Risk Management Magazine

If you ever belonged to a unit that experienced a fatal Class A mishap, then you may have seen a team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center (USACRC) arrive to investigate.

Perhaps the worst thing a Soldier can hear in a vehicle during training is someone yelling, “Rollover!” What usually follows is a discombobulated few seconds where only gravity and momentum have control of everything left unsecured inside the vehicle — including its occupants.

So there I was with my head sticking out the top of a Stryker. I was new to the unit and had never commanded a Stryker before — let alone in the middle of winter with ice covering everything. What could go wrong?