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A Mountainous Mistake

While assigned to a 12-hour quick-reaction force shift in RC-South, Afghanistan, my team prepped their assigned AH-64D as part of the attack weapons team.

Stay with Your Standards

Serving as unit safety officer in a Hunter MQ-5(B) company has been a new and exciting challenge. It was, as duty often requires, somewhat of a task to return from a capabilities-based rotation in Operation Enduring Freedom and bring my garrison program back to standard.

  • 11 April 2016
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I Should Have Double-Checked

Army aviation — a world of checklists, acronyms, crew coordination and more checklists. We have multiple documents that instruct us step by step how to start an engine.

  • 4 April 2016
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No Time for Egos

Fatigue can cause a minor mistake to turn into a fatal error, whether it’s flying a multimillion dollar aircraft, shooting at the M4 range or even driving home after a long day at work.

  • 1 March 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 1532
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To Fly another Day

Talking to your crew about in-flight issues is a good idea. It could prevent an unplanned landing in hostile territory. Here’s how I learned.

  • 1 March 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 1237
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Bucket Bust

My unit had been fighting fires with as many as five other crews at once for a little over a month when the following incident happened. During this time many of us had logged between 50 and 70 hours on the fires, which is an extremely intense environment for all crewmembers.

  • 1 March 2016
  • Author: Army Safety
  • Number of views: 1369
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