COL Jonathan T. NeumannDirector of Military Training,Department of Military InstructionUnited States Military AcademyWest Point

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DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY

INSTRUCTION

UNITED STATES CORPS

OF CADETS

Simon Center for Professional Military Ethics

Director of Cadet

Activities

Brigade Tactical

Department

Department of Physical Education

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DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC

BOARDODIA

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDANT International invitations

Intra-USA invitations

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES•Competitor manual and training guidance•External Training Week design•Competition design •Facilitation of External Team Training Wk•Competition Execution

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES•Training and preparation of USCC Teams •OPCOM of external teams during their stay at USMA•Hosting / liaison / logistic support to external teams

Direct Responsibility for SANDHURST 15

Supporting responsibility for SANDHURST 15

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.

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2014 Competition

Sandhurst 15SANDHURST 14 REVIEW

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 15COMPETITION 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

Sandhurst 15 TEAM TASKORG

Not relevant to single year academies

• 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 EXECUTION

4-6 FEB 15 External Team Recon041200-1230FEB15 BTD LNO Introduction041800-2000FEB15 External Team Welcome051000-2200APR15 External teams arrive at USMA060800-1200APR15 Welcome and initial briefings061200-1330APR15 1st CPT’s OOM Draw061330-091230APR15 External Team Training091600APR15 SQD LDR RX SANDHURST OPORD091800APR15 SANDHURST 15 Social (Tentative)100445APR15 Competition start111631APR15 Competition concludes111930APR15 Awards Ceremony112030APR15 Team social12 APR 15 External teams disperse

Sandhurst 15 KEY TIMINGS

Sandhurst 15 EXECUTION – Coordination

• Movement to and from USMA including RSOI – S4 presentation to follow.

• External Training Week – presentation to follow.

Sandhurst 15EXECUTION – 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 15EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord

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

4Receiveing 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

8Exceeding 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

• Penalties

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); glenn.goldman@usma.edu• Sandhurst Deputy Director. LTC Ross Coffey (x2346); ross.coffey@usma.edu• Sandhurst OIC. CPT Bill Buchleitner (x7343); william.buchleitner@usma.edu • Sandhurst 2IC. CPT James Boggs (x4304); james.boggs@usma.edu • Sandhurst S4. CPT Mark Milligan (x7099); mark.milligan@usma.edu • Sandhurst Cadet IC. CDT Lance Barrow; lance.barrow@usma.edu

Sandhurst 15 Introduction

SER Country TEAM NAME PrimaryLanguage

EXTERNAL TEAM POC USCC EXTERNAL TEAM TAC LNO

RANK NAME EMAIL RANK NAME CO REG EMAIL

1 USA USNA English MAJ Mathison Hall hall@usna.edu CPT Brandon Drobenak C 1 brandon.drobenak@usma.edu

2 USA USAFA English MAJ Dylan Newman dylan.newman@usafa.edu CPT Ross Pixler I 2 ross.pixler@usma.edu

3 USA USCGA English LT Eleanor Garcia Eleanor.L.Garcia@uscg.mil SFC Raul Medina E 3 raul.medina@usma.edu

4 USA USMMA English       CPT Lindsey Travis G 4 lindsey.travis@usma.edu

5 USA 1st BDE ROTC English CPT Donovan C. Duke Donovan.c.duke.mil@mail.mil CPT Alissa Morrison E 1 alissa.morrison@usma.edu

6 USA 2nd BDE ROTC English       MAJ Kris Perrin D 3 kristopher.perrin@usma.edu

7 USA3rd BDE ROTC - St. John's

University English MSG Donald R. Hansen drhansen@csbsju.edu SFC Robert Grizzle G 2 robert.grizzle@usma.edu

8 USA 4th BDE ROTC English MAJ David Normand   CPT Sean Breen A 1 sean.breen@usma.edu

9 USA 5th BDE ROTC English       CPT Dave Cowan H 1 david.cowan@usam.edu

10 USA 6th BDE ROTC English CPT Christian S Kennerly christian.s.kennerly.mil@mail.mil CPT Benjamin Hartig D 2 benjamin.hartig@usma.edu

11 USA7th BDE ROTC - Michigan

State English       CPT Chris Allen G 3 chris.allen@usma.edu

12 USA 8th BDE ROTC English SFC Joshua Weiss joshua.a.weiss.mil@mail.mil MAJ Chad Monroe A 4 chad.monroe@usma.edu

13 UKRoyal Military Academy

Sandhurst RED EnglishCPT Shaun Clark RMAS-OC-DETTINGENCOY-44PL-COMD@

mod.uk

CPT Adam O'Donnell G 1 adam.odonnell@usma.edu

14 UKRoyal Military Academy

Sandhurst BLUE English MAJ Liz Knox A 2 elizabeth.knox@usma.edu

15 USUnited States Military Academy

Preparatory School English       SFC Sara Bradley C 4 sara.bradley@usma.edu

16New

ZealandNew Zealand Officer Cadet

School English       SFC Kutura Moorer I 3 kutura.moorer@usma.edu

17 Canada Royal Military College English CPT Adam W.J. Bradley adam.bradley@rmc.ca MAJ Brad Vance I 4 bradley.vance@usma.edu

18 Nigeria National Defense Academy English       CPT Doug Morrison F 2 douglas.morrison@usma.edu

19 Jordan Mutah Military University Arabic       CPT Patrick Howlett B 3 patrick.howlett@usma.edu

20 QatarAhmed Bin Muhammed Military

College Arabic CIV Mike Osborn ossie246@yahoo.com MAJ Jim Nemec H 4 james.nemec@usma.edu

21 JapanJapanese National Defense

Academy Japanese MAJ Sakata jtsagata@nda.mod.go.jp CPT Daniel Capozza B 1 daniel.capozza@usma.edu

22 Germany Offizierschule des Heeres Mandarin LTC Fidorra   CPT Ries Korstjens C 2 ries.korstjens@usma.edu

23South Korea Korea Military Academy Korean MAJ Young Jun Park yp6456@gmail.com SFC Taneisha Prewitt A 3 taneisha.prewitt@usma.edu

24 Chile Escuela Militar Spanish CPTAlejandro Arancibia

Valdivia alejandroarancibia@icloud.com MAJ Chevy Cook D 4 chevy.cook@usma.edu