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Sandhurst 15 DMI 6 OPENING REMARKS COL Jonathan T. Neumann Director of Military Training, Department of Military Instruction United States Military Academy West Point Sandhurst 15 DMI 6 OPENING REMARKS OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDANT DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD UNITED STATES CORPS OF CADETS ODIA Department of Physical Education International invitations Brigade Tactical Department KEY RESPONSIBILITIES •Training and preparation of USCC Teams •OPCOM of external teams during their stay at USMA •Hosting / liaison / logistic support to external teams DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY INSTRUCTION Intra-USA invitations Director of Cadet Activities Simon Center for Professional Military Ethics KEY RESPONSIBILITIES •Competitor manual and training guidance •External Training Week design •Competition design •Facilitation of External Team Training Wk •Competition Execution Direct Responsibility for SANDHURST 15 Supporting responsibility for SANDHURST 15 Sandhurst 15 DMI 6 OPENING REMARKS COMMANDANT’S INTENT – Purpose. To inspire the teams to achieve military excellence in their chosen profession through a rigorous physical, mental and leadership challenge. – Endstate. • All teams safely and successfully competed in a challenging military skills competition. • Cadets of all teams inspired about the profession of arms and are strengthened in their technical/ tactical experiential base in preparation for future Army service. • Teams have a better understanding of foreign military capabilities and established stronger bonds between US coalition partners, foreign academies, and foreign armies. Sandhurst 15 SANDHURST 14 REVIEW 2014 Competition Sandhurst 15 COMPETITION TASKORG Competitors • USMA – 1 x Team per United States Corps of Cadets Company (36 Teams) – 1 x Teams from United States Military Academy Prep School • Cadet Command – 8 x Teams – 1 per ROTC Brigade • Sister Academies – – – – • US Navy Academy US Air Force Academy US Coast Guard Academy US Merchant Marine Academy International Military Academies – – – – – – – – – – Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK – 2 x teams) Royal Military Academy (Canada) Escuela Militar (Chile) Offiziersshule des Heeres (Germany) Nigerian Defense Academy (Nigeria) Korean Military Academy (S. Korea) Japanese National Defense Academy (Japan) New Zealand Officer Cadet School (New Zealand) Ahmad Bin Muhammad Military College (Qatar) Mutah Military Academy (Jordan) Sandhurst 15 TEAM TASKORG • Team Construct – 11 personnel per team – Competing SQD Construct - 9 personnel (including 1 x Female). To include: • One first or second class cadet as squad leader. • One cadet from each of the other 3 classes. • The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th members may come from any class • 2 x alternates undertake external Training Wk and are available to undertake role of replacement at end of Day1 – Team Management • 1 x Officer • 1 x NCO Not relevant to single year academies Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION • Competition format on close hold until execution from ALL competitors • Training guidance key to preparation – Focus on previous year’s competition will lead to failure – Focus on skills necessary to achieve BOLC-A tasks highlighted in Training Guidance required for competition success. – Pressure will be applied on SQD LDRs to receive orders, plan and issue instructions to their SQDs. – SQD LDRs will be given time to conduct TLP (or equivalent) to improve SQD performance. Sandhurst 15 KEY TIMINGS 4-6 FEB 15 041200-1230FEB15 041800-2000FEB15 051000-2200APR15 060800-1200APR15 061200-1330APR15 061330-091230APR15 091600APR15 091800APR15 100445APR15 111631APR15 111930APR15 112030APR15 12 APR 15 External Team Recon BTD LNO Introduction External Team Welcome External teams arrive at USMA Welcome and initial briefings 1st CPT’s OOM Draw External Team Training SQD LDR RX SANDHURST OPORD SANDHURST 15 Social (Tentative) Competition start Competition concludes Awards Ceremony Team social External teams disperse Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Coordination • Movement to and from USMA including RSOI – S4 presentation to follow. • External Training Week – presentation to follow. Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord • Sandhurst Passport – Record of score for teams – Issued at Start Point • Assistance to competitors • Challenges – – – – Each event will have 1 x Challenge Officer Challenge Officer discrete from event staff Challenge Officer observes all teams execution If SQD LDR makes a challenge, the Challenge Officer makes adjudication on the spot. – Outcomes: • If challenge upheld team event score scrubbed. Average of all final scores given for event. • If challenge rejected – unsportsmanlike behavior penalty given to team reducing overall performance. Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord • Penalties Ser Penalty Time penalty (a) (b) (c) 1 Incorrect Team Composition Disqualification 2 Tampering with Check-Points Disqualification 3 Loss of Sensitive Item (Weapon, iMILES or Radio) Disqualification 4 Receiveing physical assistance / aid from outside of the Sandhurst Staff (not including immediate first aid) Disqualification 5 Failure to visit any site or attempt a task Disqualification 6 Lost/ illegible Passport Loss of scores up to the point of error occurring 7 Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalty to follow on 8 Exceeding 50m separation all members of the squad (all must remain in a 50mtr ‘bubble’ except for Land Navigation) Penalty to follow on 9 Reporting to the Start Point late Penalty to follow on 10 Failure to complete either day with all personnel Penalty to follow on Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord • Awards – Awards format may change before competition due to a change in scoring methodology. • Changes / amendments – Changes to Competition manual will be directly uploaded onto the SANDHURST webpage and all team managers will be notified via distro list from sign-up sheet. Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Mission Command Directing Staff – Participation and Responsibilities. • • • • • • Sandhurst Director. COL Jonathan Neumann(x8723); [email protected] Sandhurst Deputy Director. LTC Ross Coffey (x2346); [email protected] Sandhurst OIC. CPT Bill Buchleitner (x7343); [email protected] Sandhurst 2IC. CPT James Boggs (x4304); [email protected] Sandhurst S4. CPT Mark Milligan (x7099); [email protected] Sandhurst Cadet IC. CDT Lance Barrow; [email protected] Sandhurst 15 Introduction EXTERNAL TEAM POC USCC EXTERNAL TEAM TAC LNO SER Country TEAM NAME Primary Language RANK NAME EMAIL RANK NAME CO REG EMAIL 1 USA USNA English MAJ Mathison Hall [email protected] CPT Brandon Drobenak C 1 [email protected] 2 USA USAFA English MAJ Dylan Newman [email protected] CPT Ross Pixler I 2 [email protected] 3 USA USCGA English LT Eleanor Garcia [email protected] 4 USA USMMA English 5 USA 1st BDE ROTC English 6 USA 2nd BDE ROTC English 7 USA 3rd BDE ROTC - St. John's University English MSG Donald R. Hansen 8 USA 4th BDE ROTC English MAJ David Normand 9 USA 5th BDE ROTC English 10 USA 6th BDE ROTC English 11 USA 7th BDE ROTC - Michigan State English 12 USA 8th BDE ROTC English 13 UK 14 UK Royal Military Academy Sandhurst RED Royal Military Academy Sandhurst BLUE United States Military Academy Preparatory School New Zealand Officer Cadet School Donovan C. Duke [email protected] [email protected] Raul Medina E 3 [email protected] Lindsey Travis G 4 [email protected] CPT Alissa Morrison E 1 [email protected] MAJ Kris Perrin D 3 [email protected] SFC Robert Grizzle G 2 [email protected] CPT Sean Breen A 1 [email protected] CPT Dave Cowan H 1 [email protected] CPT Benjamin Hartig D 2 [email protected] CPT Chris Allen G 3 [email protected] MAJ Chad Monroe A 4 [email protected] CPT Adam O'Donnell G 1 [email protected] MAJ Liz Knox A 2 [email protected] English SFC Sara Bradley C 4 [email protected] English SFC Kutura Moorer I 3 [email protected] CPT Christian S Kennerly [email protected] SFC Joshua Weiss [email protected] CPT Shaun Clark [email protected] English English 15 US 16 New Zealand 17 Canada Royal Military College English 18 Nigeria National Defense Academy English 19 Jordan Mutah Military University Arabic 20 Qatar Ahmed Bin Muhammed Military College Japanese National Defense Academy CPT SFC CPT CPT Arabic CIV Adam W.J. Bradley [email protected] MAJ Brad Vance I 4 [email protected] CPT Doug Morrison F 2 [email protected] CPT Patrick Howlett B 3 [email protected] Mike Osborn [email protected] MAJ Jim Nemec H 4 [email protected] [email protected] CPT Daniel Capozza B 1 [email protected] CPT Ries Korstjens C 2 [email protected] 21 Japan Japanese MAJ Sakata 22 Germany Offizierschule des Heeres Mandarin LTC Fidorra 23 South Korea Korea Military Academy Korean MAJ Young Jun Park [email protected] SFC Taneisha Prewitt A 3 [email protected] CPT Alejandro Arancibia Valdivia [email protected] MAJ Chevy Cook D 4 [email protected] 24 Chile Escuela Militar Spanish