and disaster response.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn)

Marines with Task Force Los Angeles assemble aboard the USS America (LHA 6) at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Aug. 29, 2016. The ship will carry Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen to Los Angeles Fleet Week, Sept. 2 – Sept. 5. Fleet Weeks are annual patriotic events where active Navy and Coast Guard ships dock in major U.S. cities giving Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen an opportunity to interact with locals. This is the first year L.A. has hosted an official Fleet Week event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Bevel) - Marines with Task Force Los Angeles assemble aboard the USS America (LHA 6) at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Aug. 29, 2016. The ship will carry Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen to Los Angeles Fleet Week, Sept. 2 – Sept. 5. Fleet Weeks are annual patriotic events where active Navy and Coast Guard ships dock in major U.S. cities giving Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen an opportunity to interact with locals. This is the first year L.A. has hosted an official Fleet Week event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Bevel)

A Coast Guard cutter passes through San Francisco Bay during the parade of ships event as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015, Oct. 9, 2015. The parade of ships is a traditional part of Fleet Week in which service members and San Francisco natives pay respects to the ships who pass through the harbor. SFFW 15’ is a week-long event that blends a unique training and education program, bringing together key civilian emergency responders and Naval crisis-response forces to exchange best practices on humanitarian assistance disaster relief with particular emphasis on defense support to civil authorities. - A Coast Guard cutter passes through San Francisco Bay during the parade of ships event as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015, Oct. 9, 2015. The parade of ships is a traditional part of Fleet Week in which service members and San Francisco natives pay respects to the ships who pass through the harbor. SFFW 15’ is a week-long event that blends a unique training and education program, bringing together key civilian emergency responders and Naval crisis-response forces to exchange best practices on humanitarian assistance disaster relief with particular emphasis on defense support to civil authorities.

A member of the San Francisco Fire Department gives a sticker to a young young boy during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief static display at Marina Green Park, San Francisco, Oct. 9, 2015, as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015. SFFW 15’ is a week-long event that blends a unique training and education program, bringing together key civilian emergency responders and Naval crisis-response forces to exchange best practices focused on humanitarian assistance disaster relief with particular emphasis on defense support to civil authorities. - A member of the San Francisco Fire Department gives a sticker to a young young boy during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief static display at Marina Green Park, San Francisco, Oct. 9, 2015, as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015. SFFW 15’ is a week-long event that blends a unique training and education program, bringing together key civilian emergency responders and Naval crisis-response forces to exchange best practices focused on humanitarian assistance disaster relief with particular emphasis on defense support to civil authorities.

Pat Gardner, a retired deputy chief with the San Francisco Fire Department, instructs Marines during urban search and rescue training at Treasure Island, Oct. 7, 2015, as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015. The event featured demonstrations and hands-on training with tools commonly used for rescue missions during disaster relief. - Pat Gardner, a retired deputy chief with the San Francisco Fire Department, instructs Marines during urban search and rescue training at Treasure Island, Oct. 7, 2015, as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015. The event featured demonstrations and hands-on training with tools commonly used for rescue missions during disaster relief.

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The U.S. Navy's USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, enters the San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge Oct. 6, 2012, during San Francisco Fleet Week 2012’s Parade of Ships event. Nine sea vessels belonging to the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, San Francisco Fire Department and the Canadian Navy entered the San Francisco Bay underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in a prestigious and ceremonial event – tradition to San Francisco Fleet Week. - The U.S. Navy's USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, enters the San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge Oct. 6, 2012, during San Francisco Fleet Week 2012’s Parade of Ships event. Nine sea vessels belonging to the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, San Francisco Fire Department and the Canadian Navy entered the San Francisco Bay underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in a prestigious and ceremonial event – tradition to San Francisco Fleet Week.