161020-N-YR245-083 HOUSTON (Oct. 20, 2016) Rear Adm. Kenneth Iverson, commander, Navy Medicine East, speaks with members of the Kiwanis Club of Houston during Navy Week. Houston Navy Week officially kicked off Oct. 17 and will run until Oct. 23. Navy Weeks focus a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel on a single city for a week-long series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects, in cities that may not have a large naval presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Craig Z. Rodarte/RELEASED)