I don't think there is any argument that we perform our duties on a sliding scale between, "the welfare of our Soldiers," and, "the accomplishment of the mission." What we do is inherently dangerous and requires mitigation to eliminate unreasonable risks, however some risk needs to be accepted in order to accomplish the mission. This is addressed through Composite Risk Management, safety briefs, route statuses, PT Belts, and any number of other measures.
A) Would you categorize military risk management climate as too risk adverse, just right, or too risk inclined?
B) What do we do as a military culture to align this properly?
I am open to all responsese but am especially interested in the thoughts of E*-E9, CW3-CW5, and O4-O6.
Culture
Risk Management
Risk
It is commander dependent usually it requires a higher hq approval to push a mission. As a flyer we all want do our part and push a mission as best we can. At the same time we are not helping the mission if we crash and kill ourselves.
SFC Burroughs,
I believe this to be entirely command dependent. I have been several places where the command wouldn't take any risk to get the mission done and places where they didn't care what the risk was Mission First.
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