AAR ARMA 3 Campaign Back Again - Operation A Million Standing Petals

[Jupiter.J]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation A Million Standing Petals
Campaign of Combat Mission: Campaign Back Again
Number Within Campaign: 3/4
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Tactical Realism
Date of Combat Mission: 19FEB22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Attendance:

Colonel Tharen.R
First Lieutenant Mazinski.H
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Wulf.C
Staff Sergeant Knights.Z
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Staff Sergeant Juputer.J
Sergeant Stewart.AJ
Sergeant Mariani.S
Sergeant John.K
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Morrow.J
Corporal Spice.M
Corporal Borenstein.B
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Terp.J
Corporal Novak.I
Specialist Whitehead.B
Specialist McMaster.G
Specialist Stanley.K
Specialist Bates.J
Specialist Ewing.R
Specialist Ryder.D
Specialist Cobblestone.G
Specialist Harvey.S
Specialist Bishop.C
Private First Class Phillips.B
Private First Class Phillips.O
Private Zaren.T
Private Fox.M
Private Popp.CJ
Corporal Terp.J
Specialist Weiss.S


Element Callsign: DAO-6
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Jupiter.J
RTO: Corporal Connelly.M
DAO-5: Corporal Spice.M

Pros:

• Excellent pacing of operation from zeus, good balance of contact and realism
• ATLAS stretched thin but still operated effectively
• Excellent initiative by ALL section leads
• Mortars were ruthlessly effective even with limitations
• Everyone seemed to enjoy the need to battlefield resupply

Cons:

• Comms plan insufficient for net traffic, 6 made horrible comms plan and was not trained on the radio
• Tan uniforms might have made PID a little easier

 

[Phillips.O]

Element Callsign: ATLAS-2
Element Leader:Private First Class Phillips.O
Element Members:Specialist Ewing.R

Pros:

• Handled casualties effectively
• Good attendance overall from ATLAS
• Found and quickly remedied ACE medical issues
• Immersive experience and was noted as a favorite operation by multiple ATLAS members

Cons:

• Poor communication at points
• Frequently got split up leading to not finding each other for long periods of time

 

[Turner.L]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: DAO 1-2
Element Leader: Specialist Turner.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Liber.N
Corporal Novak.I
Specialist Harvey.S
Specialist Cobblestone.G
Private Fox.M

Pros:

• Good group cohesion and effectiveness despite reduced squad size
• Troopers enjoyed need for resupply and even grabbing enemy weapons
• Operation atmosphere spot on
• Low casualty rate

Cons:

• Comms net cluttered at times
• Alternate uniforms for better PID

 

[Stewart.AJ]

Element Callsign: DAO 1-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Stewart.AJ
Element Members:
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Corporal Borenstein.B
Reservist Armitage.T
Specialist Bishop.C
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
Corporal John.K
Corporal Morrow.J
Specialist McMaster.G
Specialist Bates.J
Specialist Ryder.D

Pros:

• All enjoyed the OP
• Sneak attack portion on the enemy FOB was highly commended even with the wait, just listening to the enemies on the other side of crest chatting.
• Good communications (comms) between the infantry units on the ground
• Overall great movements onto the objectives between the ground units and team work was top notch
• Good immersion

Cons:

• Had a comms and objective mishap that caused a short blue on blue objective Bravo bunker, no casualties.
• Had some breaks in the chain of command causing some confusion due to leadership going down then coming back up. Relinquishing command issues.

 

[Mariani.S]

Element Callsign: DAO-3-4 Mortar
Mortar Leader: Sergeant Mariani.S
Mortar Gunner: Specialist Whitehead.B
Mortar Assistant: Private Zaren.T

Pros:

• Communication between DAO-6 for call for fire
• Team Communications were on point and effective
• Team was fast on setting up ranges and correcting fire on the spot with minimal oversight from Mortar Lead
• Team dropped accurate danger close to help save infantry on the bridge

Cons:

• Tan uniforms might have made PID a little easier
• Blue on Blue on OP Bravo due to no communication to Infantry teams of the relocation of DAO-6 and DAO-3/4 Mortars.

 

[Tharen.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: DAO 3-2
Element Leader: Colonel Tharen.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Tharen.R
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Wulf.C

Pros:

• Tank fun

Cons:

• None

 

[Derry.B]

LOCKED

 

[Derry.B]

Assigned Scotts.R for processing

 

[Scotts.R]

S1/ OPERATION PROCESSED

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 OPERATIONS AUDIT COMPLETE