AAR ARMA 3 | December Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 170

[Dunn.W]

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

Name of Combat Mission: WFW 170
Number Within Campaign: 2/2
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Tactical Realism
Date of Combat Mission: 14DEC22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Mission OIC: Sergeant Beiter.A
Mission Controller: Corporal Dunn.W

Attendants:
Captain Burton.P
First Lieutenant Spiers.M
Second Lieutenant Phillips.B
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Van Alstine.R
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Novak.I
Sergeant Beiter.A
Sergeant Norman.B
Sergeant OBrien.T
Sergeant Sam.T
Sergeant Whitehead.B
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
Corporal Dunn.W
Corporal Saint.Z
Corporal Velasquez.J
Corporal Westcott.R
Corporal Zander.D
Corporal Zaren.T
Corporal Thrawn.N
Specialist Kiser.C
Specialist Spin.M
Specialist Armitage.T
Specialist Berg.J
Specialist Crowley.T
Specialist Narramoor.A
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Xinos.T
Private First Class Albright.J

 

[Berg.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Odin Battery
Element Leader: Specialist Jeran "Binks" Berg - Odin 1
Element Members:
Corporal Zachary Saint - Odin 2
Corporal Trygve Zaren - Odin 3

Pros:

• 3-gun Paladin battey.
• Lots of calls for fire, almost no downtime.
• Last salvo consisted of 96 consecutive 155mm HE rounds.

Cons:

• Radio issues for the first part of the op on Odin 1's end.

 

[Spin.M]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: BISON-1
Element Leader: SPC Spin.M - BISON - 1

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
WO1 Hamm.C - BISON 1-2

Pros:

• Good fun
• lots to engage
• Good engagements and camera work from co-pilot
• good flight comms and work between pilot and copilot
• Good amount of time for the OP
• Pretty solid comms between 5 and air

Cons:

• Could improve inter flight comms for radio delegation
• No inserts/extract
• 5 did well coordinating air, but having a separate infidel would be beneficial

 

[Velasquez.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Atlas-1
Element Leader: CPL.Velasquez.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
PFC.Albright.J

Non-Cav:
Expendable Joe

Pros:

• A lot of work, due to the scenario.
• Good CCP
• Other members of other squads gave Atlas good medical pass-downs.

Cons:

• Only had 4 Atlas members and by the end only two members.
• Start of the Operation, we didn't get the normal load out saved, used weeks before.
• Need to call out the name of the person that you are working on and the action you are performing.
• A few times members were running low on medical supplies.
• Member died a few times(carrying people)
• Medical perms got reset (Velasquez)

 

[Sam.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit(?)-5
Element Leader: Sergeant Sam.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Sam.T

Pros:

• Fantastic send-off for official WFW OPs; glad we managed to sneak the last one in!
• The OP was super busy throughout due to the level of sheer chaos.
• The concept was terrific; defense and "fighting retreat" style operations always lead to a meat grinder of an experience that keeps everyone busy!
• Air was incredibly helpful and understanding of the ground situation once Infidel stepped away.
• PL took up the IDF calls, which was an absolute lifesaver as I was already trying to do the duties of a PSG, PM, and forward air controller simultaneously.
• Naval Extract was extraordinary! The Mk V SOCs are unique vehicles and super fun to use. I'd love to see these return a little more frequently in the upcoming year!

Cons:

• Zeus Sandbox that we used was not up to date with equipment or staging arsenals. This led to significant kit issues and extra time building kits up. ATLAS was hit especially hard by this, as the older arsenal whitelist iterations do not have most of their equipment. I would like to see this corrected not only for OPs like this but to enable sandboxes to be used in MCCs when the base file isn't conducive to it.
• The lack of an Infidel and Platoon Medic meant that a large part of that responsibility fell upon the PSG. Both units were incredibly understanding, but I feel that their experiences were somewhat handicapped by my constant radio net swapping and inability to coordinate consistently.
• Resupply crates didn't have the right M4 magazines. But then again, the AR and MMG gunners were the ones who needed the most ammo!
• The sudden appearance of a ZSU-23-4 in the middle of the town was a shock; by the time that had been communicated to BISON, and they knew where it was, they were already being engaged.

All in all an excellent OP. I think the only thing I would change would be running as Atlas because that was a fantastic OP for the medics! I haven't seen that level of carnage since Scottland II!

 

[Xinos.T]

LOCKED
Assigned Scotts.R for processing

 

[Scotts.R]

S1/ Operation Processed!