AAR ARMA 3 | Operation Mistwalker C/1-7 FTX - 31JAN21

[Green.R]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Mistwalker
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable):
Number within campaign:
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Arma 3 Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 31JAN21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000Z
Mission OIC: Captain Alex Mackey
Mission Controller: First Sergeant Ralph Green

Number of Attendees:

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Colonel Rip Tharen
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rosefield
Captain Alex Mackey
Second Lieutenant Christopher Ball
Second Lieutenant Tazmin Hobbs
Second Lieutenant Gray Phoenix
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gavin Abbassi
First Sergeant Ralph Green
Sergeant First Class Mat Morozov
Sergeant Alex Gates
Sergeant Parker Queen
Corporal Allan Black
Corporal Alexander Blackburn
Corporal Bethany Derry
Corporal Franck Dubois
Corporal Justin Guerra
Corporal Joshua Hess
Corporal Inoue Katsu
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Dan Maco
Corporal Henry Mazinski
Corporal Pavel Rozhkov
Corporal Zachary Saint
Corporal Nikoli Sky
Corporal David Walsh
Corporal Wiese.M
Corporal Micah Whitsel
Specialist Baxter Bowman
Specialist Patrick Burton
Specialist Erik Carmichael
Specialist Vitor Cazarotti
Specialist Cooper Naman
Specialist Ryley Snow
Specialist Raine Sorrow
Specialist Lee Whitfield
Specialist Wallace Wittkoff
Specialist Brandon Woodcock
Private Alex Andrews
Private John Binks
Private Thomas Dohun
Private Porter Lacasse
Private Stephen Lowe
Private Brendan Whitehead
Recruit Jay Shere

Pros:
+ Good action, steady flow

Cons:
- Radios died at the start, everything else was a challenge from here on

If your name is not listed, or if you have medal recommendations, contact Captain Mackey

 

[Dubois.F]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas 1
Element Leader: Specialist Erik Carmichael (1ST )

Corporal Franck Dubois ( Took over Atlas 1 after the 1 hour mark )

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Erik Carmichael
Corporal Franck Dubois



Pros

• Really Fun mission
• Good cohesion between Atlas 1 / 2 and Bandit 7
• Troopers trying to stabilizing themselves
• Really well made fog / mist
• Atlas was not too far behind like before so we were much more active during this operation
• The cav lost an operation which is a good change for once because we can learn from this failure.

Cons :

• Would have wanted to finish this OP rather than ending at the "Best Part"
• Slow start at the beginning due to radios issues

 

[Sky.N]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-3
Element Leader: Corporal Nikoli Sky



7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Nikoli Sky
Colonel Rip Tharen
Corporal David Walsh
Corporal Micah Whitsel
Corporal Alexander Blackburn
Specialist Jesser Marcus
Specialist Raine Sorrow
Specialist Baxter Bowman
Specialist Vitor Cazarotti
Private Alex Andrews

Pros

• Great Formations/Callouts
• Great cohesion and communication between Us, Bandit 4 and Bandit 6
• Great security
• Due to radio issues and low visibility, it forced us Leaders to do our jobs 100% which was a fun aspect of the Op

Cons :

• Would never recommend attacking an objective this size, up-hill, in the fog
• Squads were right on top of each other with no positive spacing
• Audio/Voice discipline within some squads while moving into position on objectives
• As a result of radio issues, low visibility and loss of support the whole squad became surrounded and wiped out

 

[Burton.P]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-2
Element Leader: Specialist Patrick Burton



7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Patrick Burton
Corporal Justin Guerra
Recruit Jay Shere
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gavin Abbassi
Sergeant Parker Queen
Corporal Bethany Derry
Corporal Zachary Saint
Sergeant First Class Mat Morozov
Second Lieutenant Tazmin Hobbs

Pros:

• Solid formations, spacing, and 3-D callouts
• Good inter-squad comms
• Fun operations

Cons:

• Poor leadership decisions on SL level
• Found ourselves in the open a few times
• Unable to dig in in most locations
• LR comms were shot. One or two ops? Sure. This is a fun aspect. This has been going on for a while though.

 

[Phoenix.G]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Gray Phoenix



7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros

• Despite major communication challenges, comms were excellent
• Element movements very good with examples of text book bounding
• Squads were able to use their own initiative to clear objectives when communications were blocked

Cons :

• Low visibility resulted in a lot of casualties including near total squad wipes.
• Final objective too ambitious for circumstances

 

[Woodcock.B]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-1
Element Leader: Specialist Brandon Woodcock



7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rosefield
Corporal Inoue Katsu
Corporal Pavel Rozhkov
Specialist Lee Whitfield
Private Brendan Whitehead
Private John Binks



Pros

• Solid performance within the squad with some exemplary performances from the privates.
• Overall good platoon cohesion.
• Technical issues were overcome with enthusiasm

Cons :

• Final objective was way too ambitious: assaulting uphill, onto a fortified objective with nothing but infantry was not advisable.
• Fighting against tanks in such low visibility was too much of an ask.

 

[Naman.C]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas 2
Element Leader: Specialist Cooper Naman



7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Cooper Naman
Corporal Dan Maco



Pros

• Dispte radio issues, CTAB was being used great for medical needs and marking contacts.
• Good cohesion between Atlas 1 / 2 and Bandit 7.
• Troopers were stabilizing themselves.
• Given the weather Atlas was not too far behind the troops and was able to quickly respond to medical needs despite being on foot.
• Medical kits were pretty well set, only need to adjust few things.

Cons :

• Slow start at the beginning due to radios issues.
• Op took too long to from start to end, and we really didn't get time to finish it.

 

[Black.A]

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

Element Callsign: Bandi-4
Element Leader: SGT.Black.A


SGT.Gates.A
SPC.Wittkoff.W
2LT.Ball.C
CPL.Weise.M (MISSING FROM MASTER LIST)
CPL.Hess.J
SPC.Snow.R
PVT.Dohun.T
PVT.Lowe.S

(I don't know why but copy paste of the milpacs link is not working for me.)

Pros

• Good platoon comms.
• After some growing pains, good platoon movement.
• Good reaction from medics and CCP.
• Interesting mission design.

Cons :

• Radio issues took too long to problem solve.
• Fog made little sense to be fighting in.
• Fog made the text book squad attack and support imposible.
• Little to no training value for troopers do to fog.

 

[Kinser.E]

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