Case Study Of Snc's Sense Of Command Presence

SNC gave a well versed brief, maintaining eye contact and command presence with his FT. SNC had decided on an initial plan, communicated it to the FT and they acted on his command. Once they began executing, SNC lost any sense of command presence. SNC never passed any visual or vocal commands and not once did he look around at his FT members to assess their status. When the navigator took it upon himself to stop and recheck the azimuth, SNC did not pass any commands or set his FT into any kind of security posture. Once contact with the enemy took place, SNC did step back into the leadership role giving clear commands. There was a long pause in the rushing process so that SNC could reload, but this will only get better with additional
practice. Once the enemy was neutralized, SNC set up security, received the ACE report and ultimately lead his FT to mission accomplishment.