Steinbach Case Study Essay

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 Hays' attempt to brief the initial five paragraph order and take charge of his fire team did not work in his favor. There were times when SNC reiterated certain briefing points which displayed a lack of confidence rather than a sense of clarity. Other than the Mission, SNC failed to brief all the key points of the order. SNC seemed unclear on the mission and what needed to get done although, SNC did verbally address an initial plan of how to attempt negotiation of the obstacle, prior to the actual execution. SNC made the vital mistake of not briefing nor posting security. Upon execution of the problem, SNC's initial plan did not appear to be well thought out and unsafe as he attempted to have his fire team along with himself

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 Sharp demonstrated a basic understanding of the five paragraph order, but did not clearly articulate his words, paused intermittently, and rushed through parts of his brief. SNC failed to develop an executable plan and did not brief any tasking statements to his team. SNC also ended the brief and then went back to finish it after he had already begun executing the mission. After a suggestion from another candidate, SNC delegated security to a team member. Another team member would continually ignore SNC while executing the obstacle. However, SNC lacked the command presence and communication skills to correct the candidate or recognize the need to replace him at a key location. SNC had difficulty leading multiple candidates and failed

Candidate Lofswold’s initial brief was succinct and covered the entirety of the five paragraph order and contained detailed information. Candidate Lofswold assigned ready, fire, and assist to his fire team, but did not establish an initial plan or specific tasks for the plan. Upon starting the evolution, Candidate Lofswold emphasized teamwork and communication, but because of the lack of planning, he encountered a point of friction requiring a rapid decision, which caused a loss of momentum. Candidate Lofswold briefly stepped out the situation to assess and supervise, causing another candidate to step in and provide directions to the rest of the fire team. Candidate Lofswold’s security detail was completely unaware of his surroundings and no

Candidate Kautz briefed a detailed orientation with confidence and clarity. His five paragraph order was complete and briefed thoroughly to his fire team. Candidate Kautz was not the first one on the platform and stood in the back attempting to control his fire team. This caused him to lose control of members and not fully understand the points of friction. Candidate Kautz failed to display a sense of urgency and make decisions quickly when asked by his fire team. Though he maintained confident, his decision making ability lacked. Once he identified his solution would not work, there was a pause of over two minutes in which he stopped to create another solution to the problem. His fire team appeared to respect SNC and he was clearly

SNC delivered a complete five paragraph order addressing all required paragraphs. SNC stumbled over SNC’s own words at several times during the order but conveyed the majority of the information in an acceptable manner. SNC’s confidence was lacking during the delivery of the order which was evidenced by SNC’s lack of eye contact and unassertive tone. SNC asked the subordinates questions at the end of the order to ensure understanding. SNC briefed an initial plan. When SNC’s fire team received enemy contact SNC froze for several seconds before delivering the ADDRAC. SNC’s hesitation illustrated a weak ability to make decisions in a timely manner. SNC did not control the fire team during contact, rather the fire team moved on its own and

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 Janssen was missing multiple vital parts of his operations order, to including a complete mission statement, EPW Plan, and a complete command paragraph. Candidate Janssen took input from his peers in order to improve his plan. SNM lead by example and placed himself at the point of friction. When a board entered the water, Candidate Janssen took himself out of the fight for 60 seconds to retrieve the board. He should have used another member of his team, as it caused the fire team to wait for his return rather than continuing to solve the problem. During points of friction Candidate Janssen remained calm and collective which built confidence in his fire team. Candidate Janssen did an outstanding job checking on security, while

Candidate Suarez gave a detailed brief until he missed paragraph four and five in his order. SNC’s tasking statements were clear, detailed, and assigned to specific candidates, however they did not encompass the mission to completion. When faced with failure at his first attempt to complete the obstacle, SNC immediately developed and implemented a new plan, maintaining his team’s momentum and displaying a decisive bias for action. SNC’s ability to immediately develop new plans allowed him to keep his team moving toward mission accomplishment. While SNC had good command and communication with his team, he could have better positioned himself at the point of friction when his team started to become more spread out. Additionally, once the first

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 Futch showed he had a basic understanding of the five paragraph order; however, SNC briefed incorrect information during the Situation paragraph of the order. SNC stated that the enemy was currently seen blowing up the bridge and that they were equipped with small arms and IED’s. When really the enemy was known to be in route to blow up the rest of the bridge with no information given about their capabilities. SNC took five minutes to brief his order thus leaving little time to execute. SNC briefed a good initial plan and had candidates start to execute. SNC was the third candidate to get on the wall but was unable to, thus had a candidate from on top of the wall come all the way back down to assist him from the ground. This

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 Donajkowski delivery of the five paragraph order started out with a thorough Orientation and the required information for the remainder of the order. SNC tone was conversational and almost sounded as if he was questioning his own words. Elements of the execution were given in the Command and Signal, sectors of fire were not assigned, and the mission briefed provided a general sense of what was to be accomplished. Upon initial contact SNC was presented with an injured team member who was disregarded by SNC who chose to continue rushing. Another fire team member decided to attend to the wounded instead of following his fire team leader's assault on the objective. SNC did not assess the situation or inquire about the injury. When the

SNC delivered four of the five paragraphs when briefing his team. Command and Signal was omitted by topic and content. SNC was confident in his delivery of the brief utilizing good volume and eye contact with this team. SNC did have an initial plan that was able to be executed and moved his team into action quickly. The initial plan did not account for getting down from the obstacle. SNC lost some control during the execution of the plan. He directed a team member to post security which went ignored and he did not correct. At the initial point of friction SNC was unable to make a change to his plan at which time another candidate took the initiative to navigate his way to the top. SNC was unable to modify his initial course of action to continue