Integrate Risk Management Reviews
Troops
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&pageText=Hazards of friendly troops impact both the soldier and unit. Key considerations are the level of training, manning levels, the condition and maintenance of vehicles and equipment, morale, availability of supplies and services, and the physical and emotional health of soldiers. Leaders and soldiers must be vigilant to the fact that hazards in these areas can adversely affect a mission, even when all tactical considerations point to success.& &popText1=Hazards to the Physical and Emotional Health of Soldiers:
Inadequate sanitation facilities, water purification capabilities, medical attention, and evacuation capabilities are key hazards that can arise from incomplete logistical planning. Care of troops requires long-range projections of all classes of supply, with close monitoring of mission changes that could impact availability or depletion of supplies. When beginning an operation immediately upon arriving in theater, hazards include not implementing measures to help soldiers overcome fatigue or acclimate them to the geographical area and associated climate.& &popText2=Hazards to Task Organization or Units Participating in an Operation:
Hazards include how long units have worked together under a particular command relationship. During stability operations, task organizations may change often. Hazards include poor communication, unfamiliarity with higher headquarters SOPs, and insufficient combat power to accomplish the mission.& &popText3=Hazards Associated with Long-Term Missions:
Long-term missions include nation building, peacekeeping, or insurgency/counterinsurgency operations. Hazards associated with these missions include the turmoil of personnel turnover, lack of continuity of leadership, inexperience, and lack of knowledge of the situation and the unit’s operating procedures. An especially insidious hazard is critical-skills atrophy that results from not performing METL-related missions.&
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