Army tries to temper heat risks facing troops

bruno

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Pretty good article about the dangers of heat injury and how they are trying to minimize the risk to troops.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/08/army-tries-to-temper-heat-risks-facing-troops-081411w/

..."Leadership is crucial in taking care of soldiers, she said.

“I tend to see fatalities happening every other year,” O’Brien said. “When you have good leaders who are aware of the risks, you see effective prevention of heat injuries. Then you get a year where there’s a changeover and people just don’t understand how dangerous it is there, and you’ll get a fatality. It’s a constant battle to keep leadership really understanding how dangerous it is.”
 
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