Familiar with land navigation
Outcome 1 – Individual Proficiency Familiar with land Navigation | Online interactive program and quiz and a practical exercise (graded) during Lab | Cadets must score 80% or higher on the quiz and find at least 75% of the Land Nav points at Lab | Cadets who fail to achieve the standards will be partnered up with more proficient Cadets and be retested during our FTX |
Leadership
Explain the situational, transformational, and adaptive leadership theories and their relationship to the Army Leadership Requirements Model
Illustrate dimensions of transformational and situational leadership
Describe methods of assessing leadership styles
Explain your personal approach to leadership
Solve tactical problems using principles that underlie doctr
Outcome 2 – Tactical Problem Solver Solve tactical problems using principles that underlie doctrine and war fighting | Quizzes and multiple tactical problems at leadership labs | CDT utilizes proper Army doctrine for several different tactical problems that he/she will face | CDT will receive feedback after every lab and proper techniques as well as errors will be highlighted |
Values and Ethics
Explain the Army Values and the Army’s Consideration of Others (CO2) program
Identify and asses the goals of the Army CO2 program (eight areas)
Analyze the relationship between Army values, leadership, and CO2
Personal Development
Practice effective writing techniques in accordance with the Army standard for effective writing
Explain how to set goals and manage time at the team level
Develop team mission statement and goals
Explain and know ways to establish priorities and avoid distracters
Physically ready to handle the rigors of combat
Outcome 3 – Individual Proficiency Physically ready to handle the rigors of combat | CDTs will perform physical fitness training three times weekly throughout the semester and participate in a 48 hour field training exercise. | Each CDT will score a minimum of 60 points in each PT event. | Those failing to meet these standards will conduct remedial PT an additional two times per week. |
Officership
Describe the history of terrorism and the basic US antiterrorism policy
Explain and state the relationship between leadership, values, and officership
Understands, can explain and takes proper actions on contact
O4 – Member of a Team Understands, can explain and takes proper actions on contact | In-class quiz on actions on contact as well as tactical operations during weekly labs that will require reacting to direct and indirect enemy contact | Cadets must score 80% or higher on the quiz and will need to react properly during tactics lab or risk being “shot” by the enemy | Cadets who fail to achieve the standards will receive one on one training by their Cadets peers and or their Cadet mentors |
Tactics and Techniques
Distinguish between the different types of Army plans and orders
Demonstrate terrain analysis and route planning skills
Explain and remember the five-paragraph format for an operations order
Describe the characteristics and techniques of defensive operations
Explain how squads and platoons plan for and conduct patrols
List and describe the five aspects of military terrain using (OAKOC)
Interpret and formulate an operation order
Understand the roles and capabilities of a brigade combat te
O5 – Tactical Problem Solver Understands the roles and capabilities of a brigade combat team in combat | In-class quiz on small team organization and proper movement techniques as well as practical app during LAB | Cadets must score 80% or higher and physically demonstrate moving as part of a team during LAB | Cadets who fail to achieve the standard will be counselled and retested at LAB by their peers and Cadet mentors/ evaluators |
Communicate plans effectively
O6 – Tactical Problem Solver Communicates plans effectively | Cadets will each get to brief an operational plan/ order in-class and be evaluated by their peers | Cadets must score 80% or higher | Cadets who score below 80% will receive counselling and receive a second chance to brief |
Can discuss critically the role of the Army officer as train
O7 – Roles of NCOs Os Can discuss critically the role of the Army officer as trainer and leader | Written book review on an Army officer of their choice, highlighting both good and bad leadership traits |
Cadets must score 80% or higher on the book review, which will be read and graded by their instructor |
Cadets who fail to achieve the standard will receive their graded book review back and be asked to rewrite it |
Accepts sacrifices required as a servant to the nation
O7 – Roles of NCOs Os Can discuss critically the role of the Army officer as trainer and leader | Written book review on an Army officer of their choice, highlighting both good and bad leadership traits |
Cadets must score 80% or higher on the book review, which will be read and graded by their instructor |
Cadets who fail to achieve the standard will receive their graded book review back and be asked to rewrite it |
O8 – Roles of NCOs Os Accepts sacrifices required as a servant to the nation |
Leads by example
O9 – Leadership Leads by example | Cadets will receive leadership opportunities and be observed weekly during tactics Lab and recognized during After Action Reviews | Cadets must demonstrate basic leadership skills while working as a member of a team, squad or platoon | Cadets who fail to lead in positive ways will be counselled by their Cadet evaluators and on-scene faculty members |
Judged by subordinates as capable, confident and trustworthy
O10 - Leadership Judged by subordinates as capable, confident and trustworthy | Cadets will conduct written peer evaluations on each other as part of their midterm and final exams | Cadets must receive an overall peer evaluation rating of 70% or higher | Cadets who fail to reach 70% will be counselled by their MS instructor and plan a course of action for the rest of the semester |
Lives the Army values
O11 – Character Lives the Army Values | Will write a comparative essay on one of their personal heroes and how they demonstrated the Army Values | Cadets must score 80% on their essay, which will be read, marked up and returned to them by their instructor | Cadets who fail to achieve the standard will be asked to rewrite their essay and resubmit it to their instructor |
Demonstrate Resilience
O12 – Character Demonstrate Resilience | Cadets will conduct a multi-day Field Training Exercise during which they will asked to conduct graded tactical operations on little or no sleep and in austere mountainous conditions | Cadets must demonstrate the ability to stay positive, work as a member of a team and complete (or at least attempt) each task or mission despite poor eating and sleeping conditions | Cadets who fail to demonstrate resilience during training will be counselled and asked to continue training with a new perspective. If they refuse to complete training they will not get full credit for the FTX |
