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NowGRATprovidesyouwiththeabilityto t electronicallysigncompositeriskmanagement "• worksheetsaswellassavedraftworksheets.It I I willalsoautomaticallysavethembeforethe ? ,‘5- programtimesout,whichisnowrelayed!bya j- countdowntimerandnotice. hftp://sofety.army.smiI.iniI » KNOWLEDGE LEADERS SOLDIERS CIVILIANS FAMILIES OFFICIALSAFETYMAGAZINEOFTHEU.S.ARMY THISMONTH SAFETY »CONTENTS »FEATURES FromtheCSM PlayitSafe 6HowIDidn'tShootMyself 36AGoMoodmeJnutdagrmyenLtackof MissionEssential 38 18InaFlash 42 Don'tToywithSafety StrapinandSurvive 44FatalFocus 30SnowboardingtheSmartWay AccidentBriefs WHENTHECOLD WINDBLOWS UNSEEN HAZARDS MEDIA ONLINE »RESOURCES SEDITION ASHOCKING JointheUSACR/SafelyCentercommunityon facebook EXPERIENCE Missionstatement:TheUnitedStatesArmyCombatReadiness/ SafetyCenter(USACR/SafetyCenter)supportsourArmyby collecting,analyzingandcommunicatingactionableinformation toassistLeaders,Soldiers,FamiliesandCiviliansinpreserving/ protectingourArmy'scombatresources. 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There'snoreasonforthattobe I'veeitherledorparticipatedina Sometimes,Soldiersaresoused aproblemwithsafety,however. goodnumberofspouses'briefings todoingwhattheydo,theycan'tsee Familiesarewhoweshouldnaturally now,andI'mstillamazedathow thehazardsbehindit.Eventhough beturningtoinaddressingoff- quicklywivesandhusbands"get" spousesareremovedfromthe dutyfatalities.Theyhavetheaccess thesafetymessage.Thisisstuff workenvironment,theystillglean andthetimewiththeirSoldiers we'vebeendrillingintoSoldiers' enoughfromwhattheirSoldierssay toreallymakeadifference,given 4 December2012KNOWLEDGEhttps://safety.army.mil Z1 1 /Vri theopportunitybyleadersand gap.Thismonth,we'llreleasethe youdoeseveryday.Remember safetyprofessionalsinthefield. fiscal2013FEKupdateathttps:// youdon'thavetodoitalone; Afewyearsago,theUSACR/ safety.army.mil.That'sjustintime yourSoldiers'Familieswillbe SafetyCenterreleasedtheFamily fortheholidaysandallowsyou happyandeagertohelpyouout. EngagementKit,acompilation ampleopportunitytobriefyour Involvingthemwilltakeyoursafety ofresourcesandmultimedia Familiesonoff-dutysafety.Many programtothenextlevel,andour productsdesignedforFamily well-meaningspouseswillspend Soldiersdeservenothingless. readinessgroups,qualityof alotofmoneytomaketheir Iwishyouallahappy,healthy liferepresentativesandArmy Soldiershappywithexpensive andsafeholiday!« chaplains.It'sbeenupdatedevery giftslikemotorcyclesorhandguns, yearsincethenbuthasn'tgotten withoutgivingasecondthought ArmySafeisArmyStrong! thesamevisibilityassomeofour tothetrainingandexperience otherproducts,whichhasdone requiredtoenjoythemsafely. ourFamiliesadisservice.Without Inevitably,wealwaysloseafew Ql. fail,thespousesandFamily Soldierstonegligentdischarges memberswebriefareenthusiastic andmotorcycleaccidentsaround RICKSTIDLEY \| andeagerforakitoftheirown thetimeoftheholidayexodus. CommandSergeantMajor whentheylearnaboutit.But Cuttherisknowbymaking U.S.ArmyCombat theyshouldn'thavetohearabout Familiespartofthesolution. Readiness/SafetyCenter theFEKoranyothersafetytools Weclosedfiscal2012withthe fromme;theyshouldbegetting second-low—estaccidentalfatalities theirinformationfromyou. onrecord that'sirrefutable Here'syourchancetofillthat proofoftheamazingjobeachof December2012KNOWLEDGEhttps://safety.army.mil 5 A fterreadingthe article"HowDoYou ShootYourself?" intheMay2012 issueofthismagazine, thoughtmyweapons- I handlingexperiencesmight alsobeusefultothesafety community.Ifthatseemsa littlenarrow-mindedand o—pinionated,itprobablyis butthat'sOK.I'maformer installationrangeofficer,so weaponssafetywasmyjob. 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Itwasthefirstwarmweekendofspringduringmysenior yearinhighschool.ThenorthernVirginiawinterwasbadthat year,andtheheavysnowswe'dbeengettinghadonlyrecently disappeared.Withwinterbehindus,mybestfriend,Seth,was eagertogethisKawasakiNinjasportbikeontheroadagain. December2012KNOWLEDGEhttps://safety.army.mil