Candidate Mckillop Case

Candidate Merritt briefed all the necessary requirements for his five paragraph order. While briefing, SNC had his entire fire team take a knee conducting security looking away from him and the obstacle while he briefed. Because of this, his fire team was not truly oriented to the problem. SNC did not conduct any type of leader's recon and came up with a plan that was severely lacking in detail and was more of a check in the box. While executing the mission, SNC got stumped and could not figure out how to adapt his plan. He paused for a minute while he tried to figure out a new plan, losing crucial time. While SNC addressed security, he did not enforce it. The candidate on security spent more time watching the problem be executed as

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

SNC briefed all required sections of the five paragraph order; however, throughout his brief SNC seemed hesitant and paused a few times. SNC spoke in a steady voice and his brief was thorough; however, his brief was long, unhurried and it seemed that SNC could not communicate his ideas clearly to his team, causing his brief to take up majority of his mission. SNC did not communicate a well detailed plan on how they were going to accomplish the mission; rather he just restated that they needed to get across the broken bridge and in the order they were going to go in. Due to his initial slow tempo, SNC and his team did not move with a sense of urgency during the execution their mission. Just like he briefed his order, SNC kept a steady but

Candidate Barrowcliff's tactical mindset and seriousness about the problem was evident when he posted security before he started his order. SNC's order was relayed with a great level of confidence. SNC covered all the details while having a complete understanding of the mission. At the end of his brief, he pointed to a candidate and asked him to restate the mission to check for understanding, ensuring there wouldn't be any confusion. Candidate Barrowcliff formulated an initial plan and completely briefed his fire team. SNC displayed a sense of urgency and desire to move toward mission accomplishment. SNC's adjustments to his plans were decisive and effective. Candidate Barrowcliff was clearly in charge and demonstrated calm demeanor in a

Candidate Johnston gave a confident and proper mission brief to the fire team. SNC kept the momentum of his fire team going throughout the exercise. SNC recognized the need for a decision at points of friction and made timely decisions with information given despite any uncertainty. SNC maintained awareness of mission and demonstrated an understanding of the mission. SNC made decisions and tasked subordinates in a manner that indicated SNC had a thought out plan. SNC demonstrated some ability to observe and maintain awareness of surroundings and enemy’s position. SNC appeared to be comfortable in front of peers. SNC projected a firm voice with minimal stumbling. SNC generally understood and assumed the role of team leader during this

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 Long’s performance was extremely impressive. He started his problem by conducting a detailed leader’s reconnaissance and developing a practical solution to the problem. SNC briefed his peers with confidence and clarity. His order was only missing the “when” part of the mission statement. He was one of the few who physically set in his security and established fields of fire. He lead by example by being the first candidate on the platform and used critical thinking to develop his plan by examining the weights of each member of his fire team. He acted with a sense of urgency but remained calm and collective. Once he established the bridge to complete the problem, he quickly realized he needed the ammo can and sent a candidate

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 Kidd delivered a complete and sequential five paragraph order. Throughout his entire brief, SNC had several pauses due to obvious signs of nervousness and dependency on his OSMEAC template. Nonetheless, his order contained sufficient information for his fire team to execute the mission. During the execution phase, SNC moved his fire team with a sense of urgency as instructed by the order. He was knowledgeable to place them in a column formation for maximum speed. When SNC received unexpected enemy contact, and subsequently received a casualty, he quickly reacted by returning fire and aiding proper aid to the casualty. SNC responded well and in a calm matter during the chaotic situation. Once reaching the objective, SNC was conscious

Candidate Doyle delivered his five paragraph order neglecting to mention the information covered in the Orientation as it was briefed to him by the evaluator. SNC only covered the grid points contained in the Orientation, thus making other parts of the brief confusing to the squad. SNC’s squad asked questions regarding the direction of travel. During the execution, SNC was unable to quickly make adjustments to the initial plan, as he seemed slightly overwhelmed and unable to assess the entire situation. Once SNC realized that he had taken casualties, his focus was still on the objective ahead. His focus on the mission displayed sheer neglect for his casualties as he did not know what the extent of the injuries were while issuing commands to the teams. SNC had to repeat to the squad several times to move the casualties, as the team failed to display any sense of urgency.

Candidate MaCleish demonstrated an understanding of the order process by presenting an order with a detailed scheme of maneuver and tasking statements for each team member to easily follow. SNC maintained a tactical awareness by posting security. Once the mission began, SNC realized his initial plan wasn’t going to work and everything started to slow down. At this point of friction, SNC hesitated to develop a new plan of action. . As the team waited for SNC to make a decision the fire teams forward movement was halted. There was little communication between SNC and his fire team, resulting in SNC failing to utilize his subordinates effectively. . Even through the many frictions points SNC was able to remain calm and maintained control of his

Although leaving out pertinent information in the Orientation, Situation, and Mission paragraphs, Candidate Brown demonstrated an ability to rapidly develop an initial plan and communicate that to his fire team. SNC provided a Scheme of Maneuver that was anonymous, sequential, and thorough, and briefed tasks specific to each fire team member. Despite being choppy at times as he composed his thoughts, SNC spoke in an enthusiastically confident tone throughout his brief. Upon conclusion of his brief, SNC lost momentum with his fire team when he took approximately one minute to explain the plan again to his fire team. However, SNC was able to regain his sense of urgency by quickly altering his plan when he recognized it would not work. SNC

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 Floyd exhibited a basic understanding of the five paragraph order format and briefed most relevant information; however, SNC fumbled with his notes multiple times, briefed the mission out of order within the Execution paragraph, and issued tasking statements that were vague and lacking detail. During the execution, SNC maintained awareness of his team member’s movements and location and controlled the fire team formations with verbal and non-verbal communication skills. When SNC began receiving enemy fire, it took him a moment to recognize and orient to the threat. Once he identified the threat, SNC exhibited good communication skills by issuing a strong confident ADDRAC and relevant orders while rushing the objective. When his team

SNC briefed every section of the five paragraph order and also knew that he and his team was under a time crunch to accomplish the mission. SNC briefed his order pretty quickly with accurate information and with a calm demeanor. At no point during his brief or during the execution of his mission, did SNC loose his confidence as he was leading his team through his mission; even though his decisions made a few of his team members fall into the water. SNC did not brief a detailed Admin and Logistics paragraph, by not stating a location of the corpsman or what they would do if they had EPW. During the execution SNC failed to quickly realize all of the materials he had at his disposal. SNC made loud commands throughout his mission as he and