Safety Awareness Dispatch
SA 26-12 101 Critical Days of Summer
Summer is coming shortly and many of our personnel are planning to or are already engaging in warm weather activities. Something to keep in mind as we head into the season though is the 27 Sailors and Marines who died last summer and the more than 300 other off-duty mishaps. These are statistics we’re obviously hoping to reduce this year. The following is a random sampling of summer activity-related mishaps to keep in mind this season.
| Published: | June 2, 2026 |
The Safety Awareness team creates concise, readable (and sometimes funny) safety lessons to help Sailors, Marines and civilian employees (and their families) avoid repeating a mishap. Our goal is to make people think! We do our best to tell a story that people will remember – that they’ll recall when going through their normal day – that empowers them to identify hazards, accept “ownership” and responsibility for those hazards (in their community, command, and home), and take action.
