AAR ARMA 3 | March Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 182

[Tucker.C]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Warfare Wednesday 182
Number Within Campaign: 5/5
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 Tactical Realism
Date of Combat Mission: 29MAR23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z (1800)
Mission OIC: COL.LaCombe.M
Mission Controller: Corporal Tucker.C | Corporal Hilberg.A | Corporal Robbi.J | Specialist Bethea.A

Number of Attendees: 51

Command Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Colonel LaCombe.M
Major Dread.M
Major Burton.P
Sergeant Major Schmidt.A
First Sergeant Summerfield.P
First Sergeant Jupiter.J
Second Lieutenant Sam.T
Second Lieutenant Mackey.A
Second Lieutenant Beiter.A
Warrant Officer 1 Thumper.N
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Warrant Officer 1 Sparrow.P
Warrant Officer 1 Spitnale.K
Warrant Officer 1 Berg.J
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Whitehead.B
Sergeant Guerra.J
Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Norman.B
Sergeant Santoyo.T
Sergeant Phillips.B
Sergeant Narramoor.A
Corporal Bane.K
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Zander.D
Corporal Armitage.T
Corporal Robbi.J
Corporal Crowley.T
Corporal Hilberg.A
Corporal Tucker.C
Corporal Adunno.D
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Otakar.D
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Hans.D
Specialist Dixon.E
Specialist Bethea.A
Specialist Sorrow.R
Specialist Renard.S
Specialist Denny.C
Private First Class Searle.I
Private First Class Tallamy.D
Private Arnesen.B
Private Rok.M

Retired/Public Members
BETA
CCWO J.Swan [RANGER]
Miner166
Rastalion
RET.Houston.T

 

[Thumper.N]

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

Element Callsign: Raider-1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Nate "Justicar" Thumper

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Warrant Officer 1 Leo "Plan-B" Villmarsson

Pro:

• A lot of fires, escort, AAA engagement, fast engagements.
• Excellent communication between CAS and Infidel.

Con:

• A bit of confusion where Buffalo engaged at the final objective compound with M134 without authorization.

 

[Beiter.A]

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

Element Callsign: INFIDEL-1
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Beiter.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
None

Pro:

• Had a lot of fun running infidel tonight!
• Got to make some close calls for fire from multiple directions on OBJ2
• Got saved by Berg.J from a T-72 that was 50 meters away which was pretty awesome

Con:

• Minor issue when Santoyo.T pushed me off a building causing both my legs to shatter into my hip
• Had two troopers get lost 400 meters away from main platoon element , helped them back home but could've been avoided

 

[Armitage.T]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-1
Element Leader: Corporal Armitage.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Command Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Sergeant Major Schmidt.A
Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Santoyo.T
Corporal Adunno.D
Specialist Sorrow.R
Specialist Denny.C
Private First Class Tallamy.D


Pro:
-Had a fun time overall.
-Good Comms from top to bottom.
-Great react to contact.
-OIC succession was good.
-Everyone knew what was going on and where to be.

Con:
-Had PID issues leading into blue on blue.
-A little bit of downtime at one point, but not too bad.
-Armi is the fun police. =(

 

[Sparrow.P]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo-2
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Sparrow.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pro:

• Fun OP
• Good Teamwork
• Fun time with the people who were there
• Buffalo getting hit by a mortar

Con:

• Personally, I wish we were punished for using the same routes in and out. We train primary and secondary route planning but it doesn't get done but this is a con
• No infantry attacking the downed helo

 

[Berg.J]

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

Element Callsign: HOG-1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Berg.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
None

Pro:

• Everything was on point. Not a single complaint.
• I got to work with the best teammates I could ask for.
• Saved Beiter.A from a T-72 that was 50 meters away which was pretty awesome.

Con:

• Thumper.N said I didn't eat enough SAMs.

 

[Sam.T]

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

Element Callsign: Atlas-1
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sam.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Crowley.T
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Dixon.E
Corporal Bane.K


Pro:

• Considering the late start with map marking and the red light, we had a very quick prep time and a fairly quick step-off into the AO.
• Tons of medical work tonight. Multiple MASCAS scenarios to work through.
• Good comms between alpha and bravo teams, with numbers permitting fairly independent actions from both.
• Very hectic at times, leading to a challenging and fun environment.
• Allowing buddy teams the independence to move freely and support different squads went well.
• Lots of fun, even for the latecomers.
• Good comms with -7 and excellent work on his part regarding medical care.
• Some new faces to Atlas tonight, an excellent first experience for them.
• Lots of surgical work since the number of medics carrying surgical equipment was low. This led to work being very focused.
• Due to movement and the high casualties, there was very little actual "downtime" tonight.
• Excellent CASEVAC work from squads tonight! CLSs and Troopers stepped up to bring casualties back to the CCP, doing what needed to be done. This is something that is very hit-or-miss in operations. And tonight was a "hit."

