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SUBJ/DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 2009 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS//
REF/A/DOC/SECNAVINST 5305.4//
AMPN/REF A ESTABLISHES POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR SUBJECT AWARDS 
PROGRAM.//

RMKS/1.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF THE NAVY 2009 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS.  THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR DON 
HAS RECOGNIZED NAVY AND MARINE CORPS UNITS FOR THIS MOST PRESTIGIOUS 
AWARD.  THE SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A.  SAFETY ASHORE:
   - INDUSTRIAL:  NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND HAWAII
   - NON-INDUSTRIAL:  NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST B.  SHIPBOARD SAFETY:
   - LARGE DECK SURFACE COMBATANT:  USS TARAWA (LHA 1) WITH THE 11TH 
MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT
   - SURFACE COMBATANT:  USS JARRETT (FFG 33)
   - AMPHIBIOUS:  USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43)
   - MINE WARFARE:  MCM CREW DOMINANT
   - SUBMARINE:  USS OHIO (SSGN 726) (GOLD) C.  MARINE CORPS GROUND 
SAFETY:
   - ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARD-GROUP I:  MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII
   - ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARD-GROUP II:  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION 
IWAKUNI
   - ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARD-GROUP III:  MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS 
BASE BARSTOW D.  AVIATION SAFETY:
   - ACTIVE DUTY NAVY:  HELICOPTER ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON LIGHT FOUR 
NINE (HSL-49)
   - ACTIVE DUTY MARINE CORPS:  MARINE LIGHT ATTACK HELICOPTER SQUADRON 
369 (HMLA 369)
   - RESERVE NAVY:  PATROL SQUADRON SIX TWO (VP 62)
   - RESERVE MARINE CORPS:  MARINE MEDIUM HELICOPTER SQUADRON 764 (HMM 
764)
   - TRAINING COMMAND:  TRAINING SQUADRON TEN (VT 10) E.  MILITARY 
SEALIFT COMMAND SAFETY:
   - USNS BRIDGE (T-AOE 10)

2.  ALL DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS TO THE DON 2009 SAFETY 
EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AT A CEREMONY 
THAT WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 FROM 0930-1100 AT THE U.S. NAVY 
MEMORIAL AND NAVAL HERITAGE CENTER THEATER, 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, 
WASHINGTON DC.

3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS. YOUR 
INTEGRATION OF ?MISSION FIRST, SAFETY ALWAYS? INTO YOUR COMMAND CULTURE 
WAS SUPERLATIVE AND YOU HAVE JUSTLY EARNED THE RIGHT TO MY SAFETY FLAG 
FOR THE NEXT YEAR.  YOUR EMPLOYMENT OF OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT 
TECHNIQUES, BOTH ON AND OFF-DUTY, DEMONSTRATED TOTAL COMMAND 
INVOLVEMENT AND IMPRESSIVE FRONT OFFICE SAFETY COMMITMENT.  YOUR 
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY HAS NO DOUBT PREVENTED LOSS OF LIFE, AND PRECLUDED 
COUNTLESS INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO OUR MATERIAL ASSETS.

4.  YOUR CHALLENGE NOW IS TO SHARE YOUR LESSONS LEARNED WITH OTHERS AND 
MENTOR THOSE COMMANDS THAT STRIVE TO OBTAIN THE SAFETY EXCELLENCE YOU 
HAVE ACHIEVED.

5.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//

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