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NAVADMIN 101/20
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SUBJ/EXCEPTION TO POLICY FOR SMALL ARMS TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
AND
NAVY SECURITY FORCES ANNUAL SUSTAINMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS//
REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/12AUG2009//
REF/B/DOC/SECNAV/31JAN2013//
REF/C/DOC/OPNAV/28JAN2009//
REF/D/DOC/SECNAV/20MAY2019//
REF/E/DOC/OPNAV/14JUN2019/NOTAL//
REF/F/DOC/DOD/18NOV2016//
NARR//REF A IS OPNAVINST 3591.1F, SMALL ARMS TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION. REF
B
IS SECNAVINST S8126.1, NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY POLICY. REF C IS
OPNAVINST 5530.14E, NAVY PHYSICAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. REF
D
IS SECNAVINST 5500.37, ARMING AND THE USE OF FORCE. REF E IS OPNAV N4 LETTER
5530 SER N46/19U133246, NAVY SECURITY FORCE ANNUAL SUSTAINMENT TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS. REF F IS DODD 5210.56, ARMING AND THE USE OF FORCE.//
POC/OPNAV N462/CWO5 LUIS MARTINEZ/TEL: 703-695-5526 EMAIL:
LUIS.A.MARTINEZ6(AT)NAVY.MIL.//
RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN provides guidance regarding an exception to policy on
small arms training, qualification, and sustainment criteria and Navy
Security
Force annual sustainment training requirements as described in references (a)
through (f). All commands will take specific actions to mitigate the spread
of
COVID-19 worldwide. Due to commands implementing COVID-19 force health
protection measures which include travel restrictions, minimizing group
gatherings, and maximizing social distancing, the expiration time period for
the required small arms annual qualification and semi-annual sustainment
criteria in reference (a) and the Navy Security Forces annual sustainment
training in references (c) and (e) are extended through 31 August
2020. Commanders shall reinitiate small arms live-fire qualification and
sustainment criteria, and Navy Security Force sustainment training, as
applicable, as soon as the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
2. Applicability
a. Category I and II Personnel. Per references (a) through (d), this
exception to small arms policy applies to all active and reserve Navy
personnel; all Navy law enforcement, armed security watch-standers, and
