Risk Management Magazine

A routine training flight nearly ended in disaster when a Black Hawk crew's successful landings bred complacency and a critical blind spot. Discover how dangerous assumptions in the cockpit left the tail rotor unmonitored during a confined-area landing.

A dropped socket wrench inside an Arkansas silo triggered a massive chemical explosion that launched a 9-megaton nuclear warhead into the night sky. This harrowing look at The Damascus Incident reveals how a split second of complacency nearly obliterated an entire region and permanently altered American nuclear policy.

When I arrived at a live-fire grenade range, I discovered a hazardous shortcut that put Soldiers directly in the blast path of detonating fuzes to save time.