CMC Safety Division

Promoting Safety Awareness One Marine at a Time

CMC Safety Division Mission

To enhance the Marine Corps’ consistent posture of combat readiness by ensuring risk management principles are incorporated in all of our efforts in order to effect a positive behavioral and cultural change across the Marine Corps.

About Safety Division

Safety Division is one of several staff agencies which make up Headquarters, United States Marine Corps. The Safety Division is lead by a Colonel that reports directly to the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and serves as the Commandant's principle advisor on Marine Corps safety matters. SD implements policy and directs Marine Corps risk management, safety and occupational health programs. SD also oversees the development of training for safety programs, conducts safety surveys, program reviews, and major mishap investigations in addition to ongoing analysis of mishap data to eliminate mishap recurrence.

Force Preservation Concepts

Force preservation concepts enhance combat readiness and reduce hazards during all activities: Combat, non-combat, training, operations, and non-operational, off-duty and recreational.

All activities have risks
All risks can be managed
All mishaps can be averted
All Marines are accountable

Risk management skills, mishap prevention activities and understanding force preservation concepts are all integral to a successful and vibrant safety program.

SD's Vision

A Marine Corps culture where risk management and force preservation principles are integral to mission execution, residing at all levels of the Corps, from the most junior Private up to the Commandant.

Strategic Goals

Make the Marine Corps a world-class safety organization
Provide resources and accountability
Standardize safety training
Improve technology systems & usage
Expand culture to integrate safety in all aspects of the Marine Corps