AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign March Warfare Wednesday 2021 - Warfare Wednesday 83

[Gann.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Warfare Wednesday 83
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Campaign March Warfare Wednesday 2021
Number within campaign: 1/4
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Arma 3 Tactical Realism 2
Date of Combat Mission: 03MAR21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300Z
Mission OIC: Specialist Gann.T
Mission Controller: Segreant Mazinski.H

Number of Attendees: 42 Overall

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
First Lieutenant Ronen.P
Second Lieutenant Hobbs.T
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Gonzalez.E
Warrant Officer 1 Ronnings.P
Warrant Officer 1 Sinca.J
Warrant Officer 1 Swagger.J
Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Staff Sergeant Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Ocean.M
Sergeant Barone.E
Sergeant Mazinski.H
Corporal Borenstein.B
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Crapachi.M
Corporal Derry.B
Corporal Guerra.J
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Stewart.B
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Ashford.H
Specialist Bowman.B
Specialist Cazarotti.V
Specialist Dohun.T
Specialist Gann.T
Specialist Sypolt.R
Specialist Whitehead.L
Specialist Whitfield.L
Private First Class Hunter.A
Private Bishop.C
Private Grills.A
Reservist Tsin.S


Retired Taylor.C

Public Players:
BiplBopl
Dr. Wierd
Niclas
Wayne.C
Private J. Destroyer
PFC Zander

Pros

• Comms were concise and good
• All cogs moved well Together
• Squad Leaders were very Good
• Leadership held op together well
• Infantry loved mission
• Sparrow and Hawg loved mission

Cons

• Slightly sluggish
• To much for one mission
• Not enough time

 

[Whitfield.L]

Element Callsign: HAWG-1
Element Leader: Specialist Whitfield.L

Pros -

• Comms between SPARROW & HOG with INFIDEL, GUNSLINGER-5 & TEXAN-1 were spot on.
• Many low-resolution images of the main Convoy.
• Enjoyed conducting ISR & supporting GUNSLINGER Platoon when needed.
• Switching tasking between TEXAN-1 & INFIDEL kept HAWG-1 busy.

Cons -

• Operation Scope & Pace seemed too large & slow based on OPORD & size of AO.
• I marked tripod DSHKM as a Civilian which resulted in GUNSLINGER-2 getting ambushed.

 

[Kastor.K]

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-1
Element Leader: Corporal Kastor.K

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Private Grills.A
Corporal Crapachi.M
First Lieutenant Ronen.P
Reservist Tsin.S
Specialist Dohun.T
Retired Taylor.C

Public Personnel Involved in Action:
BiplBopl
Niclas


Pros -

• Great to see initiative from a Private to take FTL/2IC in a squad
• Very good job by FTLs and squad over all, both Cav and public personnel
• Enjoyable by public players, potential recruitment source
• Only one KIA (myself) despite being in hot engagements quite a lot of time
• Good long range enemy fire which was harrassing, suppressing, but not immediately deadly
• Finally uparmoured HMMVs!

Cons -

• Not allowed to resupply almost black .50 cal ammo before pushing to next objective on the literal first vehicle of the convoy in hostile territory
• ATLAS-3 had very little to nothing to do all op, completely not taken into account during action
• An objective push over 500-600m of open ground, under fire
• Hesitation in CQB resulting in SL KIA (and Gun-6 getting yelled at by dying SL )
• Another objective - poor choice of SBF position for Gun-1, no sight lines into objective
• Same objective, Gun-2 assualted before Gun-1 reported being set in SBF; when we got set the objective was announced as cleared
• Long drive forward, already past 2hr mark, half of the convoy missing next objective left for Gun2 to clear, drove for 15-20 minutes into COP only for Endex to be cleared

General participant dissatisfaction with convoy ops in this format. Something needs to be redesigned, because they're too much of a boring drive for passenger troops, especially when terrain is inconducive to MOUT (too much open ground and too many long range threats).

 

[Lucander.P]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas-3
Element Leader: Corporal Lucander.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Velasquez.J

Public Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:

• n/a

Cons:

• Not getting to build after driving for 1h 30 min.
• We were bored being stuck in the rear of the trafic jam.
• Spawn wic dident seem to work as intended.
• Getting ramed by a unit that had "forgot that their mobile jammer was out", almost blowing up the respawn truck, not calling that they would be ariving for a rearm.
• Alot of high volume music and talking from Gunslinger elements, under the whole operation, as such a high volume that i couldent hear half of what leadership was saying on the radios.

 

[Abate.L]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-2
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Leonardo Abate

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Leonardo Abate
Sergeant Barone.E
Corporal Derry.B
Corporal Guerra.J
Specialist Ashford.H
Specialist Bowman.B
Specialist Sypolt.R
Private Hunter.A

Public Personnel Within Element:
Dr.Weird
Wayne.C
Iron Comatose

Pros:

• High Vehicle cohesion.
• Troopers reveled in ambitious amount to achieve and enjoyed convoy.
• Effective pre-planning from 5-6 allowed for better understanding of premise.
• High spirits from troopers in a convoy and mostly mounted environment.
• Highly effective taking of objectives.
• Textbook communications allowed orders and movement to be executed quickly.
• Good work from vehicle crews with precise gunning.
• Despite intensity and necessity for managing squads in and out of convoy, long range comms stayed clear and concise.
• All 3x Vehicles survived entirety of operation.
• No black casualties.

Cons:

• Large undertaking meant second half of operation had to be rushed, with Atlas no longer having time to set deploy COP. Suggest allowing Atlas to build COP half an hour before WFW start next week or by sending sqb file.
• Troopers reported slow pace at times with comments such as hurry up and wait.
• Slight pulling and toeing in first objective to find hostage who was already in another location.
• Clearer statement on switching between platoon net and convoy net needed.

WFW 83 - Just outside Shegara, Lythium

Specialist Sypolt.R inspecting neutralised enemy QRF truck.

 

[Connelly.M]

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

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Connelly.M

Public Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:
Atlas elements worked well within internal interaction
Medics were punctual and responsive
Able to provide security within the Atlas units when needed
Cons:
Poor vehicle safety from infantry units
Poor audio volume control by individuals resulting repetitive issuing of directives

 

[Hobbs.T]

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

Element Callsign: Sparrow - 1
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Tazmin Hobbs

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Tazmin Hobbs
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Gavin Abbassi

Pros:

• Great calls
• Enjoyable with the IED spotting

Cons:

• Comms withs infidel was spotty
• Morphine is bad for you

 

[Stewart.B]

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-3
Element Leader: Corporal Stewart.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Sergeant Major Nexhex.A Warrant Officer 1 Ronnings.P Private Bishop.C Corporal Borenstein.B

Pros:

• Good Movement and flank security by Gun-3
• Saw lots of action, especially at the end when we were tasked with assaulting a fortified position with 5 members.

Cons:

• Convoy movement seemed slow, stopping in dangerous areas to investigate things.
• Being in the rear was less exciting than being a spearhead element.

 

[Kinser.E]

LOCKED

 

[Kinser.E]

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