Keywords: America's Navy hosts Annual SeaPerch Competition at HESTEC 2016 161007-N-ND850-863.jpg en HARLINGEN Texas Oct 7 2016 Sailors of Navy Recruiting District San Antonio and Navy City Outreach Southwest Region pose with students of Harlingen High School who won first place in the U S Navy-sponsored SeaPerch Competition held at the Harlingen Aquatic Center during the 2016 Hispanic Engineering Science and Technology Week HESTEC Thirty-three high school teams competed in the event which consisted of an underwater obstacle course ring pick-up and a display presentation SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater remotely operated vehicle ROV in an in-school or out-of-school setting The goal of the event was to spark students' interest in science technology engineering and mathematics STEM HESTEC Week is an educational conference that features events geared towards promoting STEM education to people of all ages and backgrounds U S Navy photo by Burrell Parmer Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Public Affairs/Released <br>Unit Navy Recruiting Command 2016-10-07 Burrell Parmer https //www dvidshub net/image/2907405/americas-navy-hosts-annual-seaperch-competition-hestec-2016 161007-N-ND850-863 2016-10-08 16 59 HARLINGEN TX US PD-USGov-Military-Navy Office of Naval Research Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |