SNC’s five paragraph order was punctuated with stumbling and filler words, but delivered with an authoritative tone. The Mission paragraph included nothing beyond what the evaluator briefed. The SOM was vague and not executable, indicating SNC had not developed an initial plan of action. SNC’s tasks amounted to telling subordinates which order they would negotiate the obstacle. Med-Evac and EPW only contained the statements self-aid, buddy-aid, corpsman-aid and 5 S’s and T. During Command and Signal, SNC elected to restrict communication to hand and arms signals, which indicated SNC was not aware of the content he was briefing. SNC began execution with a great sense of urgency. However, he failed to develop a plan beyond negotiating the
