United States Army Combat Readiness Center

The US Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center is an organization that supports the U.S. Army by collecting, analyzing and disseminating actionable information to assist leaders, Soldiers, Families and Civilians in preserving and protecting the Army's combat resources.

Roles and Functions

The U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center oversees the Army Safety Program, conducts centralized accident investigations, administers Army safety training and education programs, conducts safety research and analysis, manages an Army-wide safety communications program, develops loss prevention campaigns, programs and tools, conducts triennial auditing and management evaluation visits, and develops and coordinates Army safety policy and standards.

Tools

The U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center has developed a myriad of tools that reinforce the sound principles of Composite Risk Management (CRM) which assist leaders in successfully and safely completing their mission, while mitigating the harmful effects of risk.

The Ground Risk Assessment Tool was developed to augment the CRM planning and decision making process. It assits in the identification, assessment and control of hazards associated with specific missions or tasks. Consisting of five parts, this tool provides users with an automated CRM worksheet that can be updated, saved and e-mailed.

The Army Readiness Asessment Program is a battalion commander's tool to address the root causes of accidental loss by focusing on organizational climate and culture. The assessment captures unit posture on command and control, standards of performance, accountability and risk management.

The Travel Risk Planning System

Commanding General

The U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety center is commanded by Brig. Gen. William T. Wolf. Wolf graduated from the United States Military Academyat West Point, New York with a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Engineering, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry in June 1979. His civilian education includes a Masters of Science in General Administration from Central Michigan University.

Wolf’s command assignments include: Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Aviation Regiment, 9th Infantry Division (Motorized), Fort Lewis, Washington; and 1st Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment (Attack), 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia and Kuwait. Wolf commanded the 11th Aviation Regiment (Attack), V (US) Corps, in Illesheim, Germany, Kuwait, and Iraq.

His other assignments include: Section Leader, Platoon Leader, and Operations Officer, Aviation Company, 5th Combat Aviation Battalion, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, LA; Tactics Instructor, Department of Combined Arms Tactics, Fort Rucker, AL; Brigade Plans Officer, 9th Cavalry Brigade, 9th ID (Motorized), Fort Lewis, WA; Battalion S3/Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 9th Aviation Regiment (Attack), 9th ID (Motorized), Fort Lewis, WA; Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, 6th US Army and Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Battalion S3/Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment (Attack), 25th ID (Light), Wheeler Army Airfield, HI; Brigade S3/Operations Officer, Aviation Brigade, 25th ID(Light), Wheeler Army Airfield, HI; Assistant Division Aviation Officer/G3, 25th ID(Light), Schofield Barracks, HI; Deputy Inspector General, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, HI; Strategy Planner, United States Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, VA; Secretary of the General Staff at Headquarters, United States Army Europe and 7th Army; and Executive Officer to the Commanding General, US Army Europe and Seventh United States Army, and Deputy Commanding General, USAAWC and Fort Rucker, AL.

Wolf’s military education includes: Infantry Officer Basic Course; Infantry Officer Advanced Course; Combined Arms Services Staff School; Army Command and General Staff College; and the U.S. Army War College.

Wolf's awards and decorations include: Defense Superior Service Medal; Bronze Star Medal; Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster; Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with seven oak leaf clusters; Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Air Medal; Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Humanitarian Service Ribbon with two stars; and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. He is a Master Army Aviator rated in the UH-1H, OH-58A/C Scout, AH-1F Cobra, and the AH-64A Apache and AH-64D Longbow Attack helicopters. He has also earned the Expert Infantry Badge, Ranger Tab, Parachutist Badge, and Air Assault Badge.

In June 2007,Wolf assumed duties as the Chief of Staff of Kosovo Forces Headquarters in Pristina, Kosovo, and was later the acting Deputy Commanding General, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army. Wolf assumed command of the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center in October 2008.

History

The Army Combat Readiness Center traces its origin to the Army Accident Review Board, a section of the Army Aviation Training Department of the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Review Board consisted of two officers and one enlisted. As Army aviation expanded, so did the work of the Review Board, which was moved to Fort Rucker, Alabama, with the U.S. Army Aviation School in 1954.

The Review Board was renamed the U.S. Army Board for Aviation Accident Research in 1957. USABAAR's mission included not only the review of aircraft accident reports but also crash-site investigations and research into aviation safety matters involving aircraft design, operations, and training as well as supervision, maintenance, inspection, and human factors.

In 1972, USABAAR became the U.S. Army Agency for Aviation Safety under the supervision of the Director of Army Aviation, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development. Responsibilities of USAAAVS were expanded to include accident prevention education, safety assistance visits Armywide, establishment of Army aviation safety policy, collection of all Army aviation accident data, promotion of system safety, and support of selected aspects of the Army’s ground safety program. USAAAVS was under the supervision of the Inspector General from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, it became a field operating agency of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, and its mission was further expanded. USAAAVS assumed responsibility for both aviation and ground safety and was renamed the U.S. Army Safety Center.

The Commander of the Army Safety Center became the Deputy Director of Army Safety in October 1983. The Safety Center was given Army staff responsibility for implementation of the Army Safety Program and served as the primary advisor on accident prevention to the Department of the Army. In July 1987, the Safety Center became a field operating agency of the Chief of Staff of the Army.The Commander of the Safety Center was designated as the Director of Army Safety. The Director of Army Safety was made a general officer position, reporting through the Director of the Army Staff to the Chief of Staff, Army.

Following world events, United States Department of Defense leadership recognized the enormous impact that accidental loss had, and continues to have, on the readiness and capability of the Army. As a result, on Jan. 31, 2005, the U.S. Army Safety Center was redesignated as the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center with an expanded mission to become the center of gravity for all loss-related areas. As the Army’s knowledge center for loss data collection, analysis and information dissemination, the USACR/SAFETY CENTER assists the Army with the preservation of combat power through the application of Composite Risk Management in order to preserve the human capital of the Army.

Location

The U.S Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center is located at Fort Rucker, a post in Dale County, Alabama, United States. The post was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum. Small sections of the post also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties. Part of the Dale County section of the base is a census-designated place; its population was 6,052 at the 2000 census.

The main post has entrances from three bordering cities, Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise.

Geography

Location of Fort Rucker, Alabama

Fort Rucker is located at 31°20'37" North, 85°42'29" West (31.343654, -85.707995)Template:GR.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP area of the base has a total area of 10.9 square miles (28.2 km²), of which, 10.9 square miles (28.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.18%) is water.

External links

• U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center official website
• Naval Safety Center website
• Air Force Safety Center website
• Coast Guard Safety Center website
• Fort Rucker official website
• Army Aviation Museum
• Fort Rucker Guide - History