Security Reminder: Badge Holder Responsibilities

Published February 5, 2025

All Newport News Shipbuilding employees should keep in mind the following safeguards regarding NNS badges.

  • Display the badge/pass properly at all times while on NNS premises, the upper front portion of the body on an outer garment.
  • Obey all access control requirements and ensure badge/pass is not used to access any unauthorized area.
  • Ensure the badge/pass is not used by anyone other than the person to whom it is issued.
  • Remove the ID badge/pass from plain sight when not on NNS property.
  • Safeguard the NNS badge/pass, and promptly report any lost, misused or damaged badge or pass to any manager in Security and Emergency Management (O15), or to the Security Control Center (SCC) at 757-380-4031.
  • Ensure the NNS badge or pass is not photographed, photocopied or otherwise reproduced.
  • No tailgating or piggybacking is Tailgating is when an unauthorized party follows closely behind an authorized person to gain entrance without proper credentials. Piggybacking is when an authorized user gains access to a restricted area and helps an unauthorized user enter the site.
  • Challenge anyone who is not wearing a badge/pass that is not remedied on the spot, or who attempts to tailgate/piggyback into NNS property. Report Security breaches to the SCC at 757-380-4031.

For more information, refer to NN 12-200, Identification Badges and Passes and/or NN 12-202, Access to Company Property.