AAR Arma 3 | Campaign Operation Northern Lights - Phase VII

[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 VII
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: 27MAR21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000Z
Mission OIC: Specialist Burton.P
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Coots.J

Number of Attendees: - 35

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Colonel Tharen.R
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 Wittman.M

7cav.us

Corporal Singhal.P
Private First Class Bishop.C
Corporal Saint.Z
Specialist Berry.D
Corporal Sky.N
Corporal Kastor.K
Specialist Marcus.J
Corporal Katsu.I

Warrant Officer 1 Gann.T

7cav.us

Corporal Wisser.C

Staff Sergeant DAmico.D

7cav.us

Corporal Dan Maco
Corporal Morrow.J
Specialist Dio.B
Recruit Moon.P
Corporal Guerra.J
Private Miller.DC
Recruit Kavinsky.S

Corporal Macdonald.I

7cav.us

Corporal Boyd.M

Pros:

• Excellent comms between Misfit, Atlas, and steel rain
• Atlas saved many many lives
• Forced to adapt
• Lots of highly volatile situations
• Overall, killed a lot of bad guys

Cons:

• Maybe a little too much OPFOR IDF
• Undermanned
• Slow platoon reaction to IDF
• Trying to consolidate under IDF

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 2
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Dan Maco



Pros:
Self care was decent
Contacting were taken out quickly

Cons:
First engagement was rushed resulting in multiple callsigns being sighted for mortars.
Was left on a ridge with a Red Tagged Misfit 6 while friendly drove off the ridge not hearing me call out.
Attendance for Op and Atlas was poor
Atlas 4 should be been included a mission suited for Atlas 4 for Vehicle resupply and repairs.
Died twice to being left alone with a injured misfit 6 and again once spawned at re-spawn point.

 

[Gann.T]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-5
Element Leader: Corporal Gann.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Gann.T



Pros:
Platoon comms was good
Killed 320+ contacts and armor
Movement was good for how small unit was
React to contact was good

Cons:
Very small turnout
Squads spaced out
Lack of resupply
Large amount of casualties

 

[Couvillion.T]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Couvillion.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Tharen.R
Sergeant Couvillion.T
Corporal Katsu.I
Corporal Wittman
Corporal D'Amico.D
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Wisser.C
Corporal Macdonald.I
Specialist Berry.D
Specialist Marcus.J


Pros:
Difficulty due to lack of attendance
Forced to Adapt
Aggressive OPFOR
Good Fireteam Movement


Cons:
Difficulty due to lack of attendance
Overall poor reaction to IDF due to compounding casualties
Lack of resupply resulted in lack of mobility due to losing the use of a vehicle going black on ammo

 

[Saint.Z]

Element Callsign: Misfit-4
Element Leader: Corporal Saint.Z

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Geki.T
Corporal Saint.Z
Private First Class Bishop.C
Specialist Whitehead.B
Corporal Morrow.J
Specialist Dio.B
Recruit Moon.P
Corporal Guerra.J
Private Miller.DC
Recruit Kavinsky.S
Corporal Sky.N
Corporal Lucander.P

Pros:
-Troopers enjoyed the difficulty and mission
-Out numbered 15/1, target rich environment
-Lots of new troopers and their first op
-Employed a proper weapons team motorized loadout as per the 7th cav charlie co standard
-All weapon systems used at least once during the mission en order to maximize enemy casualties and bathe in pink mist
-At least twice did we employ a squad line, maximized fire and then pushed contact bearing down with nothing short of withering fire.
-I attempted to keep my men alive and uninjured in the most Enemy casualty producing fashion while supporting 1st squad
-Minimal casualties sustained past red tags.


Cons:
-Initial engagement had mortars land on our backs with enemy at front. I told my squad to break and fall back, a more suitable answer was to push contact as we were winning the fight, and the platoon suffered from it
-PLT macro movement of my squad was risky to head through enemy IDF
-Our calls for fire were within 100-200 meters while using 155 rounds
-TOW Humvee had little to engage with, our Intel on enemy armor, and enemy fixed positions was lacking and we could not engage properly
-As a platoon we gathered under IDF and consolidated too many times
-One of my Gun teams began search and destroy on enemy IDF position without support from either 1st or its sister gun team
-Unfortunately some troopers weren't able to engage as much due to the TOW, or Driving
-We need better/reformed weapons kits
-We had units drive to an unsecured RP/ORP and suffered from enemy contact due to it.
-We moved more like 2 platoons rather than 2 squads, due to this we were out of proper supporting range.

SL Remarks:
-our numbers in ops have dwindled as of late, we need to stop acting like our 2 squads are a whole 2 platoons. On map the plan looks good but on the ground terrain determines our effectiveness. Allow the squads to talk between each-other and conduct the micro movements that lead to the success of our missions.
-we should be more open to using 155 and artillery, it'll increase our effectiveness.
-We may want to look at revolving the platoon around the weapons team instead of the assault team. what we are doing is failing to conduct proper and pertinent leaders recon on ground, and therefor failing to find a proper SBF. At the initial briefing we need to involve the WSL much more in-depth, allow him to tell you what weapons will be the most effective, and how he can deploy them effectively to cover the sister squad/platoon. We often kick off the assault without full coverage or deployment of the weapons team, It often ends with the assaulting squad taking mass casualties.

 

[DAmico.D]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Couvillion.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Tharen.R
Sergeant Couvillion.T
Corporal Katsu.I
Corporal Wittman
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Wisser.C
Specialist D'Amico.J
Specialist Berry.D
Specialist Marcus.J


Pros:
Difficulty due to lack of attendance
Forced to Adapt
Aggressive OPFOR
Good Fireteam Movement


Cons:
Difficulty due to lack of attendance
Overall poor reaction to IDF due to compounding casualties
Lack of resupply resulted in lack of mobility due to losing the use of a vehicle going black on ammo

You might have meant to tag me, there's another D'Amico now in the 7Cav

 

[Burton.P]

You might have meant to tag me, there's another D'Amico now in the 7Cav

Fixed.

 

[Boyd.M]

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

Element Callsign: ATLAS 1
Element Leader:Corporal Boyd.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Boyd.M
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M


Pros:
Self care


Cons:
Low attendance for Op and Atlas
Atlas 4 should be been included a mission suited for Atlas 4 for Vehicle resupply and repairs.
strange angles of attack were chosen

 

[Burton.P]

Master roster updated.

 

[Derry.B]

LOCKED

 

[Derry.B]

S1 Operations Processed.