Risk Management Magazine

An actual engine failure during a C-12 evaluation flight was safely resolved because a thorough pre-mission brief and disciplined crew resource management (CRM) enabled the pilots to instantly transition to emergency procedures without hesitation. However, the incident exposed a critical gap in pre-flight diligence.

A fatal off-duty pedestrian accident involving a Soldier highlights a dangerous gap in situational awareness, where personnel routinely relax their disciplined on-duty safety habits once they leave uniform. Individuals must actively apply defensive walking techniques and high-visibility practices to survive everyday off-duty environments.

Even highly conditioned and confident swimmers can rapidly succumb to unpredictable currents and panic in natural water environments, turning a routine river swim into a double drowning. This near-miss underscores that swimming ability alone is insufficient for water safety.