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Kill the Chill
31 Oct 2016

Kill the Chill

Each year, hundreds of Soldiers experience cold-weather-related injuries. The responsibility for preventing these injuries is a command and leadership function, as well as a personal responsibility for each Soldier.

Verify the Numbers

Verify the Numbers

Our unit conducted a field training exercise during a drill weekend, and I was given an assigned aircraft to fly. On the first day, we conducted a health indicator test, or HIT check, which resulted exactly in the middle of the range on the HIT card.

  • 23 October 2016
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Seeing is Believing

Seeing is Believing

While working in the motor pool one day at Fort Hood, Texas, I heard people yelling and running toward the gate. The buzz of activity got me curious, so I went to see what was happening. I couldn’t tell what was going on when I got to the gate, but I later found out a sergeant in my company had burned his eyes.

  • 23 October 2016
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Snowplowed

Snowplowed

After spending six years in Alaska, I thought winter driving at Fort Drum, New York, would be a snap. After all, I’d seen my share of accidents and figured I was prepared for anything. But it only took a week to show me I was wrong.

  • 23 October 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
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Weather Bugged

Weather Bugged

I’m what you’d call a 50-50 rider. If the chance of rain is greater than 50 percent or the temperature is lower than 50 F, I prefer not to ride.

  • 16 October 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 919
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Fly the Aircraft

Fly the Aircraft

It was early 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom and I was flying as the tail gunner on a CH-47D Chinook. We were doing a troop movement from Camp Doha, Kuwait, to Balad, Iraq.

  • 16 October 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 1041
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