FMI 3-34.119 - Soldier Support Institute - U.S. Army

Chapter 7REMARKS:If the circled value numbers above total—10-16. Continue mission. Keep following training and common sense rules that apply to working around IEDs.17-24. Continue the mission. Ensure that leaders maintain positive control of Soldiers and Marines and that theystress safety and IED awareness when briefing.25-35. Consider postponing the mission until better conditions are attained. If you must continue the mission,constantly stress IED awareness and safety. Ask higher HQ for engineer support to accomplish the mission.Conduct IED-awareness training.Figure 7-1. Sample risk assessmentMAKE RISK DECISIONS AND DEVELOP CONTROLS7-21. This step requires decision makers to identify actions that can reduce the probability and/or severityto acceptable levels. This may be accomplished by taking actions to reduce the probability of an IEDencounter or by providing more protection to the Soldier, Marine, or materiel to reduce the severity of anIED strike. Often, it is a combination of the two. Examples of controls include―• Closing routes.• Allowing only certain types of vehicles on the routes.• Increasing patrols in suspected IED areas.• Increasing observation suspected IED areas.• Increasing protection of hardening of positions, facilities, vehicles, and personnel.IMPLEMENT THE CONTROLS7-22. Leaders must apply the identified controls to reduce the probability and severity of an IED attack.SUPERVISE AND EVALUATE7-23. This step ensures that controls are implemented to standard. PCI checks, rehearsals, and leaderpresence is key.RISK MANAGEMENT SUMMARY7-24. The key to using risk management successfully is to employ it at each echelon—from thecommander, through the tactical planner, to the Soldiers and Marines executing the mission. Each levelidentifies hazards, eliminates or reduces hazards as feasible, and communicates the residual hazards to thenext lower echelon. As such, each echelon works as a filter to control unacceptable risks.7-25. Training provides Soldiers and Marines with an understanding of equipment limitations and plays acritical role in the risk management process. The capabilities and limitations of Army systems are takeninto consideration during the development of doctrine and TTP.7-26. Risk management at the tactical planning level requires a thorough knowledge and awareness of thehazards and potential controls that can be employed. The planning process requires a methodical anddisciplined technique to identify the hazards and develop appropriate controls for operating in an IEDenvironment.7-27. The execution level is the culminating point of risk management. It is where Soldiers, Marines, andleaders employ the systems provided to accomplish the mission. The amount of residual hazards remaining7-6 FMI 3-34.119/MCIP 3-17.01 21 September 2005