190518-N-NP779-0017 PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (May 18, 2019) Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, waves to the crowd during the 2019 Rhody Festival grand parade. The parade serves as part of the town’s Rhody Festival, held annually in the third week of May, celebrating the state flower, the rhododendron. (U.S. Navy photo-illustration (vehicle interior lightened to show faces) by MC1 Ty C. Connors/Released)
190518-N-NP779-0026 PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (May 18, 2019) Cmdr. Don Emerson, assigned to Naval Magazine Indian Island, waves to the crowd during the 2019 Rhody Festival grand parade. The parade serves as part of the town’s Rhody Festival, held annually in the third week of May, celebrating the state flower, the rhododendron. (U.S. Navy photo-illustration (vehicle interior lightened to show faces) by MC1 Ty C. Connors/Released)
190518-N-NP779-0044 PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (May 18, 2019) Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, (white SUV) and Navy firemen from Engine 91, interact with the crowd during the 2019 Rhody Festival grand parade. The parade serves as part of the town’s Rhody Festival, held annually in the third week of May, celebrating the state flower, the rhododendron. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Ty C. Connors/Released)
By Naval Magazine Indian Island Public Affairs
Naval Magazine Indian Island commanding officer Cmdr. Rocky Pulley and prospective incoming commanding officer Cmdr. Don Emerson participated in Port Townsend’s Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
Pulley, Emerson and Navy Fire and Emergency Services personnel from Engine 91 were grateful for the hospitality from the crowds who lined the parade route.
Port Townsend hosts the Rhody Festival in the third week of May each year to celebrate the state flower, the rhododendron. Sadly, this was Pulley’s last parade event in Jefferson County as he is currently the process of turning over command to Emerson.
Pulley would like to personally thank all of the people who spend numerous hours to put together events like the Rhody Parade that further build a cohesive community between Jefferson County and the Navy.
U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communciation Specialist 1st Class Ty C. Connors
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