AAR [ARMA 3][Special Event] Operation Ardennes Offensive 1944

[Tharen.R]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Ardennes Offensive 1944
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): N/A
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Arma 3 Tactical Realism Public Server
Date of Combat Mission: 15JAN21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z
Mission OIC: Colonel Tharen.R
Mission Controller: Corporal Raeder.U

Number of Attendees: 83 (51 Cav)

Colonel Tharen.R
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
First Lieutenant Burton.P
First Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Second Lieutenant Stewart.B
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Command Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Sergeant First Class Ocean.M
Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T
Staff Sergeant Kastor.K
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Sergeant Gann.T
Sergeant John.K
Corporal Black.A
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Dio.B
Corporal Dubois.F
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Maco.D
Corporal Marcus.J
Corporal Raeder.U
Corporal Stewart.AJ
Corporal Terp.J
Corporal Walsh.D
Corporal Wisser.C
Specialist Coots.J
Specialist Easson.T
Specialist Kooner.A
Specialist Lee.H
Specialist McMaster.G
Specialist Morozov.A
Specialist Novak.I
Specialist OBrien.T
Specialist Otakar.D
Specialist Roberts.L
Specialist Schmid.Y
Specialist Turner.L
Specialist Van Alstine.R
Specialist Varnado.J
Specialist Verlot.L
Specialist Zander.D
Private First Class Delgado.C
Private First Class DeVriend.M
Private First Class Dunn.W
Private First Class Holiday.T
Private First Class Olson.DJ
Private First Class Stanley.K
Private First Class Winters.R
Private First Class Xinos.T
Recruit Harvey.C
Recruit Silver.G


Pros:

• One of the best ops we've ever had!
• Had all 83 slots on the server filled, which exceeded our expectations! Finally had an op with a "full" company.
• Fun joint op with APM, ZD, and Brothers In Arms - everyone worked pretty well together for not having done so before
• Both Platoon Leaders did an outstanding job with communication and running their platoons
• Easy 7 did a great job with resupply and running respawns back to the front which was key to keeping both platoons in the fight longer
• Mission success!

Cons:

• Server crash in the middle, but all leadership & S3 did a great job troubleshooting and getting people back into the action as quickly as realistically possible
• 1st Platoon near total wipe at CP Bravo due to slow reaction to break contact drill after it was ordered - too many people tunnel visioned on healing casualties back to full health instead of moving and executing the drill

 

[Winters.R]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-7
Element Leader: Private First Class Winters.R

Pros:

• Had a good time
• Medics worked together even without radios
• Lots of medical
• Good triage

Cons:

• Unclear direction at times
• Medical supplies shortages
• Chaotic at the beginning. Got lost
• Server crash

 

[Stewart.B]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Ardennes Offensive 1944
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): N/A
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Arma 3 Tactical Realism Public Server
Date of Combat Mission: 15JAN21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z (1500CST)
Unit Name: 2nd Platoon Easy
Platoon OIC: Second Lieutenant Stewart.B

Number of Attendees: 8
Corporal Marcus.J
Specialist Morozov.A
Specialist Otakar.D
Specialist Zander.D
Private First Class Winters.R
Private First Class Delgado.C
Private First Class Stanley.K
Recruit Harvey.C

Pros:

• Lots of positive energy
• Great communication and cohesion
• Running around during our last stand screaming "Pour it on 'em, let 'em have it!" was the highlight of my Cav career so far.
• Awesome mission file created

Cons:

• Server crash made us loose some numbers
• Not enough medical supplies in starting kit/no re-supplies

 

[Zander.D]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 2-3
Element Leader: Danny [BiA], Specialist Zander.D will stand-in for AAR

Pros:

• Challenging, atmospheric, immersive mission
• BiA enjoyed and is willing to return in the future
• Heavily populated server

Cons:

• No resupply for critical smoke grenades and BAR ammo
• Bipod-unfriendly trenches, both pre-placed and user-dug
• Server crash

 

