Candidate Carpenter Case Summary

Candidate McKenzy demonstrated and understanding on how to conduct a five paragraph order but omitted key information throughout the entirety of the brief. SNC displayed he was somewhat confident with his brief by his calm demeanor using a conversational tone during his brief. SNC stated there is no need for security prior to conducting his brief. The scheme of maneuver was vague, and non-executable without further guidance. The tasking statement stated basic billet assignments as who was the ready, fire and the assist. Once the execution began, SNC was in control of his subordinates and effectively communicated adjustments to the initial plan. Upon the first friction point, SNC remained calm and was able to devise a new plan and maintained

Candidate Pennington delivered a strong order that addressed all necessary pieces of the five paragraph order. He provided a unique orientation to the obstacle on the terrain by physically showing his fireteam the parts that were contaminated. This greatly helped the fireteam's situational awareness to the problem. It allowed him to utilize mission type orders and stay in a position to supervise the overall execution rather than focus on unnecessary details. He communicated well with his team and gave and received suggestions while remaining in obvious control of the team. Candidate Pennigton broke down his security early and gave it minimal thought following the delivery of his order. He utilized strong concurrent actions by using each avenue

Outstanding performance in all regards! From the moment she began her brief, Candidate Klenke displayed confidence and a strong command presence. Her order was thorough and allowed her fire team to begin executing the problem right from the start. She maintained good eye contact during the brief and utilized the obstacle to discuss her scheme of maneuver. During the execution, SNC carried out the plan she had developed. She was able to understand how to employ the equipment at hand to address individual parts of the problem, which demonstrated she has the ability to plan ahead and anticipate future requirements. During the execution, she constantly communicated her intent and tasked her fire team who followed immediately, leaving no doubts

Candidate Schainholz spent five of the ten minutes allotted to negotiate the obstacle briefing the five paragraph order. It was apparent that SNC was uncertain in his ability to properly convey the required information to his subordinates. Candidate Schainholz successfully covered every aspect of the order but found it necessary to brief it twice. Furthermore, SNC was communicating almost at a whisper and was directed to speak up several times by the evaluator. After realizing how much time he had spent briefing, SNC began to rush to generate a plan for the execution phase that created confusion among his team. Tasking statements were unclear and his plan was obscure. Regardless of the limited time his team had to complete the obstacle, Candidate

Candidate Wessner failed to brief the five-paragraph order instead he briefly mentioned the mission then went straight into problem solving. Upon execution, SNC posted security facing the wrong direction he realized this and repositioned immediately. SNC’s initial plan was to throw the rope over the metal bar. After a few tries with the rope throwing, SNC changed this plan by hooking the canteen to the end of the rope and throwing the rope and canteen over the metal beam, which was successful on the first attempt. SNC was able to get a fire team member on the first wall. SNC tried to crawl under the first wall, which is an explosive area this was outlined by the evaluator during his initial brief. SNC received a penalty for 60 seconds for this.

Candidate Janssen was missing multiple vital parts of his operations order, to including a complete mission statement, EPW Plan, and a complete command paragraph. Candidate Janssen took input from his peers in order to improve his plan. SNM lead by example and placed himself at the point of friction. When a board entered the water, Candidate Janssen took himself out of the fight for 60 seconds to retrieve the board. He should have used another member of his team, as it caused the fire team to wait for his return rather than continuing to solve the problem. During points of friction Candidate Janssen remained calm and collective which built confidence in his fire team. Candidate Janssen did an outstanding job checking on security, while

SNC began his five paragraph order by ordering all subordinates to face outboard and away from him, diminishing his subordinates’ capacity to understand the content of the order. SNC’s Orientation paragraph included specific, real-world information which included the problem number, LRC-2, Brown Field MCB Quantico. SNC continued to demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy as he confidently briefed the remainder of the order in a clear, authoritative tone. During execution one of SNC’s subordinates had to remind SNC to consider subordinates’ safety while negotiating the obstacle. SNC’s initial plan began to fail and SNC attempted to negotiate the obstacle in the same futile manner as his subordinate had. This action caused SNC to become

