US Army Reserve Safety

05/01/2015

Distractions Kill Citizen-Soldiers. For July 2015, The Army Reserve Bring It Home Campaign will once again focus on the top killer of Service Members while Not in a Duty Status. i.e. Vehicles. This months focus will highlight one of the more prominent causal factors in these preventable fatal accidents, Distractions!

“Bring It Home!” There is no phone call, text, music or any activity worth risking your or someone else’s life. “Bring It Home”, eliminate distractions while driving and save a life.

05/01/2015

After two successful years the Army Reserve has once again suffered the death (A Mother of two) and severe injury (A sleeping Citizen-Soldier severly wounded by a neighbors neglegence) of its Citizen-Soldiers due to the neglegent discharge of private weapons.

“Bring It Home!” You and your family must have zero tolerance for you own and others lack of discipline and/or proficiency with any firearm.

05/01/2015

May is here. Last Battle Assembly before Memorial Day and the commencement of Summer. Use this time and the March, April and May Bring It Home flyers to educate your Citizen-Soldiers on the familiar dangers (Cars, Motorcycles, Water are the Top 3 killers) they face away from Military Duty and that they already have the skill to manage to lowest risk.

02/11/2015

The March, April and May 2015 Bring It Home - 28 Days For Life campaign posters are available here. Use them between now and Memorial Day to begin educating your Citizen-Soldiers on the top three fatal accident catagories for Troop Program Unit Soldiers Not In A Duty Status. Express your Leaders message of genuine concern for their personal safety regardles of where and when they may find themselves and set a Leaders clear expectation that they will use their Basic Soldiering Skills to manage risk and make informed decisions while away from Military Duty.

Bring It Home - 28 Days For Life!

02/11/2015

Take Basic Soldiering Skills into your personal life. Conduct Pre Combat Inspections, every day, regardless of location or duty status.

Bring It Home - 28 Days For Life!

02/11/2015

When you make the mistakes leading to an accident, a Seatbelt can change Lethal to Surviveable!

02/11/2015

Do you need "Motorcycle Attitude"? You Bet!

01/30/2015

This accident finished upside down in a creek bed after a rapid skidding deceleration from 75 mph. The conditions were intimately familiar roads, but slick and during a typical heavy Southern rain storm. The mistakes made on the ride home from Battle Assembly included speed, use of cruise control on wet roads and panic breaking at the initial loss of traction.

The Service Member survived with a small scratch on the wrist. He did kick out the side window and both crawl and swim from his vehicle.

Even with all the mistakes up front the Service Member used his seatbelt. The accident was judged to be most likely leathal except for that seatbelt.

The seatbelt. Uncounted saves. You are trained and required to use it.....transfer that Professionalism to your Civilian life and you are more likely to make it home.

01/30/2015

Vehicle accidents remain the #1 killer of Army Reserve Citizen-Soldiers away from duty. This head on accident ocuured with an estimated closing speed of 50odd mph, both vehicles traveling in the neighborhood of 25 mph, familiar area, perfect weather, excellent road conditions. Both vehicles were a total loss. Neither driver nor any of the passengers were injured. And the deciding Safety factor for all? Seat belt usage.

Annually, two or more Army Reserve (TPU Not In A Duty Status) vehicle accident fatalities are attributed to failure to use a seatbelt.

Will your Safety Habits earn you a surviveable vehicle accident or an injury or even burial?

01/30/2015

Announcing the Chief Army Reserve 2015 "Bring It Home, 28 Days For Life" Safety Campaign. Look for the article in the February 2015 Edition of the Double Eagle.

01/30/2015