Candidate Mcgarries: Motivation And Tasking Theories

Candidate Jordan delivered an in depth five paragraph order. SNC posted security ensuring that the safety of the fire team was not put at risk. SNC had a good initial plan and proceeded to move the fire team towards the objective. SNC moved the fire team through the woods with minimal opposition; SNC maintained communication and good dispersion. Upon receiving enemy fire SNC suppressed the enemy by assaulting the enemy. SNC pushed through the objective to ensure that all enemy were killed. However, SNC forgot about the weapons cache and commenced to conduct a hasty 180, followed by a consolidated 360, and then an ACE report. SNC, in his haste to complete the problem, completely forgot that the mission was not only to subdue the enemy

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

SNC delivered a confident and complete order successfully addressing all paragraphs of the five paragraph order. SNC assigned primary and secondary tasks to subordinates and reiterated the Enemy Situation. SNC properly controlled the fire team’s formation utilizing proper dispersion and smoothly transitioned from column to wedge. Upon enemy contact SNC relayed a clear and effective ADDRAC and directed SNC’s fire team to provide suppressive fire. SNC maintained mission focus when SNC’s fire team took a casualty. SNC directed his fire team in a tactically appropriate manner as they evacuated the casualty. Upon return to MA-2A SNC submitted the map to higher without being prompted by the evaluator. SNC displayed suburb leadership potential

Overall, Candidate Friederick's lack of confidence hindered both her operations order and her execution of her assigned mission. Her delivery lacked enthusiasm and interest. While her lack of confidence indicated unfamiliarity with the five paragraph order, SNC did brief a detailed mission statement with a task and purpose. SNC also briefed some details of her scheme of maneuver and some tasks to her subordinates, but the lack of detail and her confidence ultimately failed to inspire the other candidates in her fire team. As her fire team moved from order to execution, SNC appeared lethargic with little to no awareness of her surroundings as the team approached the objective. SNC both heard and saw the enemy combatant and demonstrated

Candidate Passafume's brief was confident and clear. His order included a complete enemy situation utilizing the SALUTE acronym. SNC had an initial plan. His initial plan did not include key elements to drive the mission such as how to enter into the sewage system. Prior to execution, SNC spent an elongated period to explain each miniscule task. As a result, his fire team stood around, not progressing towards mission accomplishment, and waiting to execute. During points of friction and throughout the evolution SNC was not a clear leader. SNC routinely failed to provide guidance and necessary and make decisions. SNC seemed overwhelmed and repeatedly failed to make a decision. Candidate Passafume did not always give orders to his fire

Candidate Fowler successfully calculated the azimuth, however failed to calculate the distance and plot the location of the objective. SNC’s five paragraph order was delivered confidently, however lacking information. SNC failed to properly brief the enemy situation, regarding the location of the enemy. SNC stated that the enemy was seen in the area, however he failed to mention they were seen west of the area which is in the vicinity of the objective. SNC was provided with the accurate information regarding azimuth and distance; however when briefing his squad he still provided an inaccurate distance. Upon enemy engagement SNC properly assessed threat by engaging with buddy rushes. SNC did not ensure area was clear before bringing the casualties

Candidate Pacheco’s brief was delivered confidently, with a slight exception during the Situation paragraph. During this paragraph, SNC took long pauses, and stumbled over his thoughts on the enemy situation. However, upon completion of the situation, he regained composure and bearing and completed the follow on paragraphs well providing elements necessary to execute the operation. As they stepped off on the operation, his speed was consistent with the situation and his non-verbal communication methods kept the team moving forward. Half way to the objective SNC’s control over the team was lost as the terrain began to dictate their movements. Once SNC realized this, he issued follow on signals to push out but immediately took contact. The

Upon issue of his order to his fire team, it was immediately apparent that Candidate Woodgie took time to think about and develop a clear initial plan. SNC briefed a scheme of maneuver that both outlined his plan to negotiate the obstacles from start to finish and included anonymous, sequential, and thorough tasking statements that painted a very clear picture for his team what needed to be done. This was followed by both specific tasking statements but also the assignment of specific roles in the fire team. SNC also briefed very specific coordinating instructions as tactical control measures indicating an keen understanding of the five paragraph order format. More importantly, those clear instructions further amplified the plan for his

