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SUBJ: DON 2006 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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SUBJ/DON 2006 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS//

REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5305.4/16APR2004//

AMPN/REF A ESTABLISHED POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR SUBJECT
AWARDS PROGRAM.//

RMKS/1.  IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) 2006 SAFETY EXCELLENCE
AWARDS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED BY REF A:

A. DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SAFETY ASHORE:
   - INDUSTRIAL: PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD AND
INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY
   - NON-INDUSTRIAL: NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE
B. DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SAFETY SHIPBOARD:
   - LARGE DECK SURFACE COMBATANT: USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3)
   - SURFACE COMBATANT: USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53)
   - AMPHIBIOUS SHIP: USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42)
   - AUXILIARY SHIP: USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40)
   - MINE WARFARE SHIP: MHC CREW AGGRESSIVE
   - SUBMARINE: USS KENTUCKY (BLUE) (SSBN 737)
C. DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR MARINE CORPS GROUND
SAFETY:  CENTER OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE: MARINE CORPS BASE,
CAMP LEJEUNE, JACKSONVILLE, NC
D. DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR AVIATION SAFETY:
   - ACTIVE DUTY - NAVY: STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON 192
(VFA 192)
   - ACTIVE DUTY - MARINE CORPS: MARINE LIGHT ATTACK
HELICOPTER SQUADRON 369 (HMLA 369)
   - RESERVE - NAVY: FLEET LOGISTICS SUPPORT SQUADRON FIVE
THREE (VR 53)
   - RESERVE - MARINE CORPS: MARINE LIGHT ATTACK HELICOPTER
SQUADRON 773 (HMLA 773)
   - TRAINING COMMAND: TRAINING SQUADRON THREE FIVE (VT 35)
E. DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND
SAFETY: USNS ZEUS (T-ARC 7)

2.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL DON 2006 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD
RECIPIENTS.  ALL NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR S SAFETY EXCELLENCE
AWARDS DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVE USE OF OPERATIONAL RISK
MANAGEMENT (ORM) PRINCIPLES AND A SOUND SAFETY CULTURE THAT
CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO MISSION SUCCESS.

3.  WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE
AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD 14 SEPTEMBER 2006, FROM 1300 TO
1400 AT THE NAVY MEMORIAL AND NAVAL HERITAGE CENTER S
THEATER, 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC,
FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF RECEPTION IN THE PRESIDENT S ROOM. THE
CEREMONY WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMANDS THAT
HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY EXCELLENCE BY SUSTAINED
MISSION SUCCESS WITH SIMULTANEOUS EXEMPLARY SAFETY
PERFORMANCE.

4.  I HAVE INVITED THE CNO AND CMC TO JOIN ME IN
RECOGNIZING THIS YEAR S WINNERS OF THESE DISTINGUISHED
AWARDS.  COMMANDERS ARE INVITED TO RESERVE THE AFTERNOON OF
14 SEPTEMBER 2006 TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE WINNING
COMMANDS.

5.  RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER,
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//

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