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When Animals Attack

The following morning, 12 other Soldiers were bitten by an unknown number of coyotes between the hours of 0100 and 0600. The Soldiers were either asleep, on guard duty in fighting positions or actively looking for the animals. Like the first victim, these Soldiers were transported to Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital for treatment and rabies vaccinations.

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
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CE-SOHMS: From Cynic to Believer

CE-SOHMS is designed to change an organization's safety program from compliance based to one where it is second nature to every employee. Rather than just following a regulation or checklist, the entire organization takes an ownership role. Organizations implement CE-SOHMS in three stages.

  • 18 May 2025
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Priority One

I learned from this experience, all right. I’ve made it my mission to ensure episodes like this don’t happen under my watch. My Soldiers’ safety is priority one.

  • 18 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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The Fatigue Factor

About 2330, our sleep was interrupted by a knock on the door. A Soldier from another unit was looking for me. He was clearly nervous, and his panicked demeanor immediately raised concern. He explained that his two-vehicle element, unfamiliar with the routes and disoriented by the darkness, miscalculated a turn.

  • 11 May 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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