75th Anniversary of Navy Establishment... Online Job Fair and Cooking Contest Held

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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter]The Navy announced on the 6th that it will hold the '2nd Navy Founding Commemoration Week (NAVY WEEK) 2020' event from November 11 to 15 to mark the 75th anniversary of its founding (November 11).

On the 75th anniversary, at 11:11 a.m. on the 11th, a commemorative ceremony will be held at Jinhae Naval Base, presided over by Navy Chief of Staff Bu Seok-jong, with veterans in attendance. A ceremony for awarding the War Medal to veterans of the Korean War will also take place.

On the 12th, a cooking competition for cooks in the Jinhae area will be held, along with the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition (online and offline), a briefing on new ship technologies, and a product exhibition (online and offline), all scheduled to coincide with the commemorative week.

An online job fair, hosted by the Navy, Changwon City, and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, will also be held until the 14th, targeting soldiers scheduled for discharge.

About 40 companies, including defense contractors nationwide and companies based in Changwon, are expected to participate. Detailed information can be found on the job fair website (www.jobgogo.kr).

The Navy explained that this is the second Navy Founding Commemoration Week following last year, and this year, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the event will be held mainly online, minimizing offline events including unit and ship open days.

Details of the event can be found on the Navy website (www.navy.co.kr), the Navy's social network services (SNS), and the Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition website (www.YIDEX.net).

Meanwhile, the Navy was founded in August 1945 with the determination that "we must protect our seas," when the first Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Son Won-il formed the Maritime Corps (海事隊). On November 11 of the same year, at 11 a.m., 70 members held the founding ceremony of the Liberation Defense Corps (海防兵團) in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, which became the origin of the Navy.

The founding date was decided as November 11 because combining the Chinese characters for the two dates '11 (十一) month 11 (十一) day' forms the two characters 'Seonbi Sa (士)', meaning scholar-warrior. The Navy explained that this reflects the belief and will that "the Navy must be gentlemen."

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