Naval Safety Command

{{Short description|Echelon II command of the United States Navy}}

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| start_date = 4 February 2022 ({{Age in years and months|2022|02|04|df=yes|show unit=full}})
as Naval Safety Command

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1 December 1951 ({{Age in years and months|1951|12|01}})
as U.S. Naval Aviation Safety Activity{{cite web|url=https://ehss.energy.gov/deprep/archive/Documents/PM140827_Presentation_Norton.pdf|title=Presentation Norton|date=27 August 2014|access-date=12 March 2022}}

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| type = Echelon II command

| role = Enhancement of Navy safety posture

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| garrison = Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

| garrison_label = Headquarters

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| website = {{URL|https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/}}

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| commander1 = RADM Daniel P. Martin{{cite web|url=https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Who-We-Are/Leadership/Commander/|title=NAVSAFECOM Leadership - Commander|access-date=12 March 2022|website=Naval Safety Command}}

| commander1_label = Commander

| commander2 = Col Hugh L. Atkinson, USMC{{cite web|url=https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Deputy-Commander/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312053848/https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Deputy-Commander/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2022|title=NAVSAFECOM Leadership - Deputy Commander|access-date=12 March 2022|website=Naval Safety Command}}

| commander2_label = Deputy Commander

| commander3 = Mr. Christopher Tarsa, USN, Retired{{cite web|url=https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Executive-Director/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312053901/https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Executive-Director/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2022|title=NAVSAFECOM Leadership - Executive Director|access-date=3 April 2023|website=Naval Safety Command}}

| commander3_label = Executive Director

| commander4 = CMDCM (AW/SW) Dean Sonnenberg{{cite web|url=https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Command-Master-Chief/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312053933/https://navalsafetycommand.navy.mil/Leadership/Command-Master-Chief/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2022|title=NAVSAFECOM Leadership - Command Master Chief|access-date=12 March 2022|website=Naval Safety Command}}

| commander4_label = Command Master Chief

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| identification_symbol_label = NAVSAFECEN flag (1968–2022)

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The Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) is an echelon II command of the U.S. Navy, established in its current form on 4 February 2022.{{cite web|last=Tomaino|first=Leslie|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2924066/naval-safety-command-established/|title=Naval Safety Command Established|date=4 February 2022|access-date=12 March 2022|website=United States Navy}}

In May 1968, the Naval Aviation Safety Center and the Submarine Safety Center, located in New London, Connecticut, merged to become the Naval Safety Center (NSC).{{cite web |url=http://www.public.navy.mil/NAVSAFECEN/Pages/staff/aboutus.aspx |title=Aboutus |website=www.public.navy.mil |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606222810/http://www.public.navy.mil/NAVSAFECEN/Pages/staff/aboutus.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=dead}} Programs involving surface ships and shore activities were added to form the nucleus for all safety programs within the Navy. In 1986, system safety was added as a program, and the position of a Marine Corps deputy commander was established to administer and represent Marine Corps safety issues.

Today, the Naval Safety Command is organized into four directorates: aviation, afloat, shore, and operational risk management/expeditionary warfare. Six departments and five special staff divisions provide support to the core operations of the command. The Naval School of Aviation Safety in Pensacola, Florida, is also a NAVSAFECEN detachment consisting of civilian and military staff, which includes Marine Corps personnel. As an Echelon II command, NAVSAFECEN provides oversight of its two Echelon III commands, the Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center in Norfolk, Virginia and the Naval Safety Center School of Aviation Safety in Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificbattleship.com/navsafecen-school-of-aviation-safety-becomes-a-command/ |title=NAVSAFECEN School of Aviation Safety Becomes a Command {{!}} Battleship USS Iowa Museum Los Angeles |website=www.pacificbattleship.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105183845/https://www.pacificbattleship.com/navsafecen-school-of-aviation-safety-becomes-a-command/ |archive-date=2021-11-05}}

One of the NSC's subsections is Navy Occupational Safety & Health (NAVOSH). NAVOSH is responsible for safety practices within the Navy. NAVOSH provides safety assistance and advice to the CNO, CMC, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Safety with the aim of enhancing the war-fighting capability of the Navy and Marine Corps, preserve resources, and improve combat readiness by preventing mishaps.