Ben Hillyer/The Natchez Democrat — Students from Adams County Christian School get splashed by diver David Martinez after the students celebrated winning a game of tic-tac-toe during the U.S. Navy Seabees’ underwater diving tank display. The U.S. Navy has set up a variety of displays at the Natchez Visitor Reception Center as part of Navy Week in Natchez. The exhibits were on display Monday and Tuesday.

Natchez Early College Academy student K’Metrick Johnson, 16, plays tic-tac-toe with Navy Seabee diver David Martinez.

Cathedral teacher Emily Guida helps Claire Ulmer see what grains of sand look like in a microscope.

Students from Adams County Christian School’s fifth grade line up to get a chance to climb into some of the transportation equipment on display in front of the Natchez Visitor Reception Center.

Cathedral sixth grader Claire Ulmer feels what it is like to wear the heavy diving helmet the Navy uses for deep sea exploration.