AAR [ARMA3] Campaign Overlord 1944, Operation Neptune H-Hour

[Gann.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Neptune H-Hour
Campaign of Combat Mission: Campaign Overlord 1944
Number Within Campaign: 2/2
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 TacR
Date of Combat Mission: 5JUN22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Gann.T
Mission Controller: Sergeant Raeder.U
Attendees : 96
Major General Jarvis.A
Colonel Lombardi.M
Colonel Tharen.R
Major Hobbs.T
Captain Burton.P
Captain Rob.Y
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
First Lieutenant Dread.M
First Lieutenant Stewart.B
Second Lieutenant Beat.S
Second Lieutenant Derry.B
Second Lieutenant Gann.T
Second Lieutenant Smithson.R
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Abbassi.G
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Liber.N
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stetchkov.A
Warrant Officer 1 Baruch.J
First Sergeant Little.D
Sergeant First Class Huber.B
Sergeant First Class Preacher.A
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Cotton.R
Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T
Staff Sergeant Lamb.J
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Sergeant Black.A
Sergeant Maco.D
Sergeant Morozov.M
Sergeant Raeder.U
Corporal Anderson.J
Corporal Bargo.J
Corporal Cazarotti.V
Corporal Davidson.J
Corporal Dunn.W
Corporal Ewing.R
Corporal Fox.S
Corporal Gerrish.T
Corporal Harvey.S
Corporal Hunter.A
Corporal Jupiter.J
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Norman.B
Corporal Novak.I
Corporal Varnado.J
Corporal Whitehead.B
Corporal Wiese.M
Corporal Wisser.C
Specialist Bishop.C
Specialist Boyd.M
Specialist Coots.J
Specialist Corveaux.A
Specialist Eagas.L
Corporal Easson.T
Specialist Eugene.R
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Hilberg.A
Specialist Holiday.T
Specialist Lee.R
Specialist Mitchell.L
Specialist OBrien.T
Specialist Phillips.B
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Ryder.D
Specialist Sam.T
Specialist Silver.G
Specialist Swagger.J
Specialist Turner.L
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Bowman.B
Private First Class Burlas.J
Private First Class Collins.A
Private First Class Cooper.N
Private First Class Stalker.E
Private First Class Stanley.K
Private First Class Swift.R
Private First Class Trent.G
Private First Class Villmarsson.L
Private Davis.K
Private Morley.J
Private Morton.Q
Private Taylor.G


Pros:

• People had alot of fun getting off the beach

Cons:

• Frames were poor at times
• Mission was too short

If you do not see your name in the list above, please contact me.

 

[Saint.Z]

Element Callsign: Dog 1-1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Saint.Z

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
Sergeant First Class Huber.B
Staff Sergeant Cotton.R
Staff Sergeant Saint.Z
Corporal Novak.I
Corporal Harvey.S
Corporal John.K
Corporal Wisser.C
Corporal Bargo.J
Corporal Cazarotti.V
Corporal Rook.J
Specialist Lee.H
Specialist Phillips.B

Pros:

• Loved the chaos that is the Normandy beach, Rapid fall of CoC and just a need to survive and push to safety

Cons:

• Slot reservation needs to be redefined, usually signing up for a roll in a squad as minor as a Rifleman was honored and the trooper was given the slot. this was clearly appearant back in 2019 and prior when we had large operations. If it is a public op then you should reserve a few slots out of all the squads for public players (and if they dont show up 5 min prior then fill it with cav members).
• Sever start was poorly handled, as leaders we had a lack of tact when it came to telling players we had to down scale and thus cut from 100+ to 80 players. Because of our words we probably lost 30 dudes who just wanted to play in a cool op. secondly this was a public op, we shouldnt kick public players for a public op. IMO we should have asked for volunteers in which we had to leave then go on to follow SOP on kicking players such as those who didnt sign up. However the way in which we handled this op, and yesterdays op regarding the troopers who signed up vs personnel present; I had old and new troopers come to me about thoughts of discharge. if our own troopers, including leaders, dont like how it was handled than the public players certainly don't like being treated as an after thought or throw-away player.

SL Remark:
If the server cannot run the op, either find a way to run a better version, run a second game of the same file, or together we can all suffer the same lagg and dysnc as a unit and know we suffered terrible dysnc as a group of 100 dudes

 

[Lombardi.M]

Element Callsign: Dog 1-6
Element Leader: Colonel Lombardi.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Lombardi.M
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stetchkov.A
First Sergeant Little.D
Specialist Fox.M

 

[Dread.M]

Element Callsign: Dog 2-1
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Dread.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Rob.Y
Second Lieutenant Beat.S
Second Lieutenant Smithson.R
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Abbassi.G
Corporal Cameron.J
Specialist Eugene.R
Private First Class Cooper.N
Private First Class Burlas.J
Pros:

• Lots of people showed up super excited for it.
• Great concept and I'm grateful for all the work that went into building it.

Cons:

• Sign up versus slotting needs some work. Troopers that take the time to actually sign up losing to troopers that couldn't be bothered to sign up should lose the chance to play if it isn't leadership positions or specific MOS

 

[Sullivan.A]

Element Callsign: Dog 2-2
Element Leader: Sergeant Sullivan.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Sullivan.A
Specialist Hilberg.A
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Kamenar.M
Specialist Corveaux.A
Private First Class Trent.G
Specialist Silver.G
Specialist Eagas.L
Private First Class Villmarsson.L
Private First Class Swift.R
Specialist Schribes.R
Corporal Ewing.R

Pros:

• Great Experience with Landing on the beach and immersion

Cons:

• I'm not 100% sure about the group respawn feature its kind of jank in my opinion

 

[Couvillion.T]

Element Callsign: Dog 2-3
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Couvillion.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Black.A
Sergeant Morozov.M
Corporal Wiese.M
Corporal Easson.T
Corporal Rozhkov.P
Corporal Jupiter.J
Warrant Officer 1 Baruch.J
Specialist OBrien.T
Specialist Bishop.C
Specialist Turner.L
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Mitchell.L
Specialist Coots.J
Private First Class Collins.A
Private Williams.U



Pros:

• Fun landing on the beach.

Cons:

• Slotting

 

[Lamb.J]

Element Callsign: Dog 1-3
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lamb.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Bowman.B
Specialist Winters.R
Second Lieutenant Derry.B
Specialist Holiday.T
Specialist Ryder.D
Private Morton.Q
Corporal Kamenar.M
Corporal John.K

Pros:

• Good Operational attendance
• Good cohesion within squad
• Fun concept to honor the history of D-Day

Cons:

• Slotting was a nightmare and trying to get in was almost impossible as a Team leader. We need to really be handling OP attendance on the OPORD. Make it where if a SL wants his guys to attend an op as their SP, have them sign the Operational Post so we can get an accurate number readout as well as reserve those slots for those with the correct MOS and work our way down.
• Loading in and getting slotted was a nightmare. Priority should have been this: Leadership elements slot in first, then have other members fill vacancies. Trying to get in as a leader when the server was full was very frustrating.
• Framerate was poor and the server killed itself after we took the beach. Cancelling the mission in my opinion was a terrible idea. A lot of troopers became frustrated at wasting an hour or more of their time for something that only took maybe 30 mins or more.

 

[Burlas.J]

LOCKED

 

[Burlas.J]

Assigned: Xinos.T for processing

 

[Xinos.T]

S1 Operation Processed