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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.

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
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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
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Identify All Potential Issues

Eventually, all the recovery equipment was expended, but vehicles continued to fail. As a result, the return road march lasted four hours longer than planned. Fortunately, no lives were lost and injuries were limited to smashed fingers and minor cuts.

  • 27 April 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
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Trust Your Training

There are good reasons emergency procedures (EPs) are developed, committed to memory and rehearsed before conducting training or combat operations. The moment an emergency occurs is not the time to become creative or develop a better way to handle the situation. As a Type A personality, I made the mistake of modifying a procedure while in the middle of an emergency, and it could have cost me dearly.

  • 20 April 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 711
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NTC Best Practices

The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Dagger,” 1st Infantry Division, executed a successful and safer-than-average large-scale combat operations (LSCO) National Training Center (NTC) rotation recently, primarily due to a deliberate approach to risk management and engaged leadership at echelon.

  • 13 April 2025
  • Author: USACRC Editor
  • Number of views: 2709
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