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​THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2019 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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RMKS/1.  There has been no more vivid or illustrative time than now to 
underscore that safe and healthy workplaces are paramount to ensuring 
Marines, Sailors, and civil servants have the opportunity to thrive and 
succeed in service to our nation.  The health of our workforce and material 
condition our assets relies on each individual investing every effort to make 
well-informed and deliberate risk decisions, both on- and off-duty.  We must 
work together to identify root causes of non-combat fatalities, injuries, 
mishaps and near misses, create lasting solutions to avoid reoccurrence, and 
share our lessons learned to ensure the warfighting readiness our great 
nation demands.  The prestigious Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence 
Award recognizes Navy and Marine Corps Units that achieved unparalleled 
safety and occupational program performance.  We must make a determined 
effort to learn from them and one another to improve the safety and health of 
our Navy-Marine Corps Team.

2.  It is my distinct pleasure to announce the following winners:
    a.  Afloat:  USS WASP (LHD-1)
    b.  Ashore:  Blount Island Command
    c.  Aviation:  Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (REINFORCED) (VMM-365
    (REIN))
    d.  Emerging Center of Excellence:  Submarine Forces
    e.  Emerging Center of Excellence:  Fleet Readiness Center East
    f.  Expeditionary:  Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE THREE THREE 
(NMCB 133)
    g.  Off-Duty:  Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany

3.  Safety and risk management are indispensable values needed to execute our 
mission whether at home or deployed in harm's way.  These units have 
demonstrated an unwavering commitment to mission readiness and disciplined 
decision making.  Congratulations!

4.  Released by the Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the 
Navy.//

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