Candidate Sharp Case Summary

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 Genter began his brief strong with an Orientation that included key terrain in the area. However, SNC's Execution paragraph not only lacked detail, but completely omitted Tasks and any executable plan to accomplish the mission. The extent of SNC's Scheme of Maneuver was to utilize the planks to move, causing many questions from his fire team members following his brief. SNC's lack of initial plan significantly hindered the sense of urgency with which his fire team moved, and in his absence of direction, another team member began to make decisions and direct the team leader and the rest of the fire team what to do. When SNC did communicate to his fire team, he did so in a composed and calm tone of voice. However, this did little

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 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 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 McCormick demonstrated a fair understanding of the Five Paragraph Order format. Though SNC mentioned all the paragraphs, the details weren't germaine. SNC briefed the contents of Administration and Logistics as that of Command and Signal and vice versa. SNC was confident during the delivery of the order to the Fire Team but that demeanor weaned at the moment of execution of the exercise. SNC did not formulate a plan prior to execution and blindly commenced the exercise without delegating responsibility to Fire Team members. SNC attempted to perform tasks without communicating to or supervising the Fire Team. Towards the seven minute mark of the exercise, SNC looked exhausted and could not think through the problem. SNC did not maintain

Candidate Watson briefed an order that had adequate information to carry out SNC’s plan, but was missing several important pieces and had incorrect information. The Orientation only had the current location. SNC did not brief an accurate enemy situation. Instead of stating the enemy passes by every ten minutes, SNC brief every two minutes. SNC’s tasks were merely assignments for team members to utilize a piece of equipment. SNC only briefed one of the several coordinating instructions provided by the evaluator. SNC briefed items in the Admin and Logistics paragraph that were not available in the scenario. Because the enemy situation was incorrect, SNC would halt all actions as if an enemy guard was walking by. This occurred two times throughout

Candidate Brown started by briefing all major portions of the order to include a well-organized mission statement, which included the “in order to” verbiage, showing understanding of the purpose. She posted security only after briefing the order but checked back on them periodically. Later in the execution phase, the team member assigned to security was standing up and not staying in a tactical mindset. SNC failed to address this lack of discipline. SNC's lack of leader’s reconnaissance caused her significant problems in the execution; she was solely dependent on the two fire team members she sent through before herself. SNC lead her fire team through the obstacle from the back, which did not embrace the leader-fighter concept. She often got

Candidate Espinos briefed the situation according to the five paragraph. SNM used his skeleton effectively to cover admin and logistic and command and signal which were not on my initial brief. SNC posted security but did not give him any specific instruction or check on them throughout the evaluation. SNC developed a plan and briefed his team effectively. SNC then tasked a candidate to cross body his weapon and navigate the obstacle. SNC did not address the fact that his candidate had not tied his boots and had his weapon on incorrectly preventing the candidate from being able to accomplish his part of the mission. SNC made adjustments as needed to get his team to the other side. SNC inspired a sense of urgency and mission accomplishment.

Candidate Olesh, hereby referred to as SNC, delivered a disorganized five paragraph order which adequately addressed all topics. SNC confidence built as SNC progressed through the brief, however SNC appeared to lose confidence and the quality and clarity of the order degraded. SNC developed a poor initial plan which SNC attempted to alter. SNC appeared to be in charge during the problem and SNC’s subordinates complied when given instruction. SNC was not deterred when SNC’s fire team incurred a casualty penalty, which demonstrated SNC may have the ability to overcome adversity and work through friction. After several failed attempts by SNC’s subordinates to overcome an obstacle, SNC attempted, failed, and made adjustments to SNC’s plan.

Candidate Perreault’s major failure during his planning and brief of his event was his inability to brief a SOM. He was accurate in displaying an initial plan by his tasks assigned to his FT. However, the tasks did not follow the 5 W’s format. Once in execution, SNC was very deliberate and successful with communicating his intentions to his team members. SNC continued to include the security team member in his intentions by periodically stepping back and making sure that the security team member was aware of the plan’s actions. Candidate Perreault had a keen awareness in approaching his team member’s abilities once on the obstacle, i.e. making sure they kept him up to date on whether or not they were able to physically complete what he

Candidate Bateman utilized a portion of his time to conduct a leader’s recon and write a detailed order. Candidate Bateman took an extremely long time to brief his order, which detracted from the time available to accomplish the mission. His order was thorough and complete with all required parts. He solicited input from his fire team and adapted his solution when necessary. Candidate Bateman was the first member onto the platform and displayed the need to lead by example. After setting in security, Candidate Bateman did not check on the security element, due to being too focused on the problem in front of him. It was clear based on the responsiveness of his fire team, that Candidate Bateman was in charge throughout the problem. There

Candidate Couch took a long time to get started briefing. He spoke softly, had a slow pace and a calm demeanor, with occasional pauses during his brief. He briefed a detailed friendly situation, covering missions and roles of higher and adjacent units. He provided a well-thought out mission statement and indicated that his squad was the main effort. He walked his team through his scheme of maneuver and provided a solid initial plan. In his Administration paragraph, he briefed generic Med-Evac and EPW information and did not actually mention which fire teams were to handle these issues. Throughout the movement, SNC stayed within the tree line and made good use of hand and arm signals. He stopped, set up security, and requested permission

Candidate Dowling provided an adequate brief to be able to execute the mission. SNC’s Orientation was thorough, but also contained unnecessary information like the fireteam’s mission. SNC’s enemy situation lacked detail and only provided a hasty description of the enemy and what they were doing. The scheme of maneuver was detailed and painted a clear picture for how the team was to execute the mission. SNC’s tasks were merely assigned billets with no true task and purpose. The Admin and Logistics paragraph contained a lot of extra unnecessary information. SNC’s delivery was choppy in the beginning with him flipping back and forth through his notes. SNC showed little sense of urgency prior to stepping off due to his brief lasting almost seven

Candidate Tobin failed to deliver an effective and confident brief. The major briefing points were not fully covered and content of the order was vague. SNC did not brief an initial plan to his team and there was not an initial plan in place upon execution. SNC lost leadership credibility as he relied on suggestions and ideas from his team members on how to negotiate the obstacle. One on the team members came up with a successful backup plan which was utilized. SNC did not use effective communication skills throughout the duration of the obstacle which hindered his ability as an effective leader. Time management skills and a proper sense of urgency were also not evident. SNC was not clear on what was originally briefed by the evaluator