AAR Arma Reforger | Firefight Fridays (JUN) | FF020 | Operation Island Tide: Phase 1

[Bishop.B]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Name of Combat Mission: Firefight Friday 020 - Operation Island Tide: Phase 1
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Firefight Friday (June)
Number within campaign: 2
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: TAC2
Date of Combat Mission: 20JUN25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200
Mission OIC: First Sergeant Molitor.K
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Hilberg.A, Master Sergeant Wiseman.L, Specialist Bishop.B

Number of Attendees: 54

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Captain Rodahl.S
First Lieutenant Hilberg.A
Second Lieutenant Mitsuma.R
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ratliff.B
First Sergeant Molitor.K
Master Sergeant Westcott.R
Master Sergeant Wiseman.L
Sergeant First Class Willson.JA
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
Sergeant McAllen.J
Corporal Bull.T
Corporal Carr.W
Corporal Kent.R
Corporal York.A
Specialist Bishop.B
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Dolby.W
Specialist Flint.J
Specialist Grey.W
Specialist Juenemann.D
Specialist Mendoza.R
Specialist Miller.JH
Specialist Murdock.T
Specialist Rockwell.D
Specialist Russell.JG
Specialist Sandoval.M
Specialist Shere.J
Specialist Summer.R
Specialist Truppo.C
Specialist Van Auken.P
Specialist Vandal.T
Private First Class DeCann.A
Private First Class Giordano.C
Private First Class Hartshock.P
Private First Class Howe.T
Private First Class Keene.R
Private First Class Kelso.H
Private First Class Kron.D
Private First Class Mors.V
Private First Class Nance.T
Private First Class Peterman.J
Private First Class Roy.A
Private First Class Sayers.L
Private First Class Valiante.M
Private First Class Vara.J
Private First Class Vlade.I
Private First Class Walmsley.M
Private First Class Westwood.J
Private First Class Wilson.R
Private Fryer.T
Private King.MJ
Private Preacher.N
Private Utters.M

Retired:
First Lieutenant Sam.T
Corporal Houston.T

Not Eligible:
Recruit Garmire.P (BCT)

 

[Ratliff.B]

Element Callsign: Buffalo-1
Element Leader: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ratliff.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class DeCann.A
Recruit Utters.M

Pros

• The resupply run and ISR was done very well
• Lots of targets were identified and eliminated, something like a platoon worth of EI and several machine gun nests
• Dogfight with MI-8 went well, resulting in the destruction of the MI-8
• Raven Pickup towards the end went well

Cons

• Disconnect was inconvenient
• I'm not a huge fan of the Blackhawk or its variants
• I got hit near the end of the op, I was uncon and ended up bleeding out while in a spin with the tail rotor out.

 

[Murdock.T]

Element Callsign: PIONEER-7
Element Leader: Specialist Murdock.T
Team: USA

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Murdock.T

Pros

• Had a lot of fun running medic and working with platoon staff
• OP was very chaotic
• Leadership communicated and coordinated well, despite the chaos

Cons

• I felt that it was impossible to keep up with the demands of the platoon as the sole medic, especially with the squads splitting up to hit multiple objectives at once
• OP was very chaotic
• Fall damage

 

[Lucander.P]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: PIONEER-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lucander.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
Corporal York.A
Specialist Miller.JH
Specialist Russell.JG
Private First Class Westwood.J
Private First Class Mors.V
Private First Class Juenemann.D
Private First Class Westwood.J

Retired:
First Lieutenant Sam.T
Corporal Houston.T


Pros:
4 objectives SBF successfully completed
7 killed PC's

Cons:
Don't split SBF squads without attaching elements to other squads.
Maws Sight in our current mod are weird, having to use two sights.
Type out or write Lanes and Phase lines.
Improve communications of what is clear and what needs to be cleared in towns.

