Risk Management Magazine

Across the Army, Soldiers have many different hobbies to occupy their off-duty time. One of the main hobbies I often hear about is Soldiers working on their private motor vehicles. While doing the work themselves may help them save money on a costly repair or modification, it can be dangerous if they don’t have the proper tools to do the job safely.

While riding to lunch with a couple of friends, one of them said, “Did y’all hear Jodie was killed in a car wreck?” I was shocked. Jodie and I had just made plans on Facebook to meet up before she deployed. I wondered how this could have happened. Then my other friend said, “You know she was never a good driver.”

Picture this: You live on a farm in North Dakota, the temperature outside is just 7 F and the ground is covered in snow.