Risk Management Magazine

As the blood began oozing through the fingers of my right hand, I knew my eagerness to mow the lawn and smell fresh cut grass would be delayed to another day.

After returning home from a year in Afghanistan, I couldn’t wait to take a nice, relaxing trip with family and friends.

I’ve been told many times in my Army aviation career that it’s the little things that will come up and bite you. While this bit of advice has served me well throughout my career and life in general, an accident that happened to a fellow aviator several years ago really drove home this point.