Risk Management Magazine

As all Army aviators know, sometimes mission importance outweighs weather minimums. The question then becomes where to draw the line.

Before deploying to Iraq, our transportation unit was understrength, so other Soldiers in the state that had an 88M military occupational specialty (transportation) were pulled from their units to head out with us. This caused some unforeseen issues.

The rider stopped his motorcycle to render honors to the flag in front of 1st Armored Division Headquarters. The military police had halted all traffic, as the flag was to be lowered in just a few seconds. Then, the unthinkable happened — an inattentive driver plowed into the rider at 40 mph.