This is the start of a new case study. For those of you unfamiliar with how this works, I start a story loosely based on personal experiences and develop it based on your responses. This is a complete work of fiction and unless specified otherwise, none of the units, situations, or people mentioned are real.
The purpose of these case studies is to provide an entertaining venue to discuss military leadership. You should feel free to chime in with your suggestions, comments, observations and questions; that’s what really makes these fun for everyone. At the end of the case study, I’ll wrap it all up and talk briefly about how the case study compared to what happened (or didn’t happen) in real life.
These cases take time (in some instances, “a lot” of time:-/ ) so no promises on when it will get wrapped up. Part of the equation in how long it takes is how many responses there are, to help drive the plot.
The working title of this case study is “Sun Tzu III/31.” The events in this case study take place immediately after those in the case study “Karma.” Here is a rundown of some of the characters you are likely to encounter in this case study:
CPT Scott Faith: intel officer, former commander of the Military Intelligence Detachment (MID), now in the process of taking over as Group S2 from MAJ Dudley. Main character of the story.
MSG Will Reynolds: intel noncommissioned officer, first sergeant of the MID, good friend of CPT Faith. He is on the promotion list for E9 and will probably be moving on to another unit shortly.
MAJ Dudley: marginally-competent Group S2. Known as “The Dud.” He and Faith have a volatile relationship, in part because The Dud believes that Faith “stole” command of the MID from him, and because Faith believes that The Dud is a complete idiot.
CW2 Amanda Rollins: female counter-intel warrant officer; young, fit, attractive, highly intelligent and very good at her job. Also, ShadowSpear’s favorite case study character. (I don’t remember if I gave her a first name previously, so her name now is “Amanda.”)
MSG Paul Walden: Special Forces team sergeant, first encountered during the “Soul Plane incident.” Probably ShadowSpear’s most-hated character because he is dating Chief Rollins. ;)
CPT Mackenzie “Mac” Marshal: Young Special Forces team leader (Paul and Marshall are on the same team) first encountered in the “Soul Plane incident.”
The Group Commander: overall head of the Group. He is about to change command as part of a regular command turnover.
The DCO: the Group’s deputy commanding officer. Long-time SF officer, he was wounded in Afghanistan and is missing part of his right index finger. Complete hardass, but fair. Officers are as scared of the DCO as the enlisted and NCOs are of the Group command sergeant major. Currently slated to take another job outside of the Group.
The CSM: the Group command sergeant major. 24+ years of experience in SF. The Group commander’s right-hand man.
CPT Simon Criss: formerly the Group support detachment commander, he is now heading “across the airfield” to become part of the 16th SAVE, a special mission unit (SMU).
CPT Li Chen: Group surgeon.
CW5 Randy Michaels: CW5, one of the two senior SF warrant officers in Group, assigned to the Group S2 shop but works in the S3 shop.
MAJ Quintin Roberts: was CPT Faith’s battalion XO in a previous assignment. CPT Faith has a particular loathing for MAJ Roberts, for reasons which as yet are not clear. MAJ Roberts previously served in a number of different SOF units, including 2nd Group, before CPT Faith met him in Korea.
…more characters as I come up with/remember them.
All of the above individuals are assigned to the 2nd Special Forces Group (2nd Group) at an unspecified Army base located somewhere in the United States. Other units at this unnamed base nclude the 16th Special Aviation Element (16th SAVE) and a conventional Army unit, known only as “The Division.”
Before we get started, I wanted to try something. As many of you are aware, the names of some of the characters in these cases are based on ShadowSpear site members. I want to work a couple more into this upcoming case study. So, I will take nominations; post the username of a member, why he or she would be an interesting character in the story, and how he or she should be worked into the plot. (this should be interesting… ;) ). No self-nominations, please.
The purpose of these case studies is to provide an entertaining venue to discuss military leadership. You should feel free to chime in with your suggestions, comments, observations and questions; that’s what really makes these fun for everyone. At the end of the case study, I’ll wrap it all up and talk briefly about how the case study compared to what happened (or didn’t happen) in real life.
These cases take time (in some instances, “a lot” of time:-/ ) so no promises on when it will get wrapped up. Part of the equation in how long it takes is how many responses there are, to help drive the plot.
The working title of this case study is “Sun Tzu III/31.” The events in this case study take place immediately after those in the case study “Karma.” Here is a rundown of some of the characters you are likely to encounter in this case study:
CPT Scott Faith: intel officer, former commander of the Military Intelligence Detachment (MID), now in the process of taking over as Group S2 from MAJ Dudley. Main character of the story.
MSG Will Reynolds: intel noncommissioned officer, first sergeant of the MID, good friend of CPT Faith. He is on the promotion list for E9 and will probably be moving on to another unit shortly.
MAJ Dudley: marginally-competent Group S2. Known as “The Dud.” He and Faith have a volatile relationship, in part because The Dud believes that Faith “stole” command of the MID from him, and because Faith believes that The Dud is a complete idiot.
CW2 Amanda Rollins: female counter-intel warrant officer; young, fit, attractive, highly intelligent and very good at her job. Also, ShadowSpear’s favorite case study character. (I don’t remember if I gave her a first name previously, so her name now is “Amanda.”)
MSG Paul Walden: Special Forces team sergeant, first encountered during the “Soul Plane incident.” Probably ShadowSpear’s most-hated character because he is dating Chief Rollins. ;)
CPT Mackenzie “Mac” Marshal: Young Special Forces team leader (Paul and Marshall are on the same team) first encountered in the “Soul Plane incident.”
The Group Commander: overall head of the Group. He is about to change command as part of a regular command turnover.
The DCO: the Group’s deputy commanding officer. Long-time SF officer, he was wounded in Afghanistan and is missing part of his right index finger. Complete hardass, but fair. Officers are as scared of the DCO as the enlisted and NCOs are of the Group command sergeant major. Currently slated to take another job outside of the Group.
The CSM: the Group command sergeant major. 24+ years of experience in SF. The Group commander’s right-hand man.
CPT Simon Criss: formerly the Group support detachment commander, he is now heading “across the airfield” to become part of the 16th SAVE, a special mission unit (SMU).
CPT Li Chen: Group surgeon.
CW5 Randy Michaels: CW5, one of the two senior SF warrant officers in Group, assigned to the Group S2 shop but works in the S3 shop.
MAJ Quintin Roberts: was CPT Faith’s battalion XO in a previous assignment. CPT Faith has a particular loathing for MAJ Roberts, for reasons which as yet are not clear. MAJ Roberts previously served in a number of different SOF units, including 2nd Group, before CPT Faith met him in Korea.
…more characters as I come up with/remember them.
All of the above individuals are assigned to the 2nd Special Forces Group (2nd Group) at an unspecified Army base located somewhere in the United States. Other units at this unnamed base nclude the 16th Special Aviation Element (16th SAVE) and a conventional Army unit, known only as “The Division.”
Before we get started, I wanted to try something. As many of you are aware, the names of some of the characters in these cases are based on ShadowSpear site members. I want to work a couple more into this upcoming case study. So, I will take nominations; post the username of a member, why he or she would be an interesting character in the story, and how he or she should be worked into the plot. (this should be interesting… ;) ). No self-nominations, please.