Risk Management Magazine

Most of us have experienced the pain of a friction blister. These injuries form when an object, such as a sock, shoe or strap, is repeatedly moved across a part of the body with enough force to cause the layers of skin to release heat.

In today’s fast-paced operational tempo and multiple mission sets with multi-national forces, it is important to know how our allies operate in a similar circumstances.

It was late November in southern Mississippi. The weather throughout the week had been cool with scattered showers — conditions just right for a great weekend of deer hunting.