SCOUTING REPORT | DeBoer's Crimson Tide, Navy sailors to South Dakota, touring the Black Hills

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If you encounter groups of sailors roaming Sioux Falls next month, don’t be alarmed. We haven’t suddenly become oceanfront property.

But the Navy has its share of recruits from land-locked states like South Dakota. And from Aug. 4-10, 50 to 75 sailors will be in the community for Navy Week. The Navy is reaching out into communities as it prepares for its 250^th anniversary celebration this fall.

Navy Week began 20 years ago and was designed to bring the Navy to communities that don’t have a significant Naval presence near them. Sioux Falls has hosted two previous Navy Weeks – the last in 2016.