scope:

Applicability.

This pamphlet applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

Purpose

This pamphlet establishes a framework for making the Mishap Risk Management Process of composite risk management (CRM) a routine and required part of planning, preparing, and executing missions and everyday tasks in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 6055.1 and Army regulation (AR) 385-10. This framework allows Army leaders to operate with maximum initiative, flexibility, and adaptability. Army operations, whether they involve military situations including tough, realistic training, and combat operations, or the industrial base supporting research, development, testing, and production are demanding and complex. They are all inherently dangerous and each has the potential to jeopardize Soldiers and Army civilians alike, resulting in the needless loss of limited resources. Managing mishap risks related to such operations requires educated judgment, situational knowledge, demonstrated experience, and professional competence. The Mishap Risk Management Process of CRM permits Army leaders to make informed, conscious decisions to accept risk involving safety and occupational health factors; design and construction of equipment and other situational factors.