AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign Winter Scythe | Operation Hel's Bastion

[Geki.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Hel's Bastion
Campaign of Combat Mission: Campaign Winter Scythe
Number Within Campaign: 3/x
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Training Server 3
Date of Combat Mission: 26MAR23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Knights.Z
Mission Controller: First Sergeant Geki.T

Attendees : 41
Major Dread.M
Second Lieutenant Highman.J
Second Lieutenant Knights.Z
Second Lieutenant Sam.T
Master Sergeant Maco.D
First Sergeant Geki.T
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Whitehead.B
Staff Sergeant Sullivan.A
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
Sergeant Narramoor.A
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
Corporal Armitage.T
Corporal Robbi.J
Corporal Holiday.T
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Hilberg.A
Corporal Dio.B
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Vincent.L
Corporal Rozhkov.P
Corporal Zander.D
Corporal Lamb.J
Specialist Dixon.E
Specialist Jager.J
Specialist York.KC
Specialist Harris.M
Specialist Davis.D
Specialist Albright.J
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Kiser.C
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Fisher.S
Specialist Stuart.Z
Specialist Keith.W
Specialist Bethea.A
Private First Class Krupa.W
Private Tyler.G (Not given op credit as boot camp/section transfer date was later than operation date - SPC.Groves.A)
Private Mitchell.B (Not given op credit as boot camp/section transfer date was later than operation date - SPC.Groves.A)
Corporal Saint.Z

 

[Sullivan.A]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-4
Element Leader:Staff Sergeant Sullivan.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Sullivan.A
Corporal Robbi.J
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Dio.B
Corporal Hilberg.A
Specialist Fisher.S
Specialist Stuart.Z
Specialist Keith.W
Specialist Bethea.A

Pro:
Lucander destroyed a Tank
Great teamwork & general communication
Hilberg is a boss doing infidel while being a trooper


Con:
BMP section was chaotic due to air assets + us moving in at the same time due to orders coming through simultaneously

 

[Narramoor.A]

Element Callsign: VIKING-5
Element Leader: Sergeant Narramoor.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Maco.D

Pro:
Good initiative demonstrated by the squads and excellent reconsolidation and communication from 1, 2, 4
Excellent comms on the platoon net
Excellent mission making and planning from 6 in forming a functional and engaging mission in such short time.
The break contact and reconsolidation was perfect
The CSAR work from Viking 4 was excellent
Excellent company with 2LT.Sam.T and MSG.Maco.D in the Stryker
I enjoyed flexing my position and assisting elements with contact, security and resupply.
Excellent work from the air assets.

Con:
A TP straight to the town would have mitigated confusion and made things go a bit faster.

 

[Abate.L]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-1
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Abate.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Vincent.L
Corporal Rozhkov.P
Corporal Zander.D
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Kiser.C
Specialist Rodahl.S

Former Personnel Within Element:
[RET]Corporal Macdonald.I

Pro:

• A well executed and adjusted mission. Initial contact allowed us to flex and understand how to approach mission parameters.
• A good use of force multipliers. Effectively responded to any and all enemy assets. Neutralised multiple enemy MBT'S/MECH.
• Penning the term "Aggressive caution". Moved through assigned areas and flexed enemy through contact.
• Spotrep and target identification/location on point.
• Overcame dense terrain, loved map setting and mission objectives.
• Top notch leadership all round.
• Effective work from SIERRA.
• ATLAS always close by and able to rapidly assist.

Con:

• Minor blue on blue incident.
• Thermals lacking in suitability.
• MCA items locked.

Note: Tonight was a brilliant showcase of how dynamic our MOS can be. Recon/Maneuver/Engage/Repeat. Top work all round.

 

[Knights.Z]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Knights.Z


Pro

• Platoon executed the mission well and performed excellently

Con

• Would have made a better plan if I had been able to get a hold of the OPORD before mission start.

 

[Whitehead.B]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-2
Element Leader: SSG.Whitehead.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Whitehead.B
Dixon.E
Thomas.M
Armitage.T
Jager.J
Krupa.W
York.KC
Lamb.J
Harris.M
Saints.Z
Former Personnel Within Element:
Houston

Pro:

• Good operation everything worked well and cleanly done
• Acurate 40mm fire to the point of direct impacting heads
• Pretty standard Good react to contacts
• Everyone did good Miles better than last dpmc
• Very good FTX Good troopers listening on orders

Con:

• Couple people went down no black casulties
• Careful firing over other fireteams heads

 

[Sam.T]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-7
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sam.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pro:

• Solid turnout from Atlas!
• Good comms.
• Plenty of funny antics throughout.
• Despite the low amount of dedicated medical calls, the Atlas teams managed to stay somewhat occupied throughout.

