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SUBJ/NAVSAFECOM TIER III ASSESSMENT NOTIFICATION//

REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 5450.180G
REF/B/DOC/ALSAFE 22/004

NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 5450.180G, THE MISSIONS, FUNCTIONS AND TASKS OF
THE NAVAL SAFETY COMMAND.  REF B IS ALSAFE 22/004 071647Z JUN 22, NAVAL
SAFETY COMMAND ALIGNMENT OF PROCESS AND ASSESSMENTS.//

POC/CAPT SCOTT JONES/NAVSAFECOM/30/NORFOLK/757-564-3520 X 7127/
SCOTT.A.JONES13.MIL@US.NAVY.MIL//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  Naval Safety Command will be conducting a Tier III
assessment of Assault Craft Unit FIVE (ACU 5) in the Camp Pendleton
geographic area as well as the harbor security boats for Naval Base San Diego from
22-24 July 2024.  This message serves as official notification to all
installations, commands, and units in that area.
2.  Tier III assessments are formal, independent assessments to evaluate
compliance and performance of safety and risk management processes across
the fleet enterprise and to identify potential systemic issues that reach beyond
a singular unit.  The purpose of the assessment is to collect compliance
behavior data and observe unit's day-to-day standards in order to provide trend data
potentially indicative of systemic issues that need to be further analyzed
and addressed by the appropriate accountable person at higher echelon commands.
3.  This assessment is short notice in response to findings related to a
Recent mishap involving an east coast unit as well as a continuing trend of small
Boat mishaps across multiple communities.  Assault Craft Unit FOUR (ACU 4) was
assessed in June 2024.  ACU 5 can expect the assessment to nominally last
two days in duration.  Naval Safety Command assessment team members will not
need escorts but will require access to all LCAC.  To the maximum extent
possible, assessments will be non-intrusive in nature, conducted in port or at home
station, and will not require execution of any unplanned evolutions.  Units
will execute their normal plan of the day, and Naval Safety Command
assessors will observe deck plate execution and compliance with all applicable
references with a focus on why the deficiencies exist - i.e., what are the
organizational factors that allowed/enabled non-compliance to exist.  Assessments may
include a mix of Sailor and Marine interviews and observing/reviewing any or all of
the following:
- External and internal policy adherence
- Implementation of continuous improvement processes
- Program ownership, administration, and execution
- Observation of routine or major evolutions
- Procedural compliance
- Ownership
- Level of knowledge
- Formality
- Forceful backup
- ORM/TCRM/PBED
- Manning, training, and material readiness
4.  Inbriefs and outbriefs will not be performed except when serious hazards
Are discovered.  All time sensitive or inherently dangerous discrepancies
observed will be immediately briefed to the Commander, OIC, CDO/SDO or Otherwise
designated representative.  Formal, detailed outbriefs will not be provided
to the unit level commander or appropriate ISIC.  Observations, specific
discrepancies, trends, and recommendations will be analyzed to assess
overall SMS health and to identify potential systemic issues that need further
research and analysis by the responsible higher echelon Commander.  A consolidated
ACU 4/ACU 5 report will be generated for USFF, PACFLT, accountable echelon 2
commands or SYSCOMS and assessed TYCOMS.  Naval Safety Command will identify non
-compliance, behavior trends, and potential systemic issues for the
responsible entity to develop appropriate actions necessary to remediate the source of
unit level issues that may be proven to extend beyond the scope of a single unit
or squadron and may represent larger systemic issues.//
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