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DMI 6 OPENING REMARKS
COL Jonathan T. Neumann Director of Military Training, Department of Military Instruction United States Military Academy West Point

3. Sandhurst 15 DMI 6 OPENING REMARKS
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDANT
International invitations
DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD
ODIA
UNITED STATES CORPS OF CADETS
Intra-USA invitations
Department of Physical Education
Brigade Tactical Department
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY INSTRUCTION
Director of Cadet Activities
Simon Center for Professional Military Ethics
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Training and preparation of USCC Teams
OPCOM of external teams during their stay at USMA
Hosting / liaison / logistic support to external teams
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

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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.

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SANDHURST 14 REVIEW
2014 Competition

6. Competitors Sandhurst 15 COMPETITION TASKORG USMA Cadet Command
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)

7. Team Construct 11 personnel per team
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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

8. Competition format on close hold until execution from ALL competitors
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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.

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KEY TIMINGS
4-6 FEB 15 External Team Recon
FEB15 BTD LNO Introduction
FEB15 External Team Welcome
APR15 External teams arrive at USMA
APR15 Welcome and initial briefings
APR15 1st CPT’s OOM Draw
APR15 External Team Training
091600APR15 SQD LDR RX SANDHURST OPORD
091800APR15 SANDHURST 15 Social (Tentative)
100445APR15 Competition start
111631APR15 Competition concludes
111930APR15 Awards Ceremony
112030APR15 Team social
12 APR 15 External teams disperse

10. EXECUTION – Coordination
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EXECUTION – Coordination
Movement to and from USMA including RSOI – S4 presentation to follow.
External Training Week – presentation to follow.

11. EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord
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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.

12. EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord
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EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord
Penalties
Ser
Penalty
Time penalty
(a)
(b)
(c) 1
Incorrect Team Composition
Disqualification 2
Tampering with Check-Points 3
Loss of Sensitive Item (Weapon, iMILES or Radio) 4
Receiveing physical assistance / aid from outside of the Sandhurst Staff (not including immediate first aid) 5
Failure to visit any site or attempt a task 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) 9
Reporting to the Start Point late 10
Failure to complete either day with all personnel

13. EXECUTION – Competition Co-ord
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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.

14. Directing Staff – Participation and Responsibilities.
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EXECUTION – Mission Command
Directing Staff – Participation and Responsibilities.
Sandhurst Director. COL Jonathan Neumann(x8723);
 Sandhurst Deputy Director. LTC Ross Coffey (x2346);
 Sandhurst OIC. CPT Bill Buchleitner (x7343);
 Sandhurst 2IC. CPT James Boggs (x4304);
 Sandhurst S4. CPT Mark Milligan (x7099);
 Sandhurst Cadet IC. CDT Lance Barrow;

15. USCC EXTERNAL TEAM TAC LNO
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Introduction
SER
Country
TEAM NAME
Primary Language
EXTERNAL TEAM POC
USCC EXTERNAL TEAM TAC LNO
RANK
NAME CO
REG 1
USA
USNA
English
MAJ
Mathison Hall
CPT
Brandon Drobenak C 2
USAFA
Dylan Newman
Ross Pixler I 3
USCGA LT
Eleanor Garcia
SFC
Raul Medina E 4
USMMA
Lindsey Travis G 5
1st BDE ROTC
Donovan C. Duke
Alissa Morrison 6
2nd BDE ROTC
Kris Perrin D 7
3rd BDE ROTC - St. John's University
MSG
Donald R. Hansen
Robert Grizzle 8
4th BDE ROTC
David Normand
Sean Breen A 9
5th BDE ROTC
Dave Cowan H 10
6th BDE ROTC
Christian S Kennerly
Benjamin Hartig 11
7th BDE ROTC - Michigan State
Chris Allen 12
8th BDE ROTC
Joshua Weiss
Chad Monroe 13 UK
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst RED
Shaun Clark
Adam O'Donnell 14
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst BLUE
Liz Knox 15 US
United States Military Academy Preparatory School
Sara Bradley 16
New Zealand
New Zealand Officer Cadet School
Kutura Moorer 17
Canada
Royal Military College
Adam W.J. Bradley
Brad Vance 18
Nigeria
National Defense Academy
Doug Morrison F 19
Jordan
Mutah Military University
Arabic
Patrick Howlett B 20
Qatar
Ahmed Bin Muhammed Military College
CIV
Mike Osborn
Jim Nemec 21
Japan
Japanese National Defense Academy
Japanese
Sakata
Daniel Capozza 22
Germany
Offizierschule des Heeres
Mandarin
LTC
Fidorra
Ries Korstjens 23
South Korea
Korea Military Academy
Korean
Young Jun Park
Taneisha Prewitt 24
Chile
Escuela Militar
Spanish
Alejandro Arancibia Valdivia
Chevy Cook