Con:

• One member of Viking-4 just repeatedly calling for medical during MASCAS triage. Adding additional chatter while the single PM is trying to triage casualties that are actively bleeding and uncon (while the vehicle crew attempts to coordinate movement away from contact) does nothing to remedy the situation. Additionally, self-aide, buddy-aide, and CLS aide are all things to keep in mind.
• As is typical, a little slow for Atlas outside of the initial contact with OPFOR.

 

[Xinos.T]

LOCKED

Assigned Groves.A for processing

 

[Xinos.T]

Geki.T we are going to need the full list of attendees

 

[Geki.T]

Geki.T we are going to need the full list of attendees

Yeah apologies, work week getting the better of me

 

[Groves.A]

Geki.T Hey 1SGT, could you please update the full attendance list in your post so we can process the operation. Thank you

Xinos.T

 

[Geki.T]

Geki.T Hey 1SGT, could you please update the full attendance list in your post so we can process the operation. Thank you

Xinos.T

Yep I'll get to it on a day where I still have some sanity left over from the work day.

 

[Xinos.T]

Knights.Z please update the list of attendees if possible otherwise we will have to deny credit for this operation.

 

[Knights.Z]

Knights.Z please update the list of attendees if possible otherwise we will have to deny credit for this operation.

Geki.T

 

[Xinos.T]

If the Mission Controller can't do it then the Mission OIC Controller can post it. Operation was conducted on 26th of March and now it's April 5th, you have till the end of the day to post the list of attendees.

Kinser.E for awareness

 

[Geki.T]

If the Mission Controller can't do it then the Mission OIC Controller can post it. Operation was conducted on 26th of March and now it's April 5th, you have till the end of the day to post the list of attendees.

Kinser.E for awareness

Can you link me the SOP on this? From what I'm aware, the guidance from S3 is that it is on the Mission Controller, not the OIC, to conduct the AAR appropriately unless agreed on by the OIC and Mission Controller.

2LT.Knights is not responsible for this AAR, I am.

I will work through it tonight and update this thread once completed.

 

[Xinos.T]

After Action Reports
It is the Mission Controller's responsibility to track overall attendance and post an AAR containing the master attendance list within 24 hours of the end of the operation. Mission controllers may delegate this responsibility to willing delegates such as the OIC, other S3 Staff, or any Officer/NCO. While it is not always the OIC's responsibility, the OIC should still be knowledgeable of the process and assist S3 Staff by sending a reminder to all Element Leads to respond to the AAR Post. Element Leads are charged with recording the attendance of troopers within their squad and maintaining their sub-unit AAR response in the AAR thread. All AAR guidance can be found on the After Action Report (AAR) SOP page.


If it is not Posted within 7 Days the OP will not be counted.

AAR - Operation: TPL | Rnd. 1 versus the 7th - 21JAN23

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY S3 BATTLE STAFF Headquarters 7th Cavalry Regiment COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT Name of Combat Mission: TPL .v. 7th Number within Campaign: Round 1 - TPL Game: Hell Let Loose - Console Server Hosted on: Public Match Making Servers Date of Combat Mission: 21JAN23 Time of...

7cav.us

 

[Geki.T]

Mission controllers may delegate this responsibility to willing delegates such as the OIC, other S3 Staff, or any Officer/NCO.

As the mission controller, I did not delegate this to the OIC, other S3 Staff, or any Officer/NCO. Therefore, 2LT.Knights is not responsible for this AAR.

As mentioned in my previous post, this AAR is my responsibility, so any issues are to be brought to me. Further problems, please utilize CoC.

Working on updates now.

 

[Geki.T]

Master List updated

Apologies for the delays Xinos.T Kinser.E Groves.A

 

[Sam.T]

This post is still missing feedback from Atlas-1 and Atlas-2; if it's alright with everyone, I'd like to throw them into the master list.

I have Atlas-1's feedback here:
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
Specialist Albright.J
Corporal Holiday.T
Specialist Davis.D

Pros

• The team worked well together
• Interteam comms were great
• Atlas did multiple drive-bys on Russian troops

Cons

• Pretty slow with medical calls
• Need to work on some enemy vehicle identification
• Need to work on vehicle gunner commands and communication

I'm working on getting Atlas-2's feedback in now