Michael A. Kidd | U.S. Naval Institute

Commander Kidd is a logistics planner with the NATO Joint Logistics Support Group in Naples, Italy.

Articles by Michael A. Kidd

Federal firefighters and a helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3 combat a fire on board the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in San Diego in July 2020. Using the Swiss Cheese Risk Model without refinement could instill a dangerous false confidence and risk tolerance by failing to draw sufficient attention to the weakness of casualty-prevention systems.

The Navy Should Not Rely on the Swiss Cheese Risk Model

By Commander Michael A. Kidd and Lieutenant Commander Andre T. Mayounga, U.S. Navy

October 2023

The Bonhomme Richard fire revealed a series of mathematical flaws in the Swiss Cheese Risk Model unknown to most commanders and leaders.