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    Crosswalk Catastrophes 0 PMV-4
    USACRC Editor

    Crosswalk Catastrophes

    Since I am lucky enough to live in an area with year-round nice weather, I have eschewed the treadmill and opted to trek the sidewalks near my home. Now that I am spending more time as a pedestrian, I’ve discovered many drivers do not...
    Racing Toward Disaster 0 PMV-4
    USACRC Editor

    Racing Toward Disaster

    My commute to and from work is about as simple as I could want. I travel on rural roads, except for a 10-minute jaunt on a major highway. If I were ever to be involved in an accident, I figured the highway would be the most likely place due to...
    More than Words 0 Military Ops & Training
    USACRC Editor

    More than Words

    The importance of wearing a seat belt is stressed before just about every convoy, training safety briefing and weekend. Like most young Soldiers, I listened to the words and would say “Hooah!” after my leaders were finished briefing....
    A Feline FOD Check 0 Aviation
    USACRC Editor

    A Feline FOD Check

    Foreign object damage on a military aircraft is a serious issue. Before every mission, the entire flight crew, which is five personnel on a CH-47, checks for foreign object debris (FOD) and ensures the aircraft is ready for the mission. Depending...

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    Luck is Not a Plan

    There I was, Chalk 2 in a formation of three UH-1s. We had just completed our mission and were returning to base. The formation was in echelon left and we were briefed to fly with two to five rotor discs of separation.

    The Cold, Hard Facts

    As a Soldier today, you are neither poorly trained nor poorly equipped, nor are you lacking caring leaders. So why bother writing about cold injuries? Unfortunately, it’s because they continue to happen, even though they are preventable.

    • 30 November 2015
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    Funnel Cloud

    One of the last things you expect to encounter when on a landing approach is a funnel cloud. Yet, it happened to me in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the winter of 2013 on an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission.

    • 1 November 2015
    • Comments: 0
    Expect the Unexpected

    It was the beginning of another routine daytime mission. Get some gas and bullets and go fly around for four hours.

    • 1 November 2015
    • Author: Army Safety
    • Number of views: 9891
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    Over Water, Out of Power

    Over the last 18 years, there have been many events I’ve written about. Most would probably be good reads, but one in particular sticks out — the infamous dual-engine rollback in a UH-60A over ALANA intersection just south of the Honolulu VOR.

    • 1 November 2015
    • Author: Army Safety
    • Number of views: 10276
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