Commander’s Operational Planning Guidance

1. Commander’s Operational Planning Guidance LTC Loffert 23 AUG 06

2. Agenda • Critical Facts • Obstacles to Cadet success • Ends, Ways, and Means • Mission • Commander’s Endstate • Battlefield Framework • Conditions and Tasks • The Way Ahead

3. Critical Facts • Each campus environment is unique • Each cadet’s background/foundation is unique • Large distance between schools is a strain on cadet/cadre travel and centralized logistic functions • Limited training time and money • CU is the main resource provider/supporter to our program • Cadets must balance academic/ROTC life • The BN’s LDAC performance and commission numbers are the evaluation metric used by BDE through CC, and in some ways the academic community as well

4. Obstacles to Cadet Success • Academics • Degree completed on time or delays known well in advance • Sufficient GPA for graduation and success • Swimming - must pass swim test/CWST • APFT, Height/Weight – must meet CC requirements • Personal life – stable or at least controlled • No conduct/history that will make the cadet a security risk • Able to handle the stress of life and Army life • Does not implode: seeks help before it is too late • Change of conviction • Medical issues – no DoDMERB disqualifiers

5. Ends, Ways, and Means AIM What do we want to do? =What is our mission/endstate? (define the mission and endstates) What will it look like? =What conditions must we produce to achieve our aim? (discern the conditions to create each endstate) ENDS How will we do it? =What sequence of actions is most likely to produce the conditions? (task list arranged over time/space) WAYS What will we use? =How should our resources be applied to accomplish the sequence of actions? (personnel, budget, land, etc) What are the costs/risks in performing the sequence of actions? MEANS RISK

6. Mission Campbell ROTC Battalion: Commission future Army officers strong in character, committed to Army Values, with the skills, abilities, and knowledge to provide quality leadership to our Nation’s active/reserve component Brigade Combat Teams and Support Brigades

7. To reach commissioning, we must recruit, develop, and retain quality prospects We must teach it and live it so cadets can believe it; their commitment will follow Mission Campbell ROTC Battalion: Commission future Army officers strong in character, committed to Army Values, with the skills, abilities, and knowledge to provide quality leadership to our Nation’s active/reserve component Brigade Combat Teams and Support Brigades CDR’s Endstate: next slide • Moral excellence and firmness; Moral quality • Attribute or feature that make up and distinguish an individual; • What a person is at heart • We all need work on our character – it is a lifelong process The BCTs and SPT BDEs are the customer; are they getting what they need?

8. Commander’s Endstate

9. Commander’s EndstateQuality Leadership – The 2LT, Staff, and Campuses • The Campbell Battalion 2nd Lieutenant: • Commissioned officer strong in character • Commitment to the Nation and the Army in your heart • Firm foundation of knowledge to build toward your future • Possess the skills and abilities to be bold, resolute, problem solvers and agents of change • Capable of completing BOLC II and III and arrive at your first unit capable of leading • Battalion Staff: Cohesive, trustworthy, and facilitators of cadet success • Campuses/Higher HQs: Positive, good working relationship with all host institutions and BDE to CC HQs

10. Logical Lines of Operation ENDSTATES SUSTAINING OPS Academics • Positive, good working relationship with all host institutions and BDE to CC HQs The Campuses/Higher HQs Swimming • Cohesive, trustworthy, and facilitators of cadet success SHAPING OPS The Battalion Staff APFT/HT/WT Personal Life • Commission officers strong in character • Commitment to the Nation and the Army in their heart • Firm foundation of knowledge to build toward their future • Possess the skills and abilities to be bold, resolute, problem solvers and agents of change • Capable of completing BOLC II and III and arrive at their first unit capable of leading DECISIVE OPS The 2nd Lieutenant Medical Issues Obstacles to Cadet Success Battlefield Framework Simultaneous Operations – The 2nd Lieutenant Endstate as Main Effort

11. Producing the 2LT Endstate

12. Conditions and Key TaskThe 2nd Lieutenant (1 of 5) • Commissioned officer strong in character • Conditions: • Meets all commissioning requirements • Intestinal fortitude to live the Army Values; shape the will of the unit, not become consumed by it • Able to subdue or conquer personal fears in order to accomplish any mission • Able to navigate the grey areas with discernment (moral compass) • Able to withstand the pressures of functioning in hostile, diverse, complex, and distributive operations • Key Task: • Recruit, develop, and retain quality prospects (SALs); meet contract and commission mission for each MSL

