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The United States Navy and Marine Corps considers protecting our people to be critical to our mission of national defense. The Department of the Navy is dedicated to ensuring our men and women are ready at all times to carry out their mission by providing them with safe and healthful work environments. One place to start, to ensure safe equipment and workplaces, is in acquisition. The United States Navy's Safety Program is dedicated to enhancing readiness but ensuring every Navy and Marine Corps workplace, both ashore and afloat, is as free from hazards as possible. Each day thousands of safety professionals team up with Navy and Marine Corps workers and leadership to establish and maintain safe work environments in what are often inherently hazardous settings - aboard military ships and aircraft at sea as well as at ground and shore facilities. Safety professionals pursue the Navy and Marine Corps's goals in many ways: they train personnel in safe practices and procedures; they oversee the procurement, installation, and maintenance of safety equipment and systems; and they continually provide recommendations for improving safety conditions.