Candidate Cameron appeared confident in his brief. He was poised and well-spoken. In executing his plan, his initial communication was sufficient however, it lessened throughout the mission. SNC positioned himself poorly for the obstacle. He was positioned in the center of the fire team where he was more concerned about not tripping the explosive while keeping his balance, He wasn’t able to do that and give orders simultaneously. As a result, his team members were unsure what their roles were and they were standing around, he lacked command and control. His fire team had difficulty following him. Candidate Cameron didn’t manage his time effectively. He could not keep his team moving forward to accomplish the mission, adversely affecting the

Candidate mullins delivered his five paragraph order with minor errors. SNC established security prior to the start of his brief. Before delivering his order it was evident that SNC possessed a strong command presence. SNC’s tasks were unclear, and were displayed through the confusion amongst his fire team during the execution. SNC failed to properly brief his Coordinating Instructions, this caused questions to arise during the execution. Candidates were confused about what they could or could not utilize during the execution. SNC was not confident and was aware that he missed pertinent information, because he would pause during his brief attempting to account for the information he missed but could not gather his thoughts. During the execution

Candidate Kocic’s stumbled through his brief and began to lose awareness of what he had written down. SNC began to slow and jumble information provided from the evaluator, specifically replacing fire team with squad and retracting statements to correct them but still not briefing the corrections with confidence. SNC did not mention Command and Signal directly in his brief, only making mention of hand and arm signals once throughout the delivery of the brief to the team. Upon stepping off his speed was consistent with the situation, however, he did not shoot his initial azimuth from the provided location and therefore was left of the intended route. SNC rushed the team into the execution, and the terrain dictated their movements, causing

Candidate Platt received and briefed all five paragraphs of the operations order. Though her brief was given with confidence and clarity, her command presence lacked for the remainder of her evaluation. She stumbled around while attempting to control her weapon, and failed to move with a sense of urgency, as briefed in the order. Candidate Platt allowed her fire team to step off without going condition one. Though SNC tasked a member of her fire team to conduct the navigation, she never supervised or verified that the navigation was correct. Upon contact, SNC failed to respond for approximately 30 seconds at which time she did not give clear orders to her fire team on how to respond. During the attack her weapon experienced a jam, which

Candidate Hutchison posted security prior to briefing. His brief delivery was at a normal volume, a calm demeanor, a conversational tone, and had occasional pauses. His mission statement was briefed twice and included a main effort. He did not specify if there were any higher, adjacent or supporting units, or attachments or detachments in his Situation paragraph. During execution, he maintained tactical awareness, keeping a security presence during his movement and staying within the tree line. However, he did not move with a sense of urgency and had to be prompted to do so by the evaluator. Upon enemy contact, SNC delivered a solid ADDRAC and got his squad on line. He remained back behind his squad 5-10 meters where he could best oversee

Candidate Bachmann picked up on every detail of the order and briefed them exactly to his Fire Team during the five paragraph order. He requested to and conducted a leader’s reconnaissance before briefing his Fire Team. Candidate Bachman initially established security, but then pulled the candidate off to help with the problem. This caused a loss of security for approximately five minutes. Candidate Bachman was very engaged and led by example the entire time. He was out in front of his Fire Team in where he was able to identify friction and create solutions. When members of his Fire team failed to understand their assigned tasks, Candidate Bachman physically showed them, which helped maintain momentum and carry the sense of urgency

Candidate Moir's five-paragraph order was detailed, thorough and without omission. Once on the objective, Candidate Moir improvised a counterweight by tying his canteen to one end of the rope, an innovation no other candidate thought of. With tighter knots, this strategy would have proven effective; however, Candidate Moir was undone by another candidate's poor knot tying. After attempting this strategy without a candidate on the log, Candidate Moir adjusted to have a candidate on the log while attempting this strategy again. Candidate Moir successfully passed the rope, but there his progress stopped. Candidate Moir was unable to progress because he got hung up on knot tying and securing the rope to the top bar. Because of this, no candidate

Candidate Donajkowski delivery of the five paragraph order started out with a thorough Orientation and the required information for the remainder of the order. SNC tone was conversational and almost sounded as if he was questioning his own words. Elements of the execution were given in the Command and Signal, sectors of fire were not assigned, and the mission briefed provided a general sense of what was to be accomplished. Upon initial contact SNC was presented with an injured team member who was disregarded by SNC who chose to continue rushing. Another fire team member decided to attend to the wounded instead of following his fire team leader's assault on the objective. SNC did not assess the situation or inquire about the injury. When the