AAR ARMA 3 | October Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 115

[Whitfield.L]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Warfare Wednesday 115
Campaign of Combat Mission: Campaign October Warfare Wednesday
Number Within Campaign:
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Tactical Realism
Date of Combat Mission: 20OCTT21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Whitfield.L
Mission Controller: Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N

Number of Attendees: 43

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
Captain Hobbs.T
First Lieutenant Burton.P
Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Second Lieutenant Whitfield.L
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Abbassi.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Sergeant Hess.J
Sergeant Connelly.M
Sergeant Derry.B
Sergeant Guerra.J
Sergeant Kastor.K
Corporal Mariani.S
Corporal Fox.S
Corporal Velasquez.J
Corporal Sullivan.A
Corporal Baruch.J
Corporal Dio.B
Specialist Encino.T
Private First Class Kooner.A
Private First Class Niclas.K
Private First Class Portage.C
Private First Class Zander.D
Private Winters.R
Private Ewing.R
Private DeVriend.M
Private Perry.B
Recruit Ryder.D

Pros:

• Enjoyed the Hearts & Mind Mission File
• All Mission Objectives Completed
• Extremely low casualty count

Cons:

• Overwhelming amount of elements on Platoon Net
• Conflicting Orders delivered by Platoon Staff throughout Operation
• Difficulty with any damage to walls destroying our relationship with the Civilians

If your name is missing from the attendance list, please send a PM to Second Lieutenant Whitfield.L or Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H

 

[Connelly.M]

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

Element Callsign: Infidel-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Connelly.M

7th Cav Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Connelly.M
Specialist Bishop.C


Pros:

• Good engagements
• Good JTAC- AIR coordination
• Had fun per air units
• JTAC good overall job per Buffalo flight

Cons:

• Poor coordination for CTAF
• Lack of basic enemy air
• Too many CAS elements for mission
• Platoon Sgt over stepping role creating potential conflict on CAS net

 

[Winters.R]

Element Callsign: Atlas-1
Element Leader:
Private Winters.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element :
Corporal Velasquez.
Private Ewing.R

Pros:

• Good communication.
• Some shooting at contact.
• Fireteams stuck together.

Cons:

• Very little medical or contact with the enemy.
• Separated Unit.
• Vehicle accident.

 

[Kastor.K]

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

Element Callsign: Viking-5
Element Leader: Sergeant Kastor.K


Pros:

• Hearts and Minds is an interesting mission format.
• Having to watch out for civilians and collateral damage is a great way to force us to achieve complex solutions to nominally simple problems.
• CAS worked hard to safeguard the convoy from multiple threats along the way.

Cons:

• Unclear rules of engagement (from the mission mode, not the ones from CoC), we have vehicles charging our formation and we get negative points for shooting out the tires. At one point CAS destroyed a truck full of enemy combatants and got massive negative points, likely because the truck was a civilian vehicle.
• CAS is not used to having to watch out for civilian structures and overused HE solutions to problems like Hydra runs and so on.
• INFIDEL audibly angry on LR12 with inquiries after above incidents and indications of massive H&M point loss. Comments above about PSG "overstepping bounds" - INFIDEL is subordinate of Viking-6 and -5, the CoC is well within rights to inquire INFIDEL if the fire mission was actually observed as Type 1 as per briefed ROE (because it was not clear from comms on LR12), or instruct them to withhold HE within the built up areas and use guns only. LR 12 is the channel for CoC to request CAS from Infidel or instruct them on how to proceed with further fire missions.
• Comms between INFIDEL and CAS elements on LR12 about being cleared on targets, very lax at times, no procedural communication, no ingress / egress, no mode of attack, just "Hey, I saw a BRDM NW of the convoy, can I take it out? // Yeah, go ahead for it".

 

[Sullivan.A]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-2
Element Leader: Corporal Sullivan.A

7th Cav Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Dio.B
Specialist Hunter.A
Private DeVriend.M
Private First Class Kooner.A


Pros:

• CAS Requests where on point.
• What Remined my of my squad that stuck on me did a wonderful Job.
• People volunteered to Drive Stryker's (not a popular role.

Cons:

• Poor Communication between Squad Members.
• Poor Coordination between SL and FTL's.
• Unsure 60% of the time what my role was even after contacting 5/6 due to constant changes in requests.

 

[Burton.P]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-7
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Burton.P

7th Cav Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Burton.P


Pros:

• Solid contacts, fluid feel of the operation, consistent movement.
• Never in one place too long.
• On-point CAS.
• Solid concept and execution.

Cons:

• Night vision was pretty bunk, couldn't see a thing in the dark.
• No real planning on objectives.

 

[Hamm.C]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo-1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C

7th Cav Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Derry.B

Public Player(s) within Element:
Hades


Pros:

• Hearts and Minds is fun and engaging.
• Crew coordination was good.
• Public player got some good information.

Cons:

• CTAF comms lackluster.
• Pre-op planning left a lot to be desired.

 

[Abate.L]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER-ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: VIKING-1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Abate.L

7th Cav Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Sergeant Guerra.J
Sergeant Hess.J
Corporal Fox.S
Specialist Encino.T
Private First Class Niclas.K
Private First Class Zander.D
Recruit Ryder.D

Public Personnel Within Element:
Dr. Weird
Bradley Jensen

Pros:

• Mechanised
• No Black casualties
• Had a blast
• Hyper immersive mission file
• Real planning and approach to objectives required
• 6 did a good job at keeping everything streamlined and focused
• Real world environment

Cons:

• Buffalo utilising UH60 means larger squads broken up.
• Switched from mechanised to air assault.
• Convoy halted too much.

 

[Scotts.R]

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[Scotts.R]

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