Executive Director Tri-Weekly Update

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Funding shortfalls are forcing tough decisions, and your attention is critical. This week’s update provides essential information on canceled courses, guidance for the FY27 Training Needs Assessment, newly release RMI training schedule, and key details for PDS registration; everything you need to stay informed and help plan training effectively in a constrained budget environment.

Environmental & Emergency Management Course Cancellations – Funding Unavailable. In previous communications, NAVSAFENVTRACEN provided early warnings about courses at risk due to funding shortfalls. The three latest tri-weekly emails outlined decisions made due to lack of FY26 funding:

14 January: Identified unfunded courses and the timeline that will be used to cancel courses. Absent funding 45 days prior to CONUS and 75 days prior to OCONUS will resort to cancelling courses.
4 February: Reminder that unfunded Environmental Community courses would be cancelled if funding was not received.
4 March: Clarified Q3 courses at risk; cancellations due to low enrollment or lack of funding would be communicated promptly to registered students.

Despite earlier hopeful expectations that funding would arrive, these anticipated resources never materialized, and we are now forced to cancel the 60 unfunded courses.

Due to the lack of anticipated funding, the below listed courses have been cancelled. These courses will be removed from the attached FY26 schedule, the NAVSAFENVTRACEN website, and quotas will be removed from eNTRS. While we had expected funding to arrive, it did not, and we are now forced to cancel these sessions. Any concerns or feedback regarding these cancellations should be routed through your Echelon 2 and submitted to the NERTP Steering Committee Chair. This ensures appropriate consideration as we continue planning training in a constrained funding environment.

Course Title	Location	Start Date	End Date	Funding Status
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Norfolk, VA Classroom 2	5/4/2026	5/6/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Norfolk, VA Classroom 2	5/7/2026	5/7/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Norfolk, VA Classroom 2	5/8/2026	5/8/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Newport, RI	5/11/2026	5/13/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Great Lakes, IL	5/11/2026	5/11/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Bremerton, WA	5/18/2026	5/22/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Norfolk, VA Classroom 1	5/18/2026	5/22/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Norfolk, VA Classroom 2	5/18/2026	5/18/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Virginia Beach, VA	5/19/2026	5/21/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Virginia Beach, VA	5/19/2026	5/19/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Yorktown, VA	5/20/2026	5/20/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Little Creek, VA	5/21/2026	5/21/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	San Diego, CA	6/3/2026	6/5/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Coronado, CA	6/8/2026	6/12/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Chinhae, Korea	6/8/2026	6/10/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Coronado, CA	6/8/2026	6/8/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Lemoore, CA	6/10/2026	6/10/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Chinhae, Korea	6/11/2026	6/11/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Fallon, NV	6/12/2026	6/12/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Pax River, MD	6/22/2026	6/22/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Colts Neck, NJ	6/23/2026	6/25/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Indian Head, MD	6/23/2026	6/23/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Annapolis, MD	6/24/2026	6/24/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Colts Neck, NJ	6/25/2026	6/25/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Naples, Italy	6/29/2026	7/1/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Bremerton, WA	7/6/2026	7/6/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Souda Bay, Greece	7/7/2026	7/9/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Whidbey Island, WA	7/7/2026	7/7/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Souda Bay, Greece	7/10/2026	7/10/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Singapore	7/10/2026	7/10/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Whidbey Island, WA	7/15/2026	7/17/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Point Loma, CA	7/20/2026	7/24/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Whidbey Island, WA	7/20/2026	7/22/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Everett, WA	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Newport, RI	7/21/2026	7/23/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Everett, WA	7/21/2026	7/21/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Crane, IN	7/21/2026	7/21/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Fallon, NV	7/29/2026	7/31/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Portsmouth, NH	8/3/2026	8/7/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Yokosuka, Japan	8/3/2026	8/5/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Bangor, WA	8/4/2026	8/6/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Pax River, MD	8/4/2026	8/6/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Newport, RI	8/4/2026	8/4/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Yokosuka, Japan	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	New London, CT	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	New London, CT	8/10/2026	8/14/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Annapolis, MD	8/17/2026	8/19/2026	Unfunded
Oil Hazardous Substance Spill Response Tabletop Exercise (OHS TTX)	Portsmouth, NH	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Great Lakes, IL	8/25/2026	8/27/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Indian Island, WA	8/26/2026	8/28/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM) Refresher	Great Lakes, IL	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Manchester, WA	8/31/2026	9/4/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Everett, WA	8/31/2026	9/2/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	Lemoore, CA	9/9/2026	9/11/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Point Loma, CA	9/9/2026	9/11/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Guantanamo Bay, Cuba	9/14/2026	9/18/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Port Hueneme, CA	9/14/2026	9/16/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Five Day	Okinawa, Japan	9/21/2026	9/25/2026	Unfunded
Hazardous Substance Incident Response Management (HSIRM)	Bangor, WA	9/21/2026	9/23/2026	Unfunded
Facility Response Team (FRT) Three Day	PMRF Barking Sands	9/28/2026	9/30/2026	Unfunded

That said, as we continue to remain optimistic amid the current fiscal uncertainty facing the Naval enterprise, should additional funding suddenly become available given our ongoing efforts to secure resources to meet validated requirements (FY26 Needs Assessment received from Echelon 2’s) available courses with funding received will be added back on our schedule.

FY27 Training Needs Assessment – Environmental & Emergency Management (DON-260219-26H2). As NAVSAFENVTRACEN begins planning the FY27 Environment & Emergency Management course schedule, accurate needs assessment data from Echelon 2 commands is critical, especially in light of FY26 funding shortfalls. NAVSAFENVTRACEN has also been told by our resource sponsor that FY27 controls may also be less than optimal and as such clear and accurate actual number of quotas (i.e. individuals in need for said course) needed is critical. Submissions must include not only Echelon 2 requirements, but also those validated needs of subordinate commands, to ensure a complete and accurate training demand picture. The needs assessment is the official mechanism for providing this data to NAVSAFENVTRACEN, and submitted quotas will serve as the baseline for scheduling, funding, and execution.

Risk Management Information April-June Training. The Risk Management Information (RMI) April-June training schedule is now open for enrollment. Please ensure you select the course schedule that works best with your time zone!

Students will self-register by visiting the NAVSAFENVTRACEN website and selecting the monthly RMI session they wish to attend. Please note, the email used during registration is the same email address used to login into the training.
Register Here: https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Learning/NAVSAFENVTRACEN/ (Select RMI Training Registration and Recordings from the Links menu> Register for the specific Month)

34th Annual Joint Safety & Environmental Professional Development Symposium (PDS 2026)

NAVSAFENVTRACEN presents the 34th Annual PDS, April 20–24, 2026, a 100% virtual professional development event for DoD uniformed and civilian personnel. This year’s program includes:

Claimant meetings
Keynote speakers
Over 100 breakout sessions covering safety and occupational health, environmental protection, radiation health, and related topics

Registration is open for attendees with .mil, .gov, or .edu email addresses. Register here: PDS 2026 Registration

Thank you all for your feedback on our tri-weekly updates. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions.

Attachment-FY 26 course schedule

V/R,
Hal Mohler
Executive Director
Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center
NIPR: Hallock.N.Mohler.Civ@US.Navy.MIL

For Online Courses visit: https://www.navsafenvtracenlearn.com
To view our schedule and course locations: https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Learning/NAVSAFENVTRACEN/NAVSAFENVTRACEN/
To request a quota for a course visit: https://app.prod.cetars.training.navy.mil/eNTRS/
For any quota related questions email: navsafenvtracen.quotas@us.navy.mil

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