170225-N-NX690-450 MOBILE, Ala. (Feb. 25, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Thoren Pond, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), shakes hands with people attending a Mardi Gras parade during Navy Week Mobile. Navy Week programs serve as the Navy's principal outreach effort in areas of the country without a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua M. Tolbert/Released)