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Purple Heartless

Combat offers a unique learning environment in which training can be your best friend or worst enemy. It’s here where Soldiers must learn to adapt from established training, technical and procedural protocols and execute real-world decisions on the fly.

All Ears

Hazardous noise comes in many forms, from continuous noise such as generators or vehicles to impulse noise such as weapons fire or explosions. Failure to wear hearing protection can result in hearing loss, difficulty understanding speech (especially with background noise) and tinnitus.

  • 1 February 2015
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Trust Your Training

There are good reasons emergency procedures are developed, committed to memory and rehearsed before conducting training or combat operations.

  • 1 February 2015
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Frost Bitten

Warm, sunny weather is what most folks think about when it comes to the southern United States. It’s not just warm, but downright hot several months of the year. But the other extreme is also true. Winters can be brutal, even if we don’t have a lot of snow.

  • 1 January 2015
  • Author: Army Safety
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Fit on the Field

Being a Soldier is as physically demanding, at times, as being a professional athlete. As a result, Soldiers are especially conscious of physical training requirements and the need to remain fit and ready.

  • 1 January 2015
  • Author: Army Safety
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Convoy Tragedy

In 2008, I was part of the 14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Combat Engineer Brigade. The unit was reassigned from Kirkuk, in the northern region of Iraq, to Tallil Air Base in the south.

  • 1 December 2014
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 10694
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