When I enlisted in the U.S. Army, I wasn’t just issued a uniform and weapon then deployed. I was sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for eight weeks of basic training.  In addition to weaponry training, my drill sergeants taught me the absolute need for command, control, communications and movement on the battlefield—just like your people should be trained to respond to an emergency in your workplace. Since the time of Alexander the Great, military leaders have understood the universal law that saves lives: People respond the way they were trained, and untrained people freeze. When soldiers, police, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, airline pilots or your employees have to make ... Read more »