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SUBJ/NAVY SAFE HARBOR PROGRAM REALIGNMENT//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE REALIGNMENT OF THE NAVY SAFE HARBOR (NSH) 
PROGRAM FROM OPNAV N1 TO COMMANDER, NAVY INSTALLATIONS COMMAND (CNIC), WITH 
INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2012.  THIS REALIGNMENT ALLOWS 
NSH TO BETTER LEVERAGE OTHER SHORE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE FLEET, FIGHTER, 
AND FAMILY.  FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY WILL OCCUR NO LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 
2014. 

2.  WITH THIS REALIGNMENT NSH HAS BECOME CNIC N95, A DEPARTMENT OF THE FLEET 
AND FAMILY READINESS PROGRAM (N9) WITHIN CNIC.  NSH HEADQUARTERS TELEPHONE 
NUMBERS AND CONTACT INFORMATION WILL REMAIN THE SAME UNTIL A PHYSICAL MOVE OF 
NSH HEADQUARTERS PERSONNEL OCCURS IN SPRING 2013.  ANY CHANGES IN CONTACT 
INFORMATION AS A RESULT OF THE MOVE AND REALIGNMENT WILL BE PROMULGATED 
SEPCOR.

3.  THE MISSION OF NSH WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDING SAILORS, COAST GUARDSMEN, 
AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH NON-MEDICAL CARE WHILE RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS 
ILLNESS OR INJURY ENABLING THEM TO FOCUS ON GETTING WELL WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS.  
THE PROGRAM OFFERS A LIFETIME OF INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE 
CONNECTING RECOVERING SERVICE MEMBERS TO ADAPTIVE HOUSING RESOURCES, HELPING 
THEM ESTABLISH AND MEET CAREER GOALS, AND EXPOSING THEM TO THE MANY BENEFITS 
OF ADAPTIVE ATHLETICS.

4.  POINTS OF CONTACT ARE MS. SUSAN CAREY, CNIC N9B, AT (202) 685-1326 OR VIA 
E-MAIL AT susan.carey@navy.mil, CAPT STEVE HALL, CNIC N95, AT (703) 604-
5435 OR VIA E-MAIL AT stephen.f.hall@navy.mil, OR MS. MERISSA LARSON, NSH 
SSO, AT (703) 604-5448 OR VIA E-MAIL AT merissa.larson@navy.mil. 

5. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL S. R. VAN BUSKIRK, N1//

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