Candidate Aloni's Lesson

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Candidate Aloni displayed average command presence as he briefed his team by speaking quickly and clearly with concise directions. Also, through his high tone of voice and command presence emphasized the need to move quickly toward the command post in order to keep with the mission requirements. During their movement toward the objective, Candidate Aloni positioned himself on the far right of their echelon making movement of the formation more difficult to control; however, he did not have wide dispersion of his team during the movement which enabled his ability to maintain control. Upon making contact with the enemy and hearing that someone was wounded, he made a quick decision to direct his team to keep moving forward to complete the mission.

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