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    DITY Dumb or DITY Do? 0 Automobiles
    USACRC Editor

    DITY Dumb or DITY Do?

    Just like long checkout lines at the commissary on payday, the permanent change of station (PCS) move is a certainty for service members and their families. While many would prefer to let professionals handle the heavy lifting on Uncle...
    Light Up the Night Safely 0 Home & Family
    USACRC Editor

    Light Up the Night Safely

    Unfortunately, a lot of folks don’t take the major hazards related to fireworks seriously. Some people enjoy igniting firecrackers or cherry bombs and holding them in their hand as long as possible before throwing them — sometimes at...
    Toe-tilly Forked 0 Workplace
    USACRC Editor

    Toe-tilly Forked

    In college, I worked as an intern for a mechanical contractor, installing HVAC and plumbing for large industrial projects. During the last of my four semester rotations at this company, I was assigned to work at a vehicle manufacturing plant that...
    Seat Belts: Myth vs. Reality 0 Automobiles
    USACRC Editor

    Seat Belts: Myth vs. Reality

    Since the invention of air bags, many people believe they no longer have to wear their seat belts. Relying on air bags alone and not using your seat belt is more dangerous than not having air bags at all. Air bags should be considered additional...

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    Rested and Ready

    It was a routine mission taking personnel to a camp about 45 minutes away and then returning. Everyone was in good spirits, but after a while, we ran out of things to talk about.

    Too Close for Comfort

    As time goes on, our comfort and confidence with our aircraft inevitably grows, and what used to take intense concentration becomes simple. We all strive to become exceptional pilots, and it is easy for us to fall prey to the vanity of demonstrating our hard-earned skills. However, we must remember the inherent dangers that are easy to forget, which can have deadly consequences.

    • 8 June 2025
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    Have a Contingency Plan

    Unless you’ve experienced spatial disorientation while flying an aircraft, it’s difficult to truly understand the feeling. Fortunately, I’m still here to talk about the night it happened to me.

    • 1 June 2025
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    Prepare for Any Contingency

    We shot another visual approach and landed the plane without incident, but as we talked about what happened after shutting down, I had a lot of questions as to why things unfolded the way they did. That was my first true go-around situation, and I just couldn’t understand why the tower would clear the Cessna to land in front of us.

    • 25 May 2025
    • Author: USACRC Editor
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    It Could Have Been Us

    On Jan. 26, 2020, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and several others were killed in an inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) helicopter crash in Southern California. That same day, an assault company came close to suffering the same fate.

    • 11 May 2025
    • Author: USACRC Editor
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