Risk Management Magazine

As good Soldiers, we all want to meet or exceed the standards, including those for physical fitness. Unfortunately, as human beings, we sometimes get hurt.

Commanders, does the idea of having a newly arrived Soldier to your unit — one who just redeployed and bought a powerful new motorcycle — send a shiver down your spine?

In addition to reducing force readiness, non-battle injuries cause temporary or even permanent disability and limit the physical capability of thousands of active-duty service members each year.