AAR AAR Arma 3 | August Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 201

[Sparrow.P]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: Warfare Wednesday 201
Number Within Campaign: 2/5
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: ARMA 3 TacR
Date of Combat Mission:09AUG23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Beiter.A | Chief Warrant Officer 2 Sparrow.P | Specialist Eugene.R
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Bethea.A

Personnel in attendance: 44
Major Burton.P
First Lieutenant Beiter.A
Second Lieutenant Bethea.A
Second Lieutenant Highman.J
Second Lieutenant Sam.T
Second Lieutenant Searle.I
Sergeant Major Preacher.A
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sutodoreh.W
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Berg.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Villmarsson.L
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Sergeant Adunno.D
Sergeant Crowley.T
Sergeant Guerra.J
Sergeant Hilberg.A
Sergeant Westcott.R
Corporal Fox.Z
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Mobius.T
Corporal Teddy.J
Corporal Velasquez.J
Corporal Zaren.T
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Warrant Officer 1 Corbin.R
Specialist Grizzle.M
Specialist Spin.M
Specialist Eugene.R
Specialist Frags.J
Specialist Krupa.W
Specialist Mize.M
Specialist Morris.T
Specialist Renard.S
Specialist Rodahl.S
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Tallamy.D
Specialist Willson.JA
Private First Class Mason.H
Private Dray.T
Private Sawyer.H
Private Slaughter.J
Private Walker.R

Retired/Public Players:

 

[Sam.T]

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

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

Pros

• OP Concept was solid.
• The pacing felt excellent!
• Actual resupply and reconsolidation were done! It's always a massive pro for me.
• There was a lot of work; it felt like Atlas was busy with something for the entire op.
• Good CQB; I got involved in helping clear some buildings myself, just filling in holes where they appeared in the ranks.

Cons

• There was a low turnout of billeted medics, which is always a bummer.
• The radio backpack is still not whitelisted for the platoon medic, and permissions are still hit or miss (not sure about the perms; I could stitch wounds but could not place lines; this is unusual...). The USP Tactical Backpack really needs to be whitelisted for all platoon-level assets, as each asset is required to be on a minimum of 3 radio nets (the PM, for instance, needs to be on the platoon, HQ short range, and Med/sustainment net, which isn't workable with a single radio).

 

[Spin.M]

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

Element Callsign: BUFFALO-1
Element Leader: SPC. Spin.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
BUFFALO 2/3/4
WO.1 Hamm.C
2LT Highman.J
WO.1 Spitnale.K
PVT. Sawyer.H
PVT. Slaughter.J
SPC. Grizzle.M
PFC. Mason.H


Pros:

• Rotary was well utilized
• Additional missions for AI CSAR which broke up the flight and provided additional missions during INF missions
• Real and AI CSARs
• Hot LZs and door gunners got to fire a lot
• amazing comms with 5 and great coordination witht he troops on the ground, BUFF was in the loop on all movements and LZs
• Night time is difficult but is always fun and challenging
• Great inter-flight comms and coordination even when birds were split into multiple flights

Cons:

• AI door gunners did not work after first missions with them, after they were not working they should have been noted and removed from birds as they took up space from the exfil
• Timing on insert seemed to have messed up fixed wing strikes upon insert
• 2x rotary bird went down on inserts, but recovered via CSAR expeditiously

 

[Phillips.B]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Phillips.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• Sergeant First Class Abate.L
• Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
• Sergeant Guerra.J
• Corporal Fox.Z
• Corporal Zaren.T
• Specialist Beta.P
• Specialist Frags.J
• Specialist Rodahl.S
• Specialist Willson.JA
• Private Walker.R

Non-7th Cavalry Within Element:

• N/A

Pros:

• Overall Enjoyment
  • One of the better WFW of late
• Good Concept
• Good/Consistant Contact
• Our Initative
  • Constantly looking for better positions
  • Lots of trigger time as a result
• Our Cross Loading Ammunition
  • Good organization of ammunition
• Good Movement
  • Indended or not, Good entry into ORP as Weapons

Cons:

• Slower Second Half
  • Fewer contact
  • Poor SBF positions
  • Comms breakdown
• Blue-on-Blue
  • Need for Phase-lines
  • Dangers of lowlight, long distance support

 

[Westcott.R]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-5
Element Leader: Sergeant Westcott.R

Pros

• Fantastic OP concept and execution by MC's, extremely immersive environment and contact felt real!
  
  
• Buffalo Flight were consummate professionals (as always), always exactly where I needed them when I needed them, Inserts went smoothly (bonus points for my "close as you dare" fraggo), resupply run was plentiful and on point, OUTSTANDING comms all night long, and the landing on PZ for exfil was one of the sexiest formations ever exhibited in an OP!
  
  
• Misfit-6 