DON 2003 Safety Awards Recognition

1. PER REF A THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, 
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, ESTABLISHED THE DEPARTMENT OF 
THE NAVY (DON) SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS PROGRAM IN 2002. 
THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMANDS 
THAT DEMONSTRATE EXTRAORDINARY EXCELLENCE BY SUSTAINED MISSION 
SUCCESS WITH SIMULTANEOUS EXEMPLARY SAFETY PERFORMANCE. 
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AWARD PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE 
IN MISSION READINESS BY MISHAP AND HAZARD REDUCTION THROUGH THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE SAFETY PROGRAMS, THE FULL INTEGRATION 
OF OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM) PRINCIPLES, AND A SOUND SAFETY 
CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
2. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE FY03 
DON SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS.
A. MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII.
B. SECOND FORCE SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP, MARINE FORCES ATLANTIC. 
C. MARINE ATTACK SQUADRON VMA 223, MARINE FORCES ATLANTIC. 
D. MARINE CORPS TRANSPORT SQUADRON ONE (VMR-1)
E. MARINE CORPS AERIAL REFUELER TRANSPORT SQUADRON 452 (VMGR-452) 
3. MARINE CORPS AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING THE DON 
SAFETY RECOGNITION CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON DC ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2003 
FROM 1415 TO 1540 AT THE PENTAGON AUDITORIUM, ROOM 5A1070.
4. ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THE 
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE IN MISHAP AND HAZARD REDUCTION 
AND INCREASED MISSION READINESS.
5. SEMPER FIDELIS, H.C. DEWEY III, COLONEL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, DIRECTOR
HQMC SAFETY DIVISION.