A Day In The Life: Co Story and photos by Joel Diller, Public Affairs
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n aircraft incident occurs on the airfield. A ship’s schedule changes at the last minute. A distinguished visitor arrives unannounced. A traffic accident occurs out in town. A storm causes a power outage. Decisions on how to react to emergencies, incidents, and personnel issues such as these must be made
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quickly to mitigate the risk to the command’s personnel and mission – and they can occur at any time – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whether on a Navy installation or ship, commanding officers train their leaders to make some of these decisions on their behalf. The