 

[Westcott.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: PIONEER-2
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Westcott.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kent.R
Private First Class Vandal.T
Private First Class Nance.T
Specialist Rockwell.D
Private First Class Kelso.H
Private First Class Valiante.M
Specialist Casey.W
Private First Class Peterman.J
Specialist Summer.R
Recruit Garmire.P
Private Hartshock.P

Pros:
-Good contact levels, firefights were engaging.
-FTLs completely crushed it tonight!
-Entire squad had fun

Cons:
-Terrain/map is SUPER condensed and OBJs are stacked right on top of each other
-Cliff/Rocks are more the enemy than Russians

 

[Flint.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: RAVEN-1
Element Leader: Specialist Flint.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Grey.W
Specialist Flint.J

Pros
-had a good time. Learned the radio a bit more together.
-Worked with buffalo organizing radio traffic
-Had some challenging landings

Cons
-Unclear LZs marked for reinsert by ground forces

 

[Molitor.K]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: PIONEER-6
Element Leader: First Sergeant Molitor.K

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Rodahl.S


Pros:

• Genuinely had a good time at the Operation and sincerely appreciate all the folks who stepped up for leadership roles.
• Hilberg helped get some newer members of S3 through a server crash which is always difficult.
• During the aforementioned crash, we did not lose more than a couple of players which really commends the speed at which S3 was able to deal with the situation.

Improves:

• Trend of ops being posted late by S3. We almost didn't have an OIC for this one.
• Op seemed a bit ambitious with the amount of terrain and contact to get through. The map is borderline unrealistic which can be difficult to work with.
• Plenty of personal improves from a leadership, organization, and planning perspective.
• Still wrestling with the newer player base and trying to strike the balance between preplanning and plans created on the fly.

 

[McAllen.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: PIONEER-1
Element Leader: Sergeant McAllen.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element(WIP):

Recruit Fryer.T
Private First Class Sayers.L
Private First Class Keene.R
Specialist Van Auken.P
Specialist Sandoval.M


Pros

• Plenty of contact throughout the operation
• Lots of CQC moments when hard clearing buildings
• Mostly had a good time towards the latter half of the Op

Cons

• The changing of leadership internally made the squad feel heavily disorganized for majority of the Op
• Our entire tasking changed at the start of the Op which required us to learn an entirely new tasking on the fly
• Lots of black tags due to lack of cohesive building clearing and proper lanes within the towns

This AAR is still a WIP since I need to figure out who was with me.

 

[Kelso.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: PIONEER-4
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Westcott.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kent.R
Private First Class Vandal.T
Private First Class Nance.T
Specialist Rockwell.D
Private First Class Kelso.H
Private First Class Valiante.M
Specialist Casey.W
Private First Class Peterman.J
Specialist Summer.R
Recruit Garmire.P

Pros:
-Good contact levels, firefights were engaging.
-FTLs completely crushed it tonight!
-Entire squad had fun

Cons:
-Terrain/map is SUPER condensed and OBJs are stacked right on top of each other
-Cliff/Rocks are more the enemy than Russians

Base jumping was a real thing in this event!

 

[Mitsuma.R]

Element Callsign: Odin-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Mitsuma.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros

• TRPs were well thought out and conveyed.
• 7 Fire missions -- Potentially 2 BRDMs destroyed.
• 2 Reacting Mi-8s killed.
• Good Fun.

Cons

• Elevation is hard -- A personal fix is to get better accounting for that.
• Low turnout for Odin -- and a fairly low amount of experience amongst who did show.
• Significant FF incident due to a combination of miscommunication and self tasking.

 

[Willson.JA]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
​

Element Callsign: Pioneer-5
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Willson.JA

Pros:

• Buffalo flight was on top of their tasking during the entire operation. It is always a pleasure to have superior pilots for these operations.​
• S3 was quick to get the server back up and running after having a brief crash.​
• Platoon Comms were tight and effective.​
• Saw plenty of exemplary leadership throughout the operation by many senior NCOs and enlisted personnel.​
• An enjoyable operation that moved at a decent pace, with a lot of work for the platoon.​
• Pioneer-4 was rocking it during their coordinated fires onto objectives and was able to destroy multiple armored assets.​
• Raven was able to find LZs for reinserts even though the terrain was against them.

Cons:

• We experienced a lack of ACE, SPOT, and SIT reports, which hindered the platoon's movement and caused delays that slowed the squad.
• There were numerous casualties at the start due to the rugged terrain.
• Raven was pulling Gs when I needed them to be pulling reinserts.
• More communication between squads would have been preferred instead of comms going through the platoon leadership, then back down to the desired squad.

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.

 

[Blake.H]

S3 Processed