AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign February Warfare Wednesday 2021 - Warfare Wednesday 81

[Gann.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Warfare Wednesday 81
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Campaign February Warfare Wednesday 2021
Number within campaign: 3/4
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Arma 3 Tactical Realism 2
Date of Combat Mission: 17FEB21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300Z
Mission OIC: Specialist Gann.T
Mission Controller: Segreant Mazinski.H

Number of Attendees: 31

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
First Lieutenant Cosme.O
Second Lieutenant Ronen
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Spitnale.K
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Vercin.G
Warrant Officer 1 Ronnings.P
Warrant Officer 1 Tyrcon.L
Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Sergeant Barone.E
Sergeant Mazinski.H
Corporal Boyd.M
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Crapachi.M
Corporal Derry.B
Corporal Guerra.J
Corporal Kamenar.M
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Knights.Z
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Bowman.B
Specialist Cazarotti.V
Specialist Dio.B
Specialist Gann.T
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Sypolt.R
Specialist West.Z
Private First Class Dohun.T
Private First Class Hamer.D
Recruit Grills.A


Pros

• Comms were concise and good
• All cogs moved well Together
• Squad Leaders were very Good
• Leadership held op together well

Cons

• Airborne drop took several tries
• Some communications were lost
• Got flanked a large amount

 

[Knights.Z]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger 3
Element Leader: Corporal Knights.Z

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Knights.Z
Corporal Crapachi.M
Recruit Grills.A
Specialist Dio.B
Private First Class Hamer.D
Corporal Guerra.J

Public players:
Kylo
wildabeast464
Niclas

Pros:

• Good coordination within the squad
• HMG Gunners stayed in the guns and let others heal them
• Close contact to spice it up, not just engaging very far contacts
• Very positive overall

Cons:

• Jump brief very slow
• 5 attempts at dropping due to changes in altitude
• Not many ACE reports passed around

 

[Sypolt.R]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas-3
Element Leader: Specialist Ron Sypolt

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal John Velasquez
Warrant Officer 1 Lucas Tyrcon

Public Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:

• Excellent communication between Atlas elements.
• Great fun doing an airborne drop.
• Great resupply efforts by buffalo dealing with multiple LZs and frequent resupply requests.
• Atlas-3 kept moving most of the OP.

Cons:

• Some issues with the jump.
• Some difficulty finding vehicles dropped in later drops.
• Other than for the initial SBF position, Atlas-3 was infrequently used for fortification work or heavy weapon delivery.
• Some communication issues with positioning and availability of resupply and vehicles for the squads.

 

[Ronnings.P]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo 1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 PerOlof Ronnings


7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kevin Spitnale
Warrant Officer 1 PerOlof Ronnings
Corporal Alexander Blackburn


Pros

• We were busy through entire OP (after initial drop) flying re-inserts and re-supply
• Successfull CSAR mission picking up Eagle-2
• Great coms within airframe
• Great coms with Atlas-6
• Crew did a fantastic job
• No airframes lost

Cons

• Buffalo-1-3 was left behind at one point and had to conduct SERE and be picked up later
• Abit of a slow start

 

[Abbassi.G]

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

Element Callsign: Infidel-1
Element Leader: Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Nexhex.A

Public Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:

• Good coordination and communications with -6/Air Units
• Had a few key CAS runs.

Cons:

• Quiet Op

 

[Connelly.M]

Element Callsign: Atlas 6
Element Leader: Corporal Connelly.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Connelly.M

Public Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:

• Excellent communication between Atlas elements.
• Good adaptability to rough insert and flexibility with situational matters.
• Great elements efforts of Atlas 3-4 with buffalo multiple LZ relaying of logistics

Cons:
Infantry mount procedures

 

[Abate.L]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Leonardo Abate

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Vercin.G
Staff Sergeant Leonardo Abate
Sergeant Barone.E
Corporal Derry.B
Specialist Baxter Bowman
Specialist Hans.D

Public Personnel Within Element:
American Liam
Dr.Weird
Wayne.C

Pros:

• High squad cohesion despite chaotic environment.
• Intense and high action fun.
• All troopers enjoyed the realised challenge and premise.
• Good execution of base of fire tactics allowing highly effective fireteam bounding.
• High spirits from troopers despite overwhelming odds.
• Textbook communications allowed orders and movement to be executed quickly.
• Despite hecticness and intensity, squad managed to maintain aggression.
• Strong leadership from all roles.
• Neutralised enemy motorised QRF 4x UAZs and squads.
• No black casualties despite numerous wounding and uncon. Good work from 7 and Atlas assets.
• Despite intensity, long range comms stayed clear and concise. Gunslinger communication between squads was effective.
• Matching Uniforms in squad allowed for easy identification.
• 6 had a good pair of running shoes and managed to be pretty much everywhere in AO.
• A mission that will be talked out for a long while.

Cons:

• Briefing took longer than needed, pushed infil to the 40 minute mark.
• Jump not achieved due to parameters, Titans adopted and managed to proceed.
• Movement inside the town of Sissach was deadly. Shows how far the enemy AI has improved.
• Slightly thin on the ground with doorkickers.
• Utilised enemy equipment due to black ammo by the end of the mission.
• Sadly 5 dropped out early on, putting more pressure on leads.

 

[Kamenar.M]

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-2
Element Leader: MAJ.Waldie.A[RET]

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
MAJ.Waldie.A[RET]
CPL.Kamenar.M
CPL.Kastor.K
SPC.West.Z
PFC.Dohun.T

Public Personnel Within Element:
benja
Broomfield.L
maame
Raven1175
RES.Toliman.K[AR]
Winter

Pros:

• Gun-2 was provided with continual support from Atlas-1 that allowed us to keep advancing through the AO
• Perfect squad leadership
• Adequate squad effectivness with 50% Cav member and 50% public players, one of which was new to Arma.

Cons:

• Lack of air support that could provide cover from the enemy elements located on the northern periphery of town
• We sufferred heavy casualties when clearing the town center (2 black, SL was red, multiple yellow) which killed our momentum and took time to recoup from.
• Communication between FTLs was insufficient

 

[Rav.T]

LOCKED

 

[Rav.T]

Processed S1/Operations updated.