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UnitedThe States ArmyDesert Central VoiceMay 21, 2008 D V “Transforming to Full-Spectrum Operations” 9:57 9:58 9:59 On the clock On Leadership: Leaders and Safety Table of Lt. Gen. Jim Lovelace Command Sgt. Maj. John Fourhman USARCENT commanding general USARCENT command sergeant major Contents Editor’s note: This is the ninth before they go on leave. TRiPS is a D V in a series of articles on leadership. mandatory requirement and Soldiers CG: In USARCENT, we do the will not go on leave without Page 4 mission and protect the force. completing it. Local Kuwaiti children visit Everyone in this organization is a CSM: I agree; Soldiers and leader, and every leader is a safety their leaders need to ensure TRiPS troops and animals at Camp officer. As the Commanding is utilized. Make sure your Soldiers Arifjan. General, I am the Command’s show up for scheduled mandatory senior safety officer. “Motorcycle Safety Sessions.” CSM: Too often a Soldier is This is an individual responsibility Page 5 injured or killed because safety for your protection, but is also for standards were not practiced or enforced. We see the reports: your Family’s benefit. I challenge all leaders to emphasize First ever Signal Regimental Nearly every accident is caused by some combination the importance of motorcycle safety. Know who has a run on Camp Arifjan draws of indiscipline, overconfidence, lack of training or motorcycle or who is thinking of purchasing one; we need to complacency. have accountability. This will help save lives! large crowd. CG: And accidents that are caused by these factors are CSM: As I have said before, safety is the number one preventable. Leaders have an inherent responsibility to know thing leaders can affect, positively or negatively. Use the the standard, to make sure their people know the standard, Army Risk Management process. This process ensures Page 8 and to enforce the standard. In no area is this more important leaders and Soldiers, together, are thinking about the hazards than in the area of safety. Choosing to violate or ignore a they might encounter, and what they need to do to mitigate Navy Seabees start work on standard sets the conditions for disaster. those hazards. Conducted properly, Risk Management new town water-well in arid CSM: To enforce the standard, leaders supervise. helps set conditions for safe and effective operations – both Proper supervision significantly reduces the possibility in non-hostile and combat operations – allowing us to do Kenya. someone will violate an established standard. First line the mission and protect the force. It is up to each of us, supervisors have the power to prevent most safety violations as leaders and Soldiers, to pay attention to what is going by encouraging good judgment and enforcing standards. on around us. Keep your head up and your eyes open for Page 10 They know their Soldiers and have the greatest access to unsafe acts. It’s part of increasing your area of interest and New memorial at Camp them. increasing your area of influence. When your area of interest CG: With longer days, warmer weather, and well-earned is wide, your area of influence will be, as well. You’ll take Moreell inaugurated during vacations, the opportunity for vehicle accidents increases. I the time out of your day to prevent an accident. Being a ceremony. expect leaders at all levels to engage Soldiers and conduct leader means having the moral courage to step in and fix effective travel safety briefs. Use the Travel Risk Planning something that’s wrong. System, available at the Combat Readiness Center web site. CSM: And leaders don’t simply wait until something This is especially important for motorcycle riders. is going wrong. Leaders promote a culture in which On the cover CSM: A word about motorcycle safety: The CRC Soldiers understand the importance of good personal risk Soldiers from the United Kingdom’s reports that across the Army, privately owned motorcycle management. Our continued success in reducing preventable 9th/12th Royal Lancers conduct fatalities have doubled over the same time period last mishaps depends on strong leadership, a culture in which first aid on a training mannequin at year. Last summer, 18 Soldiers across the Army lost their sound personal composite risk management is inherent in lives while riding motorcycles. Tragically, USARCENT everything we do, including in our personal lives. We can’t the Medical Skills Training Center recently suffered the loss of a Soldier to this inherently exclude Families from this process. Protecting the force at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 17. hazardous activity. Emphasize motorcycle safety and proper includes factoring Families and those we care about most in For the full story, see page 6. certification and riding procedures, particularly among your our decision making. Photo by