Use what you have learned As a student at the United States Army Sergeant Major Academy you will be challenged continually. The experiences and knowledge gained during your teaching periods will greatly help you in your future assignments. The knowledge gained from the C100 block is important for a future Operations Sergeants Major because the tasks of an Operations Sergeants Major greatly influence a large number of Soldiers, without this knowledge Soldiers will suffer needlessly.C111A: The Operational EnvironmentDuring the C111A instruction period, The Operating Environment, learned by the student; hone his critical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions, analyze the likely impacts of threats, challenges and opportunities in the operational environment and the international security environment, how to explain the capabilities and limitations of joint forces, interagency capabilities, multinational and legal considerations in contemporary operations, to explain the leader development process. (Give credit to the advanced paper) The knowledge gained in critical thinking will greatly assist the future Sergeant Major by enabling him to define a problem too quickly and accurately and develop possible solutions. By being able to do this quickly, the Sergeant Major will save his subordinates time, giving them maximum opportunity to develop their own solutions to the problems presented at their level. As a younger soldier I could have used this process when my company received a short notice mission to move from one province of Afghanistan to another province. If I had already had the problem solving skills taught in this teaching period, the company would have been able to conduct the...... middle of paper ......ff to find alternative solutions by examining a problem to a different perspective. The groupthink process opens up the spectrum of ideas that can be developed. It is well known that no one knows everything. Therefore effective groupthink can greatly help an element to open their horizons and adequately arrive at the best possible solution.C141: Introduction to MediaThe instruction block for Introduction to Media taught future Sergeant Majors to familiarize themselves with the relationship between the media and the military in the current operational context. The period also informed the student about the leader's role in ensuring that his or her organization understands all aspects of strategic communication needs. An additional skill the student learned in this lesson was how to prepare for a media engagement.