Chapter One Short Essay

1. In the Neolithic era, about 8000 B.C., a new civilization and culture developed. The reason for this development was the change to hunting and gathering to cultivation of agriculture that permitted man to settle down permanently ending nomadic existence.

1. Why does the Indian classical tradition dominate the musical image of South Asia in the west?

“Ok squad we just got word there is a small enemy outpost not far from here in the foothills, this is where most of the Taliban are staging when they attack this base. We are sending in just our squad for a quick in and out recon mission of the area," explains the Lt nodding his head rapidly.

Responsibility- can be seen throughout the story, the men in this group have to carry out their mission and successfully complete it. Individually each of them have different set of skills and objectives, and simultaneously work together to reach a mutual goal; staying alive. The skills and responsibilities that five of the personnel had in the platoon were; Jimmy Cross-The Lieutenant also known as the leader of the platoon, his job was to give orders, he “carried a compass, maps, code books,

attention, and all sat at the same time while we waited for the Battery Commander to speak.

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

As a new Corporal and a team leader for a Mortar Squad, we had trained

SNC did not initially ensure 360 degree security at the assembly area. SNC’s enemy situation lacked significant details. SNC’s friendly situation was not briefed in the proper format. SNC’s scheme of maneuver was not complete enough to be executed and his tasking statements did not have an associated purpose. At the beginning of execution SNC attempted to give a command to his fire team leaders to get ready to begin their movement; when nobody in his squad responded he announced that fire team leaders had 30 seconds to get ready to move. SNC was an ineffective communicator; he attempted hand and arm signals after receiving indirect fire and would give vague tasks to unspecified individuals instead of his fire team leaders. Upon enemy contact

SNC’s five paragraph order was delivered meek tone which lacked authority and command presence; SNC appeared aloof and distant throughout the brief. SNC’s Situation paragraph included fabricated information contrary to what the evaluator briefed; these omissions caused the squad to not understand the mission. SNC briefed specific, relevant tasks but failed to brief any coordinating instructions beyond “attack begins immediately after this order.” SNC briefed Admin and Logistics as “unchanged since the last order.” SNC’s brief was punctuated with filler words. SNC departed towards the objective without the ammo cans required to complete the mission. During movement to the objective, dispersion was poor; at most times 5 candidates were

SNC’s five paragraph order contained most of the pertinent information required to conduct the mission, but was punctuated with filler words and the occasional use of nonsensical terms such as “armed with small ammo arms (sic).” These deficiencies detracted from the order and made it difficult to understand. SNC tasked his fire teams with navigation, aid and litter, and ammunition transportation. During movement to the objective, SNC’s squad became strung out and dispersion between the first fire team and the ammunition bearing fire team was approximately 20 meters. SNC did not assess dispersion during movement and did not position himself in a manner where he could effectively manage his squad. During enemy contact, SNC stood to the rear

SNC brought his fire team leaders in for the full five paragraph order brief. SNC ensured each topic was covered with the exception of Coordinating Instructions, which was ommitted. SNC Mission Statement did not include an IOT. Immediately upon briefing his fire team leaders, SNC placed the squad in formation to step leaving no time for the fire team leaders to breif the remainder of the squad. This left some confusion amoungst the remainder of the squad when they made contact with the enemy. SNC allowed the terrain to dictact movement and did not correct dispersion of the squad as they moved in a single file toward the objective. SNC gave a portion of ADDRAC. After assaulting through the enemy the squad quickly moved to a hasty 180, 360, and

11… Candidate Zinsmeister was unable to calculate a correct azimuth or distance to the objective. Utilizing proper time management, SNC was able to meet the minimum standards while issuing the operation order to her team. SNC demonstrated command presence and confidence, which made it clear and concise for each member to completely comprehend. As the team began to move from the assembly area, the team got relaxes at the fact that there was no enemy presence detected as members of the squad were seen moving down Buffalo Pond Rd, not utilizing the proper tactical carry. At the point of friction, SNC was surprised and didn’t know how to resolve the confrontation from the angry villagers and briefly panicked when sniper fire rang out, thus hitting

Lieutenant Steven Danielson and his team sat in the darkened team room. They were talking amongst themselves when Commander Tom McKasskill stepped into the room, “Lieutenant the CO is calling a staff meeting in five mikes you need to be there.”

After receiving the initial brief from the evaluator, SNC spent almost three minutes rewriting his notes before he addressed his fire team which displayed no sense of urgency. Once he began to brief the order it was thorough and consise. SNC was able to convey the order in a manner that was easily interpreted by his subordinates and established initial security during his brief. SNC briefed his fire team with confidence and minimal grammatical error. SNC was meticulous in ordering the correct tactical formation. SNC confidence was evident as he established solid hand and arm signals from the beginning and continued thorough communication with a smooth transition to verbal communication when enemy contact was made. SNC calmly identified

Candidate Kampa gave an outstanding brief to his squad, however when giving the azimuth, that information was incorrect. The squad understood their assigned tasks and the execution of the mission. SNC enthusiastically took control of his squad and kept them moving in an expeditious manner. SNC did this by not allowing the terrain to dictate the rate of his movement. SNC instilled confidence amongst his men as well as maintaining good dispersion throughout the patrol. Upon enemy contact SNC gave an ADDRAC but there was some hesitation. Candidate Kampa maintained great communication through the execution of this mission. SNC directed the Aid and Litter team to move the casualty to the objective instead of evacuating the casualty back to Tarawa