Case Study On Candidate Shipman

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Candidate Shipman delivered a disastrous five paragraph order. The only portion of the order that was vaguely mentioned was the situation with regard to enemy forces. SNC was initially unprepared and to add insult to injury, SNC took his time ultimately eating up the allotted time to brief. However, the evaluator did successfully brief SNC prior to time running out. SNC barely took any notes during the brief and it was evident when it came time to brief his subordinates. Candidate Shipman gave an incomplete operation order and had no initial plan prior to execution phase. Following his brief, all subordinates looked at each other in confusion. SNC went on to look at the wall that makes up the obstacle lane instead of the actual obstacle that

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