Executive Director Tri-Weekly Update

 Ladies and Gentlemen,

As we move into March, thank you for your continued engagement and partnership in support of the NAVSAFENVTRACEN training. This update provides a snapshot of open taskers, funding reminders, and key information regarding the 34th Annual Joint Safety and Environmental Professional Development Symposium.

NAVSAFENVTRACEN Open Taskers.  NAVSAFENVTRACEN currently has two open taskers. These taskers provide Echelon II commands the opportunity to actively influence training and ensure it meets Fleet needs. Timely and accurate participation is essential. Your input directly drives course scheduling, funding decisions, and overall training readiness.  Taskers are as follows:

• Aviation Safety Specialist Training Requirement Review (DON-260212-7RM7).  Echelon II commands have an opportunity to directly shape the Aviation Safety Specialist curriculum. Please identify experienced SMEs by 16 March; final feedback is due 30 April. Your input ensures alignment with operational risk and community requirements.

• FY27 Training Needs Assessment – Environmental & Emergency Management (DON-260219-26H2).  To support the Navy Environmental Readiness Training Program (NERPT) Steering Committee, the NAVSAFENVTRACEN is preparing to develop the FY27 course schedule based on needs assessment data from Ech II commands. The accuracy of this data is critical. Validated requirements will determine which courses are scheduled, funded, and executed. Due to anticipated FY27 funding constraints, enrollment will be compared to submitted requirements 34 days prior to CONUS convenings and 64 days prior to OCONUS convenings. If 75% of the validated need has not been filled, the course will be cancelled. The requirement submitted becomes the benchmark. Overstated needs increase cancellation risk and waste limited resources. Understated needs create training gaps. Please ensure quotas—not number of courses—are entered, and that all seats are ultimately reserved in eNTRS once the schedule is released for enrollment.

Environmental Community – FY26 Funding Reminder.  Several Environmental Community courses remain unfunded. Absent receipt of funding, courses will be cancelled approximately 45 days prior to CONUS convenings and approximately 75 days prior to OCONUS convenings. Several Q3 convenings are impacted. Please review the attached FY26 CHRON for the current status. 

I would like to note that, due to ongoing budget uncertainties, environmentally funded courses may be at risk of being unfunded as budget cuts affect the schoolhouse between my tri weekly. We fully understand the challenges this period of uncertainty presents for all of us. However, we want to assure you that any cancellations resulting from these funding cuts, or any other currently unfunded courses, will be promptly communicated to all individuals registered in eNTRS, ensuring they are informed of any changes to the course they have registered for.

As of release of this tri-weekly the following unfunded courses have been removed from the FY26 CHRON due to lack of funding:

34th Annual Joint Safety and Environmental Professional Development Symposium.  The Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center presents the 34th Annual Joint Safety and Environmental Professional Development Symposium (PDS) April 20 - 24, 2026. This year’s conference will feature claimant meetings, keynote speakers, and breakout sessions on a variety of topics. The PDS is a virtual professional development opportunity for Department of Defense uniformed and civilian professionals to share innovative ideas, new trends, and new information in areas of safety and occupational health, environmental protection, radiation health, etc. 

• Registration is open. We encourage early participation across the Safety, Environmental, and Emergency Management community. Registration is open to with a .mil, .gov, or .edu email address. The event is 100% online and is provided to attendees at no cost.  Registration includes Access to virtual keynote sessions, Access to over 100+ virtual concurrent sessions, Continuing education credits, Access to recorded sessions

Registration: http://jointpds.adobeconnect.com/pds2026registration/event/event_info.html

• Call for Speakers has been extended to 16 March. Only a few presentation opportunities remain. If your team has lessons learned or emerging issues to share, we encourage submission.

Presenter Registration: http://jointpds.adobeconnect.com/pds2026presenters/event/registration.html

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
 
  
 
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