Pax River MSF Course

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by desertrat

If interested you call the instructor directly now. 410-474-1517.
He advised me that, yes, the course must be retaken every 3 years and that they are booked though August. I don't really mind doing it, but I think it's BS. Plus all it takes is one little screw up and you lose the card. Lets face it they don't really care about contractors enough to let us use all the facilities so why do they care if we can ride worth a crap? He even said I needed the advanced course since I had already been through the advanced.

Anyway there's a phone#. That's all I started out to post.

Every three years?? I think I'm due.. hell I lost my card two years ago, so I guess I better call tomorrow.

And I thought Contractors CAN use all the facilities now..

Drill Hall.. MWR.. Sail Club.. Pool(s).. Solomon Rec Center..

[glhs837]

Okay, did some digging. Relevant instruction is the newly promulgated OPNAV 5100.12H, dated 7 MAR 2008.

Relevant section is on pages 11 and 12, para 13, buts its actually a bit fuzzy when it comes to defining whos who. Theres three categories listed.

Military
DOD civilian personnel
"All Individuals"


Now, where do contractors fall under this? From all I know, they are NOT DOD civpers. Theres more to the below, I'm just quoting the bits I feel are relevant...

Subpara 3. All military who operate on and off base, and civpers who operate on base shall complete course prior to operating these vehicles.

Subpara 6. All individuals must complete course to obtain a base decal.

Subpara b. "Recertification": All military personnnel who operate on/off base, and all DOD civpers who operate on base shall complete experienced course or additional COMNAVSAFCEN approved course every three years.


So, thats what I have.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsbob

Every three years?? I think I'm due.. hell I lost my card two years ago, so I guess I better call tomorrow.

And I thought Contractors CAN use all the facilities now..

Drill Hall.. MWR.. Sail Club.. Pool(s).. Solomon Rec Center..

I think some are still military only. Haven't tried for a while. Last time I got my new number for the decal the guy asked to see my MSF card, I was like, well how do you think I even got a sticker without it? He said he thought it was dumb too, but they had to do it.