AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign December Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 121

[LaCombe.M]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Warfare Wednesday 121
Campaign of Combat Mission: Campaign December Warfare Wednesday
Number Within Campaign: 1/3
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Tactical Realism
Date of Combat Mission: 01DEC21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Mission OIC: Major LaCombe.M
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Mazinski.H

Number of Attendees: 28 Cav members, approx 35 total

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major LaCombe.M
First Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Second Lieutenant Whitfield.L
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T
Staff Sergeant Hess.J
Staff Sergeant Kastor.K
Staff Sergeant Ocean.M
Sergeant Gann.T
Sergeant Guerra.J
Sergeant Stetchkov.A
Corporal Crapachi.M
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Ratliff.B
Corporal Terp.J
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Turner.L
Specialist Van Alstine.R
Specialist Whitehead.B
Specialist Zander.D
Private First Class Schmid.Y
Private First Class Winters.R
Private First Class Xinos.T
Private Adams.M
Private Delgado.C
Private Smith.W
Recruit Manger.B

Pros:

• Good infantry movement to contact
• Good coordination between units

Cons:

• Artillery barrages not always properly communicated leading to some close calls
  • Little congested on LR 08 with arty and infantry comms on one net, should have utilized CFF frequency more
• ACRE issues on spawn with people having radio issues, not hearing others

If your name is missing from the attendance list, please send a PM to Major LaCombe.M

 

[Whitfield.L]

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

Element Callsign: Exmoor-5
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Whitfield.L

Pros:

• Unlimited Ammunition
• Constant Fire Missions

Cons:

• Rapid movement of Exmoor and time of flight in Fire Missions led to multiple fire missions turned danger close

 

[Kastor.K]

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

Element Callsign: HAMMER-1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Kastor.K

7Cav personnel within element:
Recruit Manger.B

Pros:

• Successfully executed 30+ HE and ILLUM fire missions
• No friendly casualties despite numerous danger close fire missions
• Destroyed several enemy vehicles, buildings and squads of infantry
• Were constantly used, almost no downtime

Cons:

• friendly infantry pushing into fire missions (lack of coordination and accounting for 35s flight time)

 

[Couvillion.T]

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

Element Callsign: Exmoor-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T

Personnel within element:
Sergeant Stetchkov.A
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Van Alstine.R
Specialist Turner.L
Doom
Tollison
jaeking123
Whip

Pros:

• Good communications squad/platoon wise.
• Formations were consistent and effective.
• Great show with artillery and effective fire missions.
• Very good coordination overall with squads supporting one another constantly.
• Everyone had a ton of fun.

Cons:

• Bunched up several times due to terrain
• SBF positions not always optimal

 

[Winters.R]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas 1 & 2
Element Leader: Private First Class Winters.R

Personnel within element: Corporal Velasquez.J

Pros:

• Great communications
• On point for medical. Very low casualties
• Fast response times

Cons:

• Disconnects within squad made it take a bit to reorganize

 

[Gann.T]

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

Element Callsign: Exmoor-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Gann.T

Personnel within element:
Staff Sergeant Hess.J
Staff Sergeant Ocean.M
Sergeant Guerra.J
Specialist Whitehead.B
Private First Class Xinos.T
Private Adams.M
Private Delgado.C
Private Smith.W

Pros:

• Really good mission
• Good communication
• Good SBF
• Bagpipes in an op

Cons:

• Rapid movement of Exmoor and time of flight in Fire Missions led to multiple fire missions turned danger close
• Comms were buggy at some points

 

[Ratliff.B]

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

Element Callsign: Exmoor-7
Element Leader: Corporal Ratliff.B

Personnel within element: Corporal Ratliff.B

Pros:
Excellent response time by Atlas, and coordination with squads
Good classification of casualties by squads
Bagpipe charge (11/10) by Exmoor-2
A good change of pace from modern US Army

Cons:
Buggy comms at start
Kind of a disconnect at the start but it meshed along the way

 

[Abate.L]

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

Element Callsign: Exmoor-2
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Abate.L

Cav Personnel within element:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Corporal Crapachi.M
Corporal Terp.J
Specialist McMaster.G
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Zander.D
Private First Class Schmid.Y

Public Personnel within element:
Abdulrahman
Expendable_Joe
Wildabeast464

Pros:

• A turnout of nearly 50 people shows the overall response and a good Cavalry and public player interest.
• Squad cohesion was on point thoughout.
• Good aggression and tempo from squad against enemy positions and objectives.
• Timely and effective spot reps allowed the entire squad to orient and react to contact.
• Good initiative by troopers when under contact
• Total immersion achieved by the actions of the entire platoon.
• Good balance of contact for the assets and size we had.
• Fantastic fun had by all. Public and Cav members reported this as being one of the best operations ever produced and executed.

Cons:

• Slightly long halting and start kick off but I fell this added to the overall feel of the operation.​

Notes:

This should be a showcase of how to build/oversee a successful operation as reference to any enthusiastic mission builders or controllers.

 

[Garcia.SM]

LOCKED

 

[Garcia.SM]

S1/OPERATIONS PROCESSED

S1 Note

Private Brent Manger had not completed bootcamp nor had been promoted to Private at the time of the OP therefore making them ineligible for OP credit