What is the purpose of the 'supervise' step in the Army risk management process?

• A. To document hazards after the mission
• B. To ensure that risk controls are implemented and remain effective during operations
• C. To assign blame for risk events
• D. To terminate missions that encounter risk

Answer: (B)

Supervise in risk management is about ongoing oversight to ensure that risk controls are actually being used and stay effective as operations unfold. Leaders watch to confirm that mitigations—like procedures, PPE, spacing, or speed limits—are applied, and they assess whether those controls continue to reduce risk as conditions change. If something isn’t working or new hazards appear, they adjust the plan or tighten controls so the remaining risk stays within acceptable levels. This continuous monitoring keeps the mission safer without unnecessarily stopping operations.

Drier alternatives aren’t the focus here: documenting hazards after a mission happens is more about after-action work, assigning blame isn’t part of the process, and terminating a mission due to risk is a last-resort decision that comes from the risk decision-making authority, not the ongoing supervision step.