How Did SNC Make Decisions?

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8. SNC provided the bare minimum information required for his five paragraph order. He lacked in confidence and when he was not sure of his azimuth he guessed a number and gave it to his fire team member responsible for the navigation. This decision would have gotten his fire team lost, but his fire team member corrected him. SNC was able to generate a plan and make decisions but they were not confident and well thought out decisions. During the execution phase of his assault SNC maintained good control while patrolling but once they took a casualty SNC posted himself on that casualty to take care of and sent his teams forward to advance on the enemy. Eventually his team members were advancing without guidance from their team leader, so he

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