Boostering or deboostering bombs
The type and amount of material stored in a magazine
or an area are dependent upon quantity-distance (Q-D)
Soldering or other heat-producing operations
and compatibility requirements.
Painting, repainting, stenciling, or restenciling
All permanent magazine assignments must be
Performing electrical checks or tests on weapons
approved by the Naval Sea Systems Command
(NAVSEASYSCOM). Occasionally, under emergency
Magazine Exits
situations, it may be necessary to store ammunition or
explosives temporarily in a structure not constructed as
At least one door must be open when one or more
a magazine. Under these situations, the structure
people are working in a magazine. The exit route must
should, in all respects, provide adequate protection for
not be blocked. Magazines with self-closing latches
the contents and adjacent areas. The structure must
must be secured so that they will not swing shut and
also provide adequate protection against moisture and
trap personnel inside.
dampness, have adequate ventilation comply with Q-D
r e q u i r e m e n t s , a n d b e e q u i p p e d w i t h a p p r ove d
Motor Vehicles and Railcars
lightning protection if required. All applicable
conditions of magazine storage and security
When motor vehicles or railcars are used to
requirements commensurate with the contents of the
transport ammunition or explosives to and from the
magazine must be met.
magazines, they must be unloaded as quickly as
practicable.
Magazine Operations
Red Flag
Operations, involving ammunition and explosives
in magazines and magazine areas, are limited to
A red (Bravo) flag must be prominently displayed
specific types of work, both permitted and prohibited
at the entrance to each magazine area where personnel
operations. You must be familiar with the operation
are working. At the discretion of the commanding
and type of work you can perform in the magazine
officer, a Bravo flag may also be displayed on each
before you start the job. The following subsections are
magazine where personnel are working.
excerpts from volume 1 of NAVSEA OP 5 and are not
all inclusive.
Explosives Operating and Assembly Buildings
PERMITTED OPERATIONS.--The following
operations are permitted in and around magazines:
Hazardous materials should not be allowed to
accumulate within an operating or assembly building
Palletizing for storage or shipment. Not more
except for the minimum quantities necessary to
than four people and two pallet loads may be
maintain operations. However, ammunition and
involved.
explosives that are part of the work in process within
Opening containerized units for visual
the building may be stored overnight in operating and
a s s e m b l y bu i l d i n g s p r ov i d e d t h e f o l l ow i n g
inspection without removing items from
requirements are strictly observed:
containers.
Replacing damaged or loose strapping on boxed
Approved explosive limits are not exceeded.
ammunition.
Compatibility requirements are met.
Removing bomb nose and tail plugs by hand for
Explosives, mines, all-up rounds, and so forth,
visual inspection of cavities and liners.
are not exposed. Containers of bulk explosives or
Removing minor rust and corrosion, touching up
propellants must be properly and securely
covered.
paint, and stenciling non-mass detonating items,
but only on loading docks, empty railcars, or
T h e bu i l d i n g m u s t b e e q u i p p e d w i t h a n
motor vehicles outside magazines and away
automatic sprinkler system. However, a waiver
from magazine doors.
to this requirement may be obtained from the
PROHIBITED OPERATIONS.--The following
CNO.
operations are prohibited inside magazines:
The building must be specifically included in the
Fuzing or unfuzing operations
schedule of the security patrol.
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