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Foot marches and land navigation training involve a great deal of walking while wearing a rucksack and other required equipment. These types of physical activities induce significant sweating and fatigue, which can lead to heat illnesses. It’s important that leaders are aware of common heat illnesses associated with these activities, as well as preventive measures to minimize the risk.

Your Input Matters: Data Quality in ASMIS 2.0

Data quality is a critical component in the effective use of the Army Safety Management Information System (ASMIS) 2.0. High-quality data ensures ASMIS 2.0 can fulfill its purpose of improving safety protocols, reducing mishaps and enhancing overall mission performance.

  • 9 March 2025
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Heading Off the Rails

There I was, fresh out of Advanced Individual Training. I had just reported to my unit three weeks prior and now found myself sitting in the driver’s seat of a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) parked on a railcar. A few questions were running through my mind: How did I get here? What in the world is a HEMTT? Am I going to drive this thing off the ramps? This was going to be bad.

  • 2 March 2025
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Don't Be 'That Guy'

I was an extremely new Readiness Level 1 (RL-1) pilot at Camp Humphreys, Korea, flying with a 15-plus-year maintenance test pilot/pilot in command (PC) who was known for being either great as a trainer or for creating the most hostile cockpit you can imagine.

  • 2 March 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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The Value of a Thorough Crew Brief

My co-pilot announced the right yaw was uncommanded and his master caution light was illuminated. I also announced that I had a master caution light and asked if he could maintain control of the aircraft. He answered, “Yes,” and I told him to continue with the last clearance given. I briefly monitored my instruments to ensure my co-pilot was continuing to the assigned altitude and heading.

  • 23 February 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Torqued Off

During Operation New Dawn, I served as a Shadow unmanned aircraft system standardization operator at Forward Operating Base Warhorse. After a seemingly uneventful mission supporting my brigade combat team’s collection requirements, I was called to the hangar by a ground crewmember to look at an aircraft that had just landed.

  • 16 February 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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