Risk Management Magazine

Sadly, the principles of risk management were never used, which lead to a tough lesson learned. It doesn’t matter where or how a loss occurs, the result is the same — decreased combat power or mission effectiveness.

After this accident, I was determined to not let anything like this happen again. I started paying extra attention to what was going on in my Soldiers’ lives.

The first 90 days of a deployment, especially a first-time deployment, is statistically one of the most dangerous times an aviator can face in his or her Army career.