WPAOG Parent Handbook 2018-19

WestPointAOG.org | 800.BE A.GRAD 43 The purpose of CLDT is to prepare first- and selected second-class cadets for tactical leadership positions at the platoon level by developing the skills of decisive tactical leadership that will serve them well in the future as Army officers. The objectives of CLDT: • Demonstrate the ability tomake tactical decisions under pressure with limited information and limited time. • Demonstrate the ability to provide sufficient purpose, direction, andmotivation to subordinates and operate to accomplish the mission and improve the organization. • Demonstrate an understanding of how to apply the Troop Leading Procedures to planning a tactical operation. • Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles that underlie Army doctrine and small unit tactics and how to apply them in a field training environment. • Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate a tactical course of action both verbally and visually. • Demonstrate the ability to perform individual Warrior Tasks without supervision. Graduates of ML300 demonstrate an ability to lead under pressure; they are able to rapidly apply the Troop Leading Procedures in order to develop suitable, feasible, and complete tactical courses of action (COAs) and plans; they are able to effectively communicate those plans to their subordinates and to lead their unit during preparation and execution of the mission; they are confident and capable of assuming a leadership role in a unit within the Corps of Cadets and as a Lieutenant after commissioning; and they understand their individual strengths and weaknesses relative to the military skills trained and taught at USMA.