Snc's Case Study

Candidate Blackmon successfully plotted the current location of the objective. SNC’s five paragraph order was delivered confidently, however he did not properly state the friendly situation. SNC stated that friendly units were northwest of the current location instead of friendly units being one mile north then west along Guadalcanal. Without this information SNC’s brief was inaccurate. Though SNC was confident during his brief, he did not have the attention of his squad as members who were focusing in different directions staring into the trees or cleaning their nails. The squad's lack of attention was ignored by the squad leader. After engaging the enemy SNC was informed that he sustained casualties and the bridge was covered by enemy fire

SNC briefed the five paragraph order addressing each paragraph. SNC briefed the order with confidence, using an authoritative voice, which demonstrated a clear understanding of the mission. SNC did have to rely on suggestions from others, for example; SNC was told by the fire team member that bringing the map was a part of the mission. During the mission, the fire team received enemy contact that resulted in a fire team member being wounded. SNC was able to respond without hesitation in which he and his fire team provided treatment to the casualty while the other members provided security. SNC displayed a sense of urgency and managed time effectively instructing his fire team to firemen carry the casualty. SNC made effective use of his subordinates

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

He then told us, search every building in the area then secure it. That’s it, that’s what we were given. No problem, we’ve got this. We did as we were told, we searched and secured areas and continued to receive mission updates by SATCOM as they came in for us. Our 2 day mission (or so we thought) was now into our 5th day. We had a Black Hawk come and drop off some food and water for us on our 3rd day, so we were good there. On the 5th day we got into contact. I won’t go into a lot of details but my men still walk today while enemies do not. But now we’re running black on ammo as well. We we’re originally told we don’t believe you by higher…………that’s another story. Eventually we got them to come back out and drop us a speed ball and everyone was able to reload. This wouldn’t be the last time we were engaged 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 Ozuna was very confident and briefed the five paragraph order clearly and thoroughly. SNC ensure his fire team had a clear understanding of the mission by repeating it and asking if there were any questions regarding the mission. He gave specific orders of where each fire team member was to place themselves in the formation as well as what the succession of command would be if he were to become a casualty. During the patrol, SNC ensured proper dispersion of the fire team as they patrolled. He was constantly keeping eye contact with his fire team members and utilized hand and arm signals well. SNC was able to make quick and sound decisions at the point of friction. He ensured the buddy rushes were done in a manner that was able

SNC spoke in monotone voice and had some long pauses during his brief as he tried to make sense of his notes. He jumped to conclusions and made assumptions from the information in higher’s brief, saying that the enemy was equipped with explosives and small arms. SNC did not adequately brief Coordinating Instructions, did not have a clear initial plan and his tasks were merely billet assignments. As a result, he did not quickly transition into execution but took a great deal of time trying to determine a good course of action and asking candidates if they could perform certain tasks, such as commando crawl across the wire. During execution, he did not move his team with a sense of urgency and could not decide on what course of action to

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

SNC attempted to rush through the brief which lead to the Orientation being unclear. The FT began the execution with SNC’s initial plan, and he was able to control his FT up to the point of friction. When the enemy began firing on them, one of the FT members yelled “contact front.” SNC was unsure which direction the enemy was and yelled “contact left,” but quickly realized his FT was not on line with him so he yelled “contact right.” Once everyone was finally oriented in the proper direction SNC failed to provide any additional information or pass any commands before simply telling his FT to begin rushing. While conducting the buddy-team rushing the FT had neither coordination nor guidance from SNC, they simply rushed in the general direction

SNC did not set security before giving the brief. SNC had command presence, spoke clearly, and had good eye contact. He did brief the FT’s Mission as part of the Friendly Situation, and repeated the same information during the Mission paragraph. During the execution, SNC maintained a pace commensurate with the requirement for speed and used appropriate hand and arm signals. SNC did not have clear command of the FT members behind him while on the move because he never turned to look at them nor assess the security situation in the rear of the formation. When SNC heard the sounds of enemy activity he immediately had them alter direction. Upon contact, SNC gave the ADDRAC, and was a clear fighter/leader. He had his FT line up on him by

SNC began his five paragraph order by ordering all subordinates to face outboard and away from him, diminishing his subordinates’ capacity to understand the content of the order. SNC’s Orientation paragraph included specific, real-world information which included the problem number, LRC-2, Brown Field MCB Quantico. SNC continued to demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy as he confidently briefed the remainder of the order in a clear, authoritative tone. During execution one of SNC’s subordinates had to remind SNC to consider subordinates’ safety while negotiating the obstacle. SNC’s initial plan began to fail and SNC attempted to negotiate the obstacle in the same futile manner as his subordinate had. This action caused SNC to become

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 Lamicq, hereby referred to as SNC, conducted a roll call prior to confidently briefing a thorough, logical, and clear order. SNC’s focused so much time and effort on the order which cost SNC valuable time and hindered SNC’s fire team’s progress during the problem. SNC issued clear, specific tasks to SNC’s subordinates. SNC controlled SNC’s fire team and continually drove the team to work as a cohesive unit. SNC assured subordinates understood orders and executed them properly and employed subordinates in accordance with their capabilities. SNC was able to make decisive adjustments during failures and points of friction. SNC embodied the spirit of a fighter-leader as SNC both physically supported and directed SNC’s team. SNC’s

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