Risk vs. Safety in Training

Abstract

One of the toughest decisions we have to face as senior NCOs is how much risk due we take in training. Most military training has risk involved, especially when it comes to preparing Soldiers for combat. We will deal with the ethical decisions involved in deciding on what level of risk versus safety we take in training. We have to push our Soldiers in order to prepare the to fight and when. This involve the difficult decisions to elevate the risk of training in order to achieve the needed results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 2007
Accession Number
AD1111417

Entities

People

  • Eric B. Nelson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Airborne
  • Army
  • Basic Training
  • Casualties
  • Health Services
  • Heat Stroke
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Standards
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • Observers
  • Paratroopers
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.