Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief

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 Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kashif Basharat
18 June 2019

The Navy takes every available opportunity to maintain forward progress, staying on the front lines in how we fight and how we train. In his initial guidance to the Fleet, the Secretary of the Navy emphasizes that we “must improve our processes in order for our people to meet future challenges.”

Sailors at the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) have embodied this goal by coordinating with Surface Warfare Officers School to introduce the plan, brief, execute and debrief (PBED) process into the Basic Division Officers Course (BDOC), the intensive 9-week course of instruction designed to provide foundational classroom training to prospective surface warfare officers.

“I was incredibly enthusiastic when SMWDC shared the PBED model with us,” said Lt. Cmdr. Tim Cushanick, a BDOC instructor. “It was an awesome opportunity to bring in some outside eyes and minds to get new ideas on our program. I already wanted to, in some way, implement a more deliberate process in the conning officer virtual environment (COVE), and this opportunity provided that deliberate plan, brief, execute and debrief model which is happening in the fleet.”

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