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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 Despite an unseasonably mild winter for much of the Connected States, military safety officials offer a reminder that Old Man Winter still has two months to go as they underscore the account of winter safety for service members and their families.
“The month of February often packs a big winter perforator, and it’s not too late to prepare,” advised April Phillips, in the open affairs director for the U.S. Naval Safety Center in Norfolk, Va.
The Naval Aegis Center, U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., and U.S. Air Press Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., all kicked off winter safeness campaigns in the fall, emphasizing that winter conditions require out of the ordinary precautions -- both on and off duty.
They’re increasingly using social media and blogs among other outreach tools to stir up awareness and provide tips on everything from how to drive in hazardous blizzard conditions to how to shovel podgy snow.
Source: Department of Defense