AAR Arma 3 | Campaign Operation Northern Lights - Phase II

[Colvin.M]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Name of Combat Mission: Phase II
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Operation Northern Lights
Number within campaign: 2/4
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 07MAR21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Colvin.M
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Geki.T

Number of Attendees: - 23

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Colonel Mitsuma.R
Second Lieutenant Colvin.M
Second Lieutenant Hobbs.T
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Warrant Officer 1 Tyrcon.L
Staff Sergeant Geki.T
Corporal Couvillion.T
Corporal Derry.B
Corporal Gibbs.K
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Langlois.R
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Maco.D
Corporal Saint.Z
Corporal Swagger.J
Corporal Whitsel.M
Specialist Burton.P
Specialist Lacasse.P
Specialist Marcus.J
Specialist Mariani.S
Specialist Whitfield.L
Private First Class Latham.A
Private Grills.A

Pros:

• Great Mission Idea
• Carrier Landings were amazing, with only 2 casualties ( LAG )
• Comms with LSO were Excellent
• Overall amazing mission

Cons:

• Pilots concerned of lag, I would investigate to make sure it's not the F-18 Mod
• low 2nd platoon fixed wing turnout
• some sort of AWACS or FAC to coordinate with Fixed wing elements to gather info and aid in strikes.

If I missed your name on the attendance please let me know. This is my First OIC AAR, Just let me know!

 

[Maco.D]

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

Element Callsign: ATLAS 1
Element Leader: Corporal Kieran Kastor (1st Half), Corporal Dan Maco (2nd Half)

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Jesser Marcus
Corporal Zachary Saint
Private Andrew Grills

Pros:
Love doing a flight Medic Role. Have found alot of people are fond of doing the role or seeing it used.
Got shot down in the Blackhawk which made us have to fight our way to friendly forces to be evac'ed out.
Nice to see F-18's used.
I do hope to see more flight medic stuff being used.

Cons:
Frames was horrible at times which in term made CPL.Kastor's game crash.
Only had 2 missions and both was AI 2nd mission we crashed
spent more time on a boat waiting than we were out flying
2x small 4-5 man teams would of been a cool idea to add on perhaps at a different part of the map that the strike missions was on.
Would of been a great chance of trying out the H-60 Pack in a 2x MH-60 team with 2 flight medics on each.

 

[Tyrcon.L]

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

Element Callsign: HORNET-1
Element Leader: WO1. Tyrcon. L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Whitsel.M
Corporal Gibbs.K
Corporal Swagger.J

Pros:
Carrier ops are a beautiful thing when done right, and they were done right.
Great performance between Hornet flight taking out ground targets.
Was legit cool to finally have the F-18 be used in such a great setting, startup and all.
I personally landed and re-armed 4 times in the pitch black.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE F/A-18E MOD

Cons:
Frames were impossible as soon as the entire flight (including medics) flew over the land of the map. stuttering between 1-3 frames. as soon as back over the ocean for landings and whatnot frames went back to 15-20.
Low overall turnout for an OP that was signed up for.
F/A-18E startup is still new to some people, causing one pilot to launch right into the water at the start of the op.

 

[Mitsuma.R]

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

Element Callsign: Deathstar
Element Leader: Colonel Mitsuma.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Mitsuma.R

Pros:
Carrier ops are a beautiful thing when done right, and they were done right. Carrier Ops always a win.
Good Mission design for need of UAV ISR
0 Drones shot down, 2 attempts


Cons:
2 Drones lost on start up -- had tertiary thrust switch on so they turned engines on and immediately flew off the edge of the carrier the second I would take controls
Despite good mission design for UAV, Deathstar wasn't utilized by aviation elements beyond initial ISR before Hornets took off. 0% communication with air assets despite attempted calls to cover the crew of a downed helicopter. Planes just did their own thing. A con proposed above requiring an AWACs or FAC to help with strikes despite having an ISR platform dedicated to them are proof of this.

 

[Kinser.E]

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[Kinser.E]

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