When my platoon leader over the platoon net called me saying "hey FDO we're having some beverages over by my Humvee." I kind of picked up what he was putting …
Leader Challenge
A member of a 6-Soldier Team is preparing for a deployment. There's a lot of training to be done in very little time. You are told to meet at a …
A Platoon Leader is leading his platoon during a company-level live-fire exercise. The rehearsals and day-training iterations go well, however, during the night iteration there's …
The company XO discovers that the monthly sensitive items inventory has come up short a few months in a row, however, his commander signs off on the inventories and sends …
A medical officer (CPT) is in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It is Christmas Day and he and his Soldiers had just finished enjoying their holiday meal and prepping to bed down …
A lieutenant takes over as the new platoon leader for a platoon that has just returned from Iraq, at the height of the Iraq Surge. During that period, Soldiers were …
A PL and his platoon are conducting BDA as part of a QRF and they come upon two IED emplacers that have been engaged by friendly forces. The two emplacers …
The commander of a Quartermaster company is faced with one of his Soldiers having committed suicide. He wants to inform his company of the death but is unsure if he …
A PL's platoon is carrying out a difficult mortar registration mission which is exacerbated by poor communication and understanding by the company TOC. Once they arrive back at the TOC, …
The senior drill sergeant for a Basic Combat Training company observes another drill sergeant striking a trainee who is duct-taped to a chair. The drill sergeant says it is part …
A lieutenant and his platoon are conducting a joint patrol with the Iraqi National Police (INP) when they stop a vehicle with two Sunni men in it. When the LT …
The Platoon Leader and his cavalry platoon just completed a 22-hour dismounted zone reconnaissance in the mountains of northeast Afghanistan. That action concluded a week …
A brand-new platoon leader feels overwhelmed. She has a SGT that is very charismatic and wields great influence within the platoon; influence that leads to an incident that involves the …
An infantry platoon leader is having challenges with his platoon sergeant (PSG). When he first takes charge of the platoon, the PSG is reluctant to cede full authority over the …