Candidate Goff Case Summary

Candidate Hays' attempt to brief the initial five paragraph order and take charge of his fire team did not work in his favor. There were times when SNC reiterated certain briefing points which displayed a lack of confidence rather than a sense of clarity. Other than the Mission, SNC failed to brief all the key points of the order. SNC seemed unclear on the mission and what needed to get done although, SNC did verbally address an initial plan of how to attempt negotiation of the obstacle, prior to the actual execution. SNC made the vital mistake of not briefing nor posting security. Upon execution of the problem, SNC's initial plan did not appear to be well thought out and unsafe as he attempted to have his fire team along with himself

SNC did not calculate the correct distance to the objective. SNC tasked fire team members to set up the terrain model, but failed to verify and correct the mistakes they had made. SNC made eye contact with his squad members during the brief. SNC had poor vocal control, stumbling over his words and using filler words such as “uh” and “um” throughout the brief. SNC also briefed information in the wrong order and repeated information that he had already mentioned. During the execution, SNC had excellent control over his squad, making decisions quickly, giving commands clearly, and moving his subordinates with a sense of urgency. After the squad neutralized the enemy, SNC had the casualties brought to the objective location. When SNC attempted

Candidate Hairston was confident and thorough when briefing his order. Although confident and thorough while briefing, Candidate Hairston failed to ask fire team members if they had any questions at the end of his brief. This caused a little confusion, leaving fire team members with unanswered questions. Prior to the execution phase SNC posted security and ensured security was able to hear everything in the event he had to replace a fire team member. During the start execution phase, SNC did not utilize the gear provided and attempted to use his fire team members as a means to traverse the obstacle. For more than two and a half minutes, fire team members were standing around waiting for direction, not progressing towards mission accomplishment,

SNC understood all of the instructions very well and used his time wisely in order to develop an initial plan for the problem. SNC covered all of the information pertained to the five paragraph order. SNC developed his initial plan for the fire team to conduct, however the plan did not include security. The plan helped benefit the fire team and gave the SNC more confidence as the mission progress evident his tone of voice his ability to specifically task individual candidates. SNC effectively communicated the tasks and ensured SNC’s subordinates understood the instructions by having them repeat the instructions he gave them. SNC was able to overcome friction while remaining in control, by adjusting his plan as the situation developed. SNC periodically

Candidate Sharp demonstrated a basic understanding of the five paragraph order, but did not clearly articulate his words, paused intermittently, and rushed through parts of his brief. SNC failed to develop an executable plan and did not brief any tasking statements to his team. SNC also ended the brief and then went back to finish it after he had already begun executing the mission. After a suggestion from another candidate, SNC delegated security to a team member. Another team member would continually ignore SNC while executing the obstacle. However, SNC lacked the command presence and communication skills to correct the candidate or recognize the need to replace him at a key location. SNC had difficulty leading multiple candidates and failed

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

Candidate Lofswold’s initial brief was succinct and covered the entirety of the five paragraph order and contained detailed information. Candidate Lofswold assigned ready, fire, and assist to his fire team, but did not establish an initial plan or specific tasks for the plan. Upon starting the evolution, Candidate Lofswold emphasized teamwork and communication, but because of the lack of planning, he encountered a point of friction requiring a rapid decision, which caused a loss of momentum. Candidate Lofswold briefly stepped out the situation to assess and supervise, causing another candidate to step in and provide directions to the rest of the fire team. Candidate Lofswold’s security detail was completely unaware of his surroundings and no

SNC failed to accurately calculate the azimuth with in standard. SNC confidently issued a well-organized five paragraph order in a clear, authoritative tone void of filler words. SNC’s Scheme of Maneuver was clear, concise, and illustrated SNC’s use of sound tactical judgment and ability to consider future requirements. SNC issued tasks to each fire team which were consistent with the mission and addressed potential casualties. SNC moved his squad with a sense of urgency and displayed the ability to rapidly make decisions when faced with enemy contact and maneuver as required. However, SNC’s decision to assault through a lone enemy’s fighting position was inconsistent with the mission; the mission was to resupply a desperate squad with

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Candidate Huff did not brief the admin/logistics and command/signal paragraphs of his order. The rest of his order was briefed with shaky confidence involving heavy use of "ums." SNC did not establish security during his brief or during execution. SNC demonstrated inefficient use of his time by spending nearly sixty seconds re-slinging the teams rifles in the beginning of execution. Due to a lack of an initial plan following the brief, the team had to begin execution whileconducting reconnaissance and orienting to the problem. Once oriented, SNC was hesitant in deciding how to engage the problem. Once a scheme of maneuver was developed, he was able to communicate his guidance to the team members and begin driving his team toward mission

Candidate Futch showed he had a basic understanding of the five paragraph order; however, SNC briefed incorrect information during the Situation paragraph of the order. SNC stated that the enemy was currently seen blowing up the bridge and that they were equipped with small arms and IED’s. When really the enemy was known to be in route to blow up the rest of the bridge with no information given about their capabilities. SNC took five minutes to brief his order thus leaving little time to execute. SNC briefed a good initial plan and had candidates start to execute. SNC was the third candidate to get on the wall but was unable to, thus had a candidate from on top of the wall come all the way back down to assist him from the ground. This

SNC did a descent job when explaining the orientation for the plan of attack. Body langauge and tone of voice indicated that SNC was not sure of how to execute the plan. SNC seemed unsure as to understanding the mission and how to accomplish it. SNC did brief the adminstration and the logistics paragraph, however he failed to develop an initial plan prior to starting exectuion. It wasn't until the fireteam had difficulty in the execution of the mission that SNC decided to step in and develop an initial plan. SNC did not respond in a timely manner which left his Marines confused as to what's going on. SNC got involved after valuable time was wasted. SNC did maintian focus of the assignment, however SNC was too relaxed during the time when his

Candidate Stauffer briefed the situation efficiently in accordance with the five-paragraph order. SNC used his skeleton to include admin and logistics and command and signal which was not included in my initial brief. SNC did not post security once he noticed the security posted he mentioned that he post but did not give the order or any directives to him. SNC did not create a plan and lost the confidence from his team. SNC's team began to offer up suggestions because he was taking too long to make any plan. SNC ended up being over taken by one of his teammates. SNC allowed himself to be overshadowed by another candidate. SNC's command presence and failure to make decisions did not inspire a sense of urgency from his

SNC began the five paragraph order brief confidently. SNC thoroughly briefed the Orientation paragraph addressing terrain, weather, and the potential for hypothermia due to the weather. SNC failed to properly address the Enemy Situation and briefed incorrected information. SNC failed to address the Friendly Situation, which contained information pertinent to the problem. SNC thoroughly briefed the coordinating instructions and ensured subordinates understood the “off-limits” areas. SNC briefed the use of verbal ADDRAC during enemy contact. SNC was confident while briefing and minimized the use of filler words. SNC failed to address security during the brief and throughout the problem. SNC’s plan was poorly thought out and tasks were

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