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ALMAR 050/01
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SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2001 SAFETY SUMMARY//
RMKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO ALL FOR YOUR ACTIONS
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001 (FY01). SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WERE
MADE IN REDUCING PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS. IN FACT, FY01
CLOSED WITH FEWER OFF DUTY FATALITIES THAN ANY OTHER YEAR.
EACH OF YOU PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS HISTORIC
ACCOMPLISHMENT. WELL DONE. WE MUST NOT STOP HERE; OUR GOAL
SHOULD BE TO NOT HAVE ANY NEEDLESS DEATHS OR ACCIDENTS.
2. OUR SUCCESS WAS NOT LIMITED TO OFF DUTY SAFETY. MARINE AIR
PERFORMED TREMENDOUSLY, ENDING THE YEAR WITH THE BEST CLASS A
FLIGHT MISHAP RATE IN HISTORY. OUR COMBINED CLASS A AND CLASS
B MISHAP RATE WAS THE BEST OF ALL THE SERVICES.
3. DESPITE THESE SUCCESSES, OUR CORPS STILL FACES SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES. IN FY01, ON DUTY GROUND FATALITIES OCCURRED MORE
FREQUENTLY THAN ANY YEAR SINCE FY91. THIS TROUBLING TREND MUST
BE REVERSED. IT IS A LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY AT
THE SMALL UNIT LEADER LEVEL, TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE FOCUS OF
ALL LEADERS IS NEEDED IN THIS FIGHT. THIS COMMIMENT COMBINED
WITH THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT
ARE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTS, BOTH
ON AND OFF DUTY.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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