Ground Warrior articles from March 2006

Ground Warrior archives from March 2006

By the numbers: how mishaps are affecting our operational readiness.(Table)(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Vehicle mishaps whether on liberty or operationally, have resulted in some of the highest mishap fatality rates in recent years. Below, the numbers compare the first quarter of FY06 to the last five years. Private Motor Vehicle Fatalities...

From the director: Headquarters Marine Corps Safety Division.
March 22, 2006... Marines, When Marines graduate from a recruit depot or officer candidate school, they are transformed from the individuals who entered the Marine Corps several months earlier. Marines are trained warriors, and, with some additional...

From the editor.(Editorial)
March 22, 2006... Marines, With my first version of the Ground Warrior, I changed the format to make it more Marine-friendly. I also wanted to tell more of your stories from the field and show more of what was going on in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the very...

Reproducing Ground Warrior.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... I am currently the unit safety officer and am interested in getting an electronic copy of the weapons clearing procedures and weapon condition codes found in the Winter 2005 issue. We would like to make posters and post them in the armory....

Combat Arms Earplugs (CAEs).(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... Assure Marines have received the information [Summer 2005], requiring them te carry combat arms earplugs when wearing the utility uniform. LtCol Jon "Mac" MacCartney, USMC HMM--774/Naval Safety" Center FWI) Iraq [note] This is...

Interview with the ACMC.(Interview)
March 22, 2006... I recently had a chance to interview the Assistant Commandant (ACMC) about the "Warrior Preservation" Campaign. General Magnus just had finished presiding over the first Executive Safety Board (ESB) for Fiscal Year 2006. The ESB is a full-day...

Negligent discharges: a momentary lapse.
March 22, 2006... Before each live-fire, Marines repeat the Four Safety Rules to reiterate the importance of weapons handling. Remembering these rules will keep your rounds headed in the direction of the enemy. It only takes a momentary failure to cause a...

Seeing friendlies at night.
March 22, 2006... Marines in Iraq are operating constantly, which includes operations at night. In close environments, and with limited visibility, such as urban terrain, Marines need to be able to identify their fellow Marines to avoid friendly-fire. The use of...

Ground guides.
March 22, 2006... Ground guides are essential in areas of limited mobility, visibility, and in non-tactical situations where meeting time hacks are not a matter of life and death. Although rearview mirrors are a basic feature on cars, tactical vehicles,...

Are marines trained to jump?
March 22, 2006... It's a cool Tuesday morning and the anticipation runs high as a young Marine prepares for his first parachute operations since completing basic jump school. His confidence is high, despite the fact 12 months have passed since his last jump....

Heavy on the throttle, deep into trouble.(a personal experience of motorcycle driving )
March 22, 2006... It was a typical Saturday morning in Oceanside, Calif., when my buddy swung by my apartment on his Kawasaki ZX-7R. He wanted me to join him for a ride around town on our motorcycles. I still was half asleep as I stumbled over to the door...

Tales from the fighting hole.(safety measures for marines)(Column)
March 22, 2006... In the Corps, it's a "fighting" hole, not a "fox" hole. Foxholes are for people who want to hide; fighting holes, on the other hand, are for people who want to fight. "Tales from the Fighting Hole" is a column dedicated to telling stories...

2006 Warrior preservation campaign: the warrior preservation campaign 2006 calls upon all Marines, from the private leaving boot camp to the company and base commander to reinvigorate the long-standing tradition that Marines take care of their own.(Brief article)
March 22, 2006... Every Marine must apply the excellence and professionalism expected in combat to all their actions, both on and off duty. Force preservation depends on the full-time combat readiness of the individual Marine. The goal of the Warrior...