Beginning this month, Naval Safety Center (NSC) subject matter experts are taking to the road to roll out the updated Navy Safety Program Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23H.

Over the next three months, the Safety Road Show stops at 44 bases worldwide, allowing NSC’s experts the opportunity to highlight changes in the new instruction manual.

“The new instruction manual documents and assigns authority to improved safety business practices the Navy can employ to be safer on and off duty every day,” said Naval Safety Center Shore Safety Programs Director Jonathan Wilson. “We are excited to give naval safety professionals around the world hands-on briefings detailing how they can put this instruction to work.”

Among many changes, the revised OPNAVINST 5100.23H, approved in March and going into effect Oct. 1, details the revision of Base Operating Support services; the creation of a Naval Safety Program Management System; codifies how the Recreational Off-Duty Safety (RODS) program will follow a Safety Management System (SMS) concept; establishes “trip wires” to assist commands in reporting risk and hazard information up chains of command; and requires proactive, frequent communication across the Fleet to build awareness and drive safety actions.

In addition, the new instruction manual shifts naval safety to an agency focus and outlines how accountability, authority, responsibility and subject matter expertise will now be shared at the Echelon 2 level.

The road show, which begins June 18 at Naval Station Norfolk and ends Sept. 27 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, will give safety professionals details on changes, set expectations and give users an opportunity to ask questions to NSC experts.  

“You hear it said a lot, but the road show really is a win-win for the Safety Center and the Navy safety team,” Wilson said. “Safety Center has the opportunity to flesh out the new instruction, and our safety teams have an opportunity to see how they can make their work centers safer.”

Here is a list of dates and bases:

DATE               LOCATION

June 18            Naval Station Norfolk

June 19            JEB Little Creek                                              

June 20            NAS Oceana

June 20            MCAS Cherry Point

June 25            NSA Washington (Navy Yard)

June 26            NSA Pax River            

June 27            NSF Indian Head

July 8               Naval Station Mayport

July 10             NAS Jacksonville

July 12             Sub Base, Kings Bay

July 15             NAS Key West

July 16             Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine

July 16             Weapons Station Earle/Colt Neck

July 17             NAS Pensacola                       

July 18             Sub Base New London,

July 18             NSA Lakehurst

July 23             NAS Meridian

July 23             NAWS China Lake

July 25             NAS Whiting Field

July 25             NAS Lemoore

July 31             Naval Base Venture County

July 31             Naval Base Point Mugu

Aug. 7              Naval Base San Diego

Aug. 8              Naval Base San Diego

Aug. 9              Naval Base Coronado

Aug. 12            Joint Base Pearl Harbor

Aug. 13            Joint Base Pearl Harbor

Aug. 14            Pearl Harbor Shipyard

Aug. 16            Naval Base Guam

Aug. 27            NAS Corpus Christi

Aug. 29            JRB Fort Worth 

Sept. 3             NSA Memphis

Sept. 5             Naval Station Great Lakes

Sept. 10           Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan

Sept. 11           Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton

Sept. 12           Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Sept. 13           Naval Station Everett

Sept. 13           Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan

Sept. 16           Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan

Sept. 16           NAS Whidbey Island

Sept. 17           Joint Base Andrews

Sept. 18           Fleet Activities, Okinawa, Japan

Sept. 19           NAS Fallon

Sept. 23           NSA Bahrain

Sept. 25           NSA Naples

Sept. 25           NSA Newport

Sept. 27           Naval Station Rota

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