13. Conditions and Key TaskThe 2nd Lieutenant (2 of 5) • Commitment to the Nation and the Army in your heart • Conditions: • Believe in, committed to, and live the Army Values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage • A commitment to the Army Mission and a proactive and trustworthy work ethic • A commitment to introspection and the strengthening of their character • Key Task: • Cadre live the Army Values and treat cadets with dignity and respect

14. Conditions and Key TaskThe 2nd Lieutenant (3 of 5) • Firm foundation of knowledge to build toward your future • Conditions: • Meet all school degree graduation requirements • Solid working knowledge of TLPs and the fundamentals of the MDMP • Tactically sound and have basic background in history (civil and military) • Solid understanding and application of field craft • Basic understanding of Army structure, weapons, and equipment capabilities • Key Task: • Teach the MSL core curriculum and facilitate the Cadets’ understanding of the material

15. Conditions and Key TaskThe 2nd Lieutenant (4 of 5) • Bold, resolute, problem solvers, and agents of change • Conditions: • Skilled listener and communicator • Skilled assessor of situations, problem solver, and critical thinker • Ability to speak in front of people with conviction and confidence • Ability to build/work in teams and maintain control of emotions in stress • Ability to adapt to change and empathize with different people/cultures • Ability to speak and write effectively in military and academic environments • Key Task: • Mentor program and cadre counseling feedback to facilitate recognition of strengths and weaknesses and action to improve

16. Conditions and Key TaskThe 2nd Lieutenant (5 of 5) • Capable of completing BOLC II and III and arrive at your first unit capable of leading • Conditions: • Physical fitness to endure hardships and accomplish any mission • Ability to navigate during day and night and within small units • Ability to swim and conduct water operations confidently • Skilled in the fundamentals of Drill and Ceremony to move units • Able to lead the soldiers and small units of our AC/RC BCTs and Support BDEs • Mature and confident enough to listen to their subordinates • Flexible, adaptable, and smart enough to learn from all possible sources and experiences • Key Task: • Cadet mastery of the 401/402 core curriculum

17. BN METL • Recruit, develop, and retain quality prospects (SALs); meet contract and commission mission for each MSL • Cadre live the Army Values and treat cadets with dignity and respect • Teach the MSL core curriculum and facilitate the Cadets’ understanding of the material • Mentor program and cadre counseling feedback to facilitate recognition of strengths and weaknesses and action to improve • Cadet mastery of the 401/402 core curriculum

18. The Way Ahead

19. MS I – III Endstates • MS III Endstate: • Commitment to the Commander’s endstate for a CU 2nd Lieutenant • Pass swimming test and CWST • On track for graduation and documented on 104-R • Graduate LDAC • Meet HT/WT/body fat standards • Pass APFT • Pass land navigation (day/night/written) • Earn a minimum rating of “Satisfactory” on each of the 16 leadership dimensions and area of Values on final eval • Complete at least 90% of training • Identified poor communicators (verbal/written) enrolled with tutor • MS II Endstate: • Commitment to contract and have an attitude to learn/succeed • Knowledge of TLP/OPORDs • (LTC endstates?) • Meet minimum contracting requirements • Contracted cadets pass APFT and meet HT/WT/body fat standards • Identified poor communicators (verbal/written) enrolled with tutor • MS I Endstate: • Basic military discipline/knowledge • Commitment to continue into MSL 201 • Contracted cadets pass APFT and meet HT/WT/body fat standards • Identified poor communicators (verbal/written) enrolled with tutor

20. Major Events • Operation Jumpstart • FTX Audie Murphy • Fall Awards Ceremony • Accessions • BDE Ranger Challenge • FTX Trailblazer • FTX Kit Carson • FTX Gunsmoke • Military Ball • FTX Overlord • Staff Ride • CRC • Graduation/Commissioning • LTC and LDAC Fall Semester Leadership Labs APFT Physical Training Spring Semester