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Port Jefferson Students Explore Navy SEALs History
Local high schoolers went on a field trip to the newly opened Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in Sayville.
Press release from the Port Jefferson School District:
Nov. 14, 2022
Earl L. Vandermeulen High School students embarked on an interactive and educational field trip to the newly opened Lt. Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in Sayville. The students were given a firsthand look at the history of the U.S. Navy’s primary special operations force – Navy Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs – and their involvement in warfare through the oration of retired Navy SEALs.
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The high school juniors took part in an underwater simulation ride and learned through touch-screen graphics about major operations and training that goes into being a Navy SEAL. They were also taught about major concepts such as never giving up and learning from failures, aspects that the SEALs abide by. The students were joined in the educational experience by teachers Jesse Rosen, Bryan Vaccaro and Melissa Zinger.
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