[Kastor.K]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-3
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Kastor.K
7Cav Personnel within element:
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Corporal Lucander.P
Private First Class Xinos.T
Private First Class Holiday.T
Recruit Silver.G
Sergeant First Class Ocean.M
Corporal Maco.D
Corporal Terp.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Specialist Verlot.L

Public players:
Augustin Demonceaux

Pros:

• WW2 is always welcome as a setting
• Lack of full radio network, using runners creates a very positively chaotic environment, less reliable in scale
• Good fps despite the desync issues

Cons:

• Desync and server crash, par for the course at 80+ players
• Platoon Lead of Easy-1 went way too far in micromanaging squads in the Platoon
• His decisions not only immediately and directly countermanded my orders to my troopers
• They were directly responsible for high casualty count in Easy 1-3 during the defense of "Baker"
• It's absolutely unacceptable for PLD to completely break CoC, omit myself and my 2nd IC and order my troopers directly around
• And it's even more unacceptable for said PLD to expose my troopers, on multiple accounts, to enemy direct and indirect fire by ordering them out prepared and fortified positions several hundred meters out into an open field, ordering them to dig in there, without support or route of casualty evacuation or fall back. My troops were taken out of trenches and buildings on multiple occasions, only to change them for useless foxholes or flat ground a bit downfield.
• PLD caused confusion by imprecise orders for "(prepare for) breaking contact"
• Through indecision delayed abandoning "Baker" crossroads long enough for the Platoon to take extreme casualties and be forced to abandon live casualties to die, myself and my RTO included - this had nothing to do with the heroic work of 68W medics (exceedingly excellent CPL Maco!) and everything to do with poor decision making on part of the CoC.
• Please use the failures of 1st Platoon leadership at "Able" and "Baker" as a learning point and reinforce in operational PLDs the capacity to delegate tasks and permit execution according to the best skills of the PSGs, SLs and their men.

 

[Jupiter.J]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-2
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Jupiter.J
7Cav Personnel within element:
Corporal Black.A
First Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Corporal Stewart.AJ
Corporal Dubois.F
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
Corporal Wisser.C
Specialist Schmid.Y
Private First Class Olson.DJ


Pros:

• Love the Historic Period Operations
• Lack of radios added to immersion
• Extremely well balanced Zeusing
• Excellent level of contact
• Outstanding performance by Easy 1-2 Troopers

Cons:

• Desync and server crash, par for the course at 80+ players
• Break contact was rough, Largely due to individual trooper discipline
• Miscommunications at the Platoon leadership level

 

[Gann.T]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Gann.T
7Cav Personnel within element:
Second Lieutenant Gann.T

Pros:

• Operation was amazing
• Amazing attendance
• Good leadership and guidance from company

Cons:

• Radio comms weren't great
• Squads got lost several times
• Security was lacking in some points

 

[Connelly.M]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-6 RTO
Element Leader: Sergeant Connelly.M

Pros:

• Good defense fighting
• Good overall unit internal cohesion

Cons:

• Breaking contact due to the amounts of wounded
• Collapse of flanks lead to positions being over ran
• Missing a whole squad due to lack of understanding their position to be at

 

[Couvillion.T]

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

Element Callsign: Easy 1-1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T
7Cav Personnel within element:
Sergeant John.K
Specialist Van Alstine.R
Specialist Novak.I
Specialist Easson.T
Specialist Varnado.J
Specialist Turner.L
Specialist DeVriend.M
Specialist Kooner.A
Specialist Roberts.L
Specialist Oldham.G
Thompson.J
Katsu.I
Wittman.M


Pros:

• Always love the historical OPs
• Initial break contact from 1-1 was textbook once it was clear we had the order.
• Efficient squad level react to contact and movement.
• Chaotic but always a ton of fun.

Cons:

• Desync and server crash, par for the course at 80+ players
• Conflicting orders and a lot of back and forth commands from platoon staff
• Platoon staff putting themselves in unnecessary risk which resulted in degradation of the COC.

 

[Kinser.E]

Locked!

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Processed.

 

[Garcia.SM]

S1 OPERATIONS AUDIT COMPLETE