Candidate Hamm briefed his order with confidence and displayed an understanding of the OSMEAC orders process and its organization. He briefed a thorough enemy situation by applying DRAWD analysis. His coordinating instructions also included extra information including order of march, base unit, and consolidation instructions. However, SNC did not brief a scheme of maneuver in the order, forcing him to develop a plan after his brief had concluded. His succession of command was a repeat of the order of march instead of who would assume his billet. SNC was confident in his brief and it was apparent throughout execution that he was in control of the team. Even after friction caused the team to falter, SNC was quick to re-focus the team and maintain

Candidate Alvarez briefed a below standard order that lacked paragraphs four and five. He stumbled over his words and attempted to use the orientation to brief his mission statement. He did, however, still brief his mission statement at the proper place during the order. He also failed to deliver an initial scheme of maneuver during the brief. This became obvious during execution when he froze after climbing onto the obstacle. During this time, he showed no confidence in himself and decided to ask his fire team for help. After developing a new plan, he slowly began to grow confidence and began issuing mission-type orders that allowed his subordinates to figure out unique ways to accomplish his tasks. This helped him until they ran out of

Candidate McGinnis posted security prior to issuing her order, this displayed having situation awareness of the enemy. SNC demonstrated an understanding on how to brief a five paragraph order, however she did omit the administration/logistics and command/signal paragraphs from her order. The execution paragraph outlined a vague scheme of maneuver with tasking statements that gave an idea of what needed to be done to accomplish the mission. Once they began the execution SNC took an excessive amount of time to look over the problem, causing the team to lose focus. Upon the first friction point SNC was hesitant to alter her initial plan. After several failed attempts SNC continued to stick with her initial plan which slowed down the momentum

Candidate Oredola got off to a rough start but made a quick recovery during execution of the mission. After receiving the order to brief back to his Fireteam, SNC confused the Situation paragraph of his order and mixed up the enemy situation with the friendly situation when the briefing his Fireteam. SNC lost valuable time when he began executing the mission spending an excessive amount of time making several attempts at his initial plan. Although SNC lost time, he did not lose momentum, SNC had a keen sense of urgency, keeping track of the time remaining to complete the obstacle down to the minute and providing direction to his Fireteam in a firm, confident manner, and keeping his Fireteam focused on the mission objective. SNC was clearly

Candidate Grund displayed confidence and a strong command presence when briefing his order. During the scheme of maneuver sub-paragraph, SNC briefed in phases which assisted his fire team with clear understanding what they were doing. For the execution, he identified the need to utilize a specific length plank during each of the phases, showing he was able to think of future requirements and include that in his execution. When some of the planks were "out," SNC continued to take action instead of waiting for specific items to come back, keeping his fire team moving towards mission accomplishment. At the beginning of the execution, SNC began placing the plank himself instead of tasking his fire team member with the task, which hindered his ability

Candidate Branom’s five paragraph order was extremely detailed, contained information from higher’s warning order, and was one of the few orders that attempted to brief TCMs. However, SNC’s frequent pauses, stumbling of words, and repeating of information caused him to mismanage his time and detracted from an otherwise highly detailed and concise five paragraph order. SNC’s sense of urgency and strong verbal and non-verbal communication with his team directly translated to positive control while traversing a danger area and making contact with the enemy; this strong communication came from a calm and confident demeanor at decision points, causing his team to push through to mission accomplishment. Finally, SNC failed to adequately manage and

Candidate MacFarlane while confident in presentation, was unable to effectively brief the information necessary to accomplish the mission in his order. Moving into execution without a solid plan limited the fire team’s ability to effectively work towards mission accomplishment initially. Once SNC realized that his plan was not executable he was able to make adjustments and refocus his fire team. Candidate MacFarlane’s greatest strength was his confidence and composure as the leader. He appeared very comfortable in his role which made it very easy for his fire team members to follow his direction. He efficiently used his fire team, able to quickly transition them between tasks, in order to optimize each of their strengths. SNC maintained