What are the five steps (as commonly taught) in the Army’s risk management process?

• A. Identify hazards, assess risk, develop controls/decide, implement controls, supervise and evaluate
• B. Plan, Do, Check, Act, Repeat
• C. Identify hazards, train soldiers, file reports, promote safety, celebrate success
• D. Recognize risk, avoid risk, shift risk, ignore risk, monitor risk

Answer: (A)

The five-step approach to Army risk management is a structured way to bring hazards under control before and during operations. It starts with identifying all hazards that could cause harm, so nothing slips through the cracks. Next, you assess the risk by considering both how likely each hazard is and how severe the potential impact could be. This helps prioritize where controls are most needed.

Then you develop and decide on controls to reduce those risks. This means selecting practical measures to eliminate or lessen the hazards and choosing what actions to take. After deciding, you implement those controls so they are actually put into place on the ground.

Finally, you supervise and evaluate to ensure the controls are working as intended and are effective in the real environment. If conditions change or the controls aren’t effective, you loop back to reassessing hazards and adjusting as needed. This creates a continuous improvement cycle that keeps risk management relevant throughout planning and execution.

The other options don’t fit because they mix in unrelated activities (like training, filing reports, celebrating success) or describe a different management framework (such as Plan-Do-Check-Act with an extra “Repeat”). They also include approaches to risk that aren’t consistent with the Army’s hazard-identification, assessment, control selection, implementation, and evaluation sequence.