[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR705.21]

[Page 150-151]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 705_PUBLIC AFFAIRS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 705.21  Requests for Navy participation.

    (a) Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis. Events which are 
inappropriate for one type of participation may be entirely appropriate 
for another type of participation. A positive and flexible approach 
should be employed.
    (b) Requests by civilian organizations for Navy participation in 
programs or

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events they sponsor should be addressed to the nearest naval 
installation and should be evaluated and authorized at that level if 
possible. Request exceeding local resoures, or requiring authorization 
from higher authority, should be forwarded through appropriate channels.
    (c) Requests for Armed Forces participation in public events are to 
be submitted on official request forms (Sec. Sec. 705.33, 705.34 and 
705.36) by the sponsors of events occurring outside a command's area of 
direct knowledge and local capability, or involving a type or level of 
participation unavailable locally, or requiring approval of higher 
authority.
    (d) Fact sheets expounding upon normally requested assets are 
enclosed in Sec. Sec. 705.33, 705.34 and 705.36 and may be reproduced 
and distributed locally.
    (e) The official request form is to be used on all requests referred 
to the Chief of Information and to the Office of Assistant Secretary of 
Defense (Public Affairs).