Senior | Fall Semester
Course Overview
The MS 401 course transitions the focus of student learning from being trained, mentored, and evaluated as an MSL III Cadet, to learning how to train, mentor, and evaluate underclass Cadets. MS IV Cadets will learn the duties and responsibilities of an Army staff officer and apply the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), the Army Writing Style, and the Army's Training Management and METL Development processes during weekly Training Meetings to plan, execute, and assess battalion training events. Cadets will learn how to safely conduct this training by understanding and employing the Risk Management Process. MS IV Cadets will learn how to use the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program to reduce and manage stress.
Cadets will learn about the special trust proposed by the US Constitution to Army Officers-a trust above and beyond other professions. Cadets will learn Army Values and Ethics and how to apply them to everyday life as well as in Operating Environments. The MS IV Cadet will learn about the officer's role in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, with Counseling Subordinates, Administrative Discipline and Separations, and methods for Officer Career Management.
Course Objectives
Leadership
- Apply Army leader attributes and core competencies as Cadet Battalion leaders
- Perform the duties of a Cadet Battalion staff position
- Evaluate underclass Cadets using the leadership development program (LDP)
Values and Ethics
- Apply Army leader ethics in decision-making
- Enforce Army policies pertaining to EO and SHARP programs
- Relate the law of land warfare and rules of engagement to Army operations
- Explain your obligations as a US service member under the Code of Conduct
- Understand your role in the UCMJ process/explain the types of admin discipline and separations
Personal Development
- Explain the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program and identify leader responsibilities
- Identify methods to reduce and manage stress as a leader
- Write a memorandum that effectively communicates using Army Writing Standards
Officership
- Incorporate the risk management process into training activities
- Explain the profession of arms and officership as it relates to civilian professions
- Understand the duties of staff organization roles and responsibilities
- Counsel underclass Cadets to improve performance
- Write an officer evaluation report support form
- Explain the importance of actively managing your career as an Army officer
- Conduct training meetings to plan, execute, and assess training
Tactics and Techniques
- Mentor and evaluate underclass Cadets during tactical operations
- Apply the training management process through OPORDs, rehearsals, and rock drills
- Apply the Military Decision Making Process at battalion training meetings