Con:

• "Bad Frag" incident. Unsure why the medic had an offensive grenade, as they are not included in our SOP kits (intentionally so). Also unsure why their key binds were set up to allow a bad frag. Compounding the issue, when the grenade was thrown, they did not call "bad frag"; they just started yelling, "get away!" which led to confusion and injury of the entire team.
• Subpar PCCs, on my part, lead to the hit-or-miss inclusion of surgical equipment within the team.
• Failure of some troopers to maintain a good distance in the formation led to them being fairly separated from the team. When they took a mortar round and went down, the rest of the team had to scramble to try and save them. This delayed care for the platoon and likely compounded with other factors leading to several black-tags.
• The number of black-tags under care was disheartening. The above-mentioned casualties meant that our remaining medics were spread thinly on the first objective. Having only 1 Atlas member and the platoon medic trying to run a 5-6 trooper MASCAS was not tenable.

 

[Mackey.A]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT 5
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Mackey.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
None

Pro:

• Succession of command. We had numerous cases of FTLs and even troopers stepping up and taking charge during MASCAS's or other situations taking the appropriate initiative to preserve there forces and achieve a successful end state.
• Platoon Communications were running smooth elements cross talking to coordinate action and make recommendations to MISFIT 6.
• Comms with Buffalo, reaction to rapid tasking for EXFILING EPW/HVTs/CIVs out of 2 different AO's.
• Self Aid and buddy aid training has really paid off.

Con:

 

[Hamm.C]

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

Element Callsign: BUFFALO-1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Otakar.D

Pro:

• Extremely fun Air Assault. Great job Mission Maker, Misfit-6, and Misfit-5. Really great leadership.
• Great comms management and coordination, both intra-bird and ship to ship.
• Really great flying from Alpha Rotary Buffalo elements, with Nap Of Earth (NOE) flight profile required due to hot airspace. Very well done.
• Comms with Misfit-5 were great.
• Initial insert was excellent, with Ground Forces providing excellent 3 sec, 360.
• Extremely hairy but well executed missile evasion by BUFFALO-1... saved aircraft, aircrew, and all pax. That was tough to pull off.

Con:

• Only real OP con I have is that it would have been nice to have more aircrew on the birds. It's always really nice to have more fully crewed birds. But in this case it's totally understandable because we needed pilots first and foremost.
• Con on the comment above about wishing we were "punished" for using the same route. Punished by who and how and why? Not sure why that is valid since the routes taken were deemed safe and while our training educates and allows for all kinds of options, it doesn't require we venture out into the unknown, and potential danger and/or deviate from what we already know are safe routes. Lot of factors to consider here- Line of Advance/Axis of Advance, terrain, BLUFOR/OPFOR locations, spacing, ground threats- AA/AAA, threat levels, Red-Air, Proactive/Reactive/PREDICTIVE, OPORD, etc. etc. Moreover, our training, while extremely valuable, educates us on options .... it does not dictate what we do on the battlefield. Additionally, Godfather's job in official OPs is not to enforce/regulate ["punish"] discretionary/optional training doctrine. This is a sandbox battlefield environment in real time, and wishing "punishment" for doing the right/safe thing is a concerning statement.

 

[Phillips.B]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-2
Element Leader: Sergeant Phillips.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• First Sergeant Jupiter.J
• Sergeant Guerra.J
• Specialist Hans.D
• Specialist Renard.S
• Private Rok.M
• Retired Houston.T

Non-7th Cavalry Within Element:

• BETA
• Rastalion

Pros:

• Squad Cohesion
  • Dealt with contact well
  • Dealt with downtime well
  • Dealt with MASCAS well
• No Black Tags
• Mission Accomplished

Cons:

• Momentum
  • Lack of active platoon movements during contact
• Communication
  • Communication across squads was lacking
  • No contact reports
  • PL intentions unclear
• Contact
  • Our squad had very little
• Danger Close Strikes
  • More than once we were peppered by close strikes
  • News of these strikes never reached us

 

[Xinos.T]

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[Xinos.T]

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