Spc. Giancarlo Casem newer and less-experienced riders. CG: The objective is to create a culture of safety in CG: We will start a motorcycle mentorship program ARCENT that is second nature. Leaders at every level and a motorcycle board of directors program immediately! should make safety an integral part of every operation and This is an opportunity for leaders to take care of Soldiers and include safety in evaluation report support forms, counseling pass on their motorcycle safety tips and experience to more sessions, and overall goals. Second and third-level inexperienced riders. supervisors should be checking to ensure their subordinate Leaders need to identify high-risk Soldiers and provide leaders know the standards, enforce the standards, and use them the appropriate counseling and assessment to become a the Army Risk Management process. Leaders train their Contact us more safety-conscious motorcycle rider. people to pay attention to safety by making safety training Comments, questions, suggestions CG: Soldiers are the most valuable resource for personal, visual, and focused on activities that affect them. story ideas? Call the Desert Voice motorcycle safety but there are other proactive measures This is just good leadership – and it’s what will keep our editor at 430-6334 or e-mail at to help prevent motorcycle accidents. The “Motorcycle people alive. [email protected]. Agreement” in the POV Toolbox is a great resource to help CSM: Do the mission and protect the force. It’s what we prevent accidents and death. There is also no excuse for do on this winning team. Soldiers not completing the Travel Risk Planning System Patton’s Own! Volume 29, Issue 51 USARCENT Commanding General 50th Public Affairs Detachment Commander The Desert Voice is an authorized publication for Lt. Gen. James J. Lovelace Maj. Jeff Pray members of the Department of Defense. Contents USARCENT Command Sgt. Maj. 50th Public Affairs Detachment NCOIC of the Desert Voice are not necessarily the official Command Sgt. Maj. John D. Fourhman Staff Sgt. Jacob McDonald views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government USARCENT Public Affairs Officer Desert Voice Editor or Department of the Army. The editorial content Col. Thomas Nickerson Spc. Giancarlo Casem D V of this publication is the responsibility of the U.S. Army Central Public Affairs Office. This magazine USARCENT Deputy PAO (FWD) Desert Voice Staff Writers The is published by Al-Qabandi United, a private firm, Lt. Col. Paula Jones Spc. Wes Landrum which is not affiliated with USARCENT. All copy will Pfc. Christopher T. Grammer Desert be edited. The Desert Voice is produced weekly by the 50th Public Affairs Detachment. Voice Find us online at www.arcent.army.mil. 2 The Desert Voice May 21, 2008 USARCENT Safety Corner: Motorcycle safety Story and photo by They also heard from the Motorcycle Safety discipline while riding on a motorcycle as Sgt. Beth Lake Foundation on specific maneuvers and the they are taught to have on a daily basis in the USARCENT Public Affairs warning signs to look for when something is Army. wrong with their bike. “You can’t put a time or a date on when ccording to the U.S. Army “Safety is a top priority at USARCENT. you want to be a professional,” Holliday Combat Readiness Safety The number of motorcycle riders has in- said. “You have to be a professional at all Center, the Army lost 43 Sol- creased over the past year. We must enforce times. Remember that you are too important diers to motorcycle accidents safety on a daily basis. The more we educate to the Army Family and your Family. Take Ain 2007. Four months into 2008, the Army our riders the more safety conscious they be- extra precautions to ensure that you ride has already lost seven. come. This day will keep safety on Soldiers’ safe.” These numbers may rise as the weather minds,” Tutt said. “They are Soldiers both Tutt added that it will become second gets warmer and the urge to hit the open in and out of uniform ... safety is one of the nature to perform checks before riding, road heightens. biggest factors in surviving both on and off ensuring riders have on the proper protective U.S. Army Central sponsored its second the battlefield.” equipment and ensuring that they obey all annual Motorcycle Safety Day April 25 to Staff Sgt. Aaron Crawford, USARCENT rules and regulations of the road. “We don’t raise awareness of the dangers that exist for Headquarters and Headquarters Company want another statistic.” riders. operations NCOIC, has been riding for less In addition to the Motorcycle Safety Day, “We held this class to get our motorcycle than a year. He learned from Georgia State the USARCENT safety office is instilling personnel more educated and safety con- Police Senior Trooper Stacy Forrest’s stories many things to ensure it is on the cutting scious,” said Master Sgt.

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