Publication of Executive Safety Board Minutes

1. The Forty-Fourth Executive Safety Board (ESB) met on 26 September 2023 to discuss the safety culture within the Marine Corps, as well as current and future service-wide safety initiatives.
2. The ESB discussed the folllowing five topics:
2.a. Status and health of the Safety Management System;
2.b. Ground unit Department of Safety and Standardization Development;
2.c. Safety Assessments;
2.d. Safety Funding;
2.e. Tactical Vehicles;
3. The following tasks were assigned as a result of the ESB:
3.a. Commandant of the Marine Corps Safety Division:
3.a.1. Develop a framework to focus safety efforts across the Marine Corps where they are needed most.
3.a.2. Develop a way forward for ground unit Department of Safety and Standardization (DOSS) establishment, direction, and inspection.
3.a.3. Conduct a review of safety personnel assignment and alignment across the Marine Corps, examine the balance between personnel assigned to installations and tenant operational commands, and determine if allocation of safety personnel is appropriate.
3.a.4. Continue to examine and pursue solutions to identified tactical vehicle safety detractors including: standardization, licensing, currency, proficiency of drivers, and improvements to driver sustainment training.
3.a.5. Conduct a review of assistant driver training across tactical vehicle employment and training.  Seek opportunities to standardize assistant driver expectations and capabilities.
3.a.6. Collaborate with the Naval Safety Command to examine Hospital Corpsman selection, training, and sustainment. Investigate whether Hospital Corpsmen possess the training and experience to fulfill their duties in support of the Marine Corps.
3.a.7. Collaborate with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness to reevaluate the five year restriction on overseas service by government civil servants, particularly those in safety billets.
3.a.8. Continue to reorganize safety funding into a single Marine Corps Program Code aligned or mapped to the Department of Defense Program Element 0202057M (Safety).
4. Complete minutes from the ESB are published at: https:(slash)(slash)usmc.sharepoint-mil.us(slash)sites(slash)USMC_Safety
5. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Gregg P. Olson, Director, Marine Corps Staff.