Sophomore | Spring Semester
Course Overview
MS 202 examines the challenges of leading tactical teams in the operational environment. The course highlights dimensions of operation orders, terrain analysis, and patrolling. Further study of the theoretical basis of the Army Leadership Requirements Model explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership in the context of military operations.
MS 202 prepares Cadets for MSL 301. Cadets develop greater self-awareness as they assess their own leadership styles and practice communication and team-building skills. Practical exercises give insight into the importance and practice of teamwork and tactics in real-world scenarios.
Course Objectives
Leadership
- Explain the situational, transformational, and adaptive leadership theories and their relationship to the Army Leadership Requirements Model
- Illustrate dimensions of transformational and situational leadership
- Describe methods of assessing leadership styles
- Explain your personal approach to leadership
- Describe the LDP process of evaluating behavior
Values and Ethics
- Explain the relationship between Army Values and the Army's Equal Opportunity program
Personal Development
- Practice effective writing techniques in accordance with the Army standard for effective writing
Officership
- Describe the Army Threat Awareness and Reporting Program, Threat Levels and Force Protection Conditions, and the National Terrorism Advisory System
- Describe the Army's approach to Protection and Emergency Management
- Identify various sources of information about terrorism, and to help you make informed decisions in an emergency
Tactics and Techniques
- Explain the five-paragraph format for an operations order
- Interpret an operation order
- Demonstrate terrain analysis and route planning skills
- List and describe the five aspects of military terrain using (OAKOC)
- Explain how squads and platoons plan for and conduct patrols
- Describe the characteristics of the defense