AAR Arma 3 | Campaign Operation Northern Lights - Phase V

[Burton.P]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Name of Combat Mission: Phase 5
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Operation Northern Lights
Number within campaign: 5/X
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20MAR21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z
Mission OIC: Specialist Burton.P
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Geki.T

Number of Attendees: - 29

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Colonel Mitsuma.R
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Staff Sergeant Geki.T
Sergeant Mazinski.H
Corporal Couvillion.T
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Burton.P
Specialist Whitfield.L
Private Grills.A
Specialist Whitehead.B
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Wittman
Private Krawczyk.W
Corporal Singhal.P
Private First Class Bishop.C
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Sypolt.R
Corporal Stewart.B
Corporal Saint.Z
Specialist Terp.J
Corporal Collins.J
Specialist Berry.D
Corporal Sky.N
Corporal Kastor.K
Specialist Marcus.J
Sergeant Black.A
Staff Sergeant Coots.J
Corporal Katsu.I
Specialist Sypolt.R

Pros:

• Great comms
• Lots of missions for CAS
• All targets detroyed
• Perfect mission for AC-130 instead of Blackfish (Recommendation)
• Infidel gave it 2 thumbs up
• Good comms
• No blacks under atlas care
• Excellent comms between Viking 6, 1 and 2

Cons:

• Route recon was slightly confusing
• Trench clearing could use some work
• Infantry stuck inside a vehicle too much
• Need to use drones more, unsure of when/how to use them
• Gear-checks need to be done consistently (Not just ammo, but making sure weapon systems are available)
• Slow-brewing
• Pacing seemed to be slow

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

 

[Rosefield.M]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas-1
Element Leader: Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Whitehead.B

Pros: Fun op
no black casualties while under care

Cons: bit slow
initial loadouts were broken
no medical crates to load into atlas vic

 

[Stewart.B]

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

Element Callsign: Viking-1
Element Leader: Corporal Stewart.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Connelly.M
Corporal Wittman
Private Krawczyk.W
Corporal Singhal.P
Private First Class Bishop.C
Specialist Rodahl.S
Private Grills.A
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Whitfield.L


Pros:

• Good communication on radios and with fireteams
• fireteam and sierra effectiveness was great, minimal casualties
• good support from atlas and CAS

Cons:

• Talking in the sierra from the troopers led to confusion in comms during travel
• loadouts were incorrect at the start
• dismounts were a bit messy, reacting to contact on dismounts even messier

 

[Saint.Z]

Element Callsign: Viking-2
Element Leader: Corporal Saint.Z

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Saint.Z
Specialist Terp.J
Corporal Collins.J
Corporal Couvillion.T
Specialist Berry.D
Corporal Sky.N
Corporal Kastor.K
Specialist Marcus.J
Sergeant Black.A
Staff Sergeant Coots.J
Corporal Katsu.I

Pros:
-Fire Teams worked well
-Solid Communications from both Fire teams, and Sierra
-Solid Comms with the other squads and 6
-The Squads aggression in combat fueled my Soul
-"see that MG bunker? hit it with the javelin and follow up with MAAWs"

Cons:
-team confused on how to go about recon
-need some work on tench clears as a platoon
-team became extreamly bored counting rivets inside a metal coffin
-we require drone practice

SL Remarks:
-Do not remove mission critical equipment from the truck to make room for personal ammo

also some of my guys are missing from the main rooster for attendance, list of my troopers are within my AAR

 

[Mitsuma.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Hammer - 1
Element Leader: Colonel Mitsuma.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Mazinski.H
Specialist Sypolt.R

Pros:
0 Lost aircraft, 0 attempts
What enemy vic? You mean those fiery wrecks
Awesome FAC, accurate gunners
Hammer sips fuel, 2.5 hour Op on one tank with little under half to go.

Cons:
Attempting to move out of the left gunner seat to anywhere else tends to eject you from the a/c
AC130 Needed

 

[Rav.T]

LOCKED

 

[Rav.T]

Processed S1/Operations updated.

 

[Burton.P]

LOCKED

Added Sypolt. He was the only one missing from the main roster.

 

[Rav.T]

Added Sypolt. He was the only one missing from the main roster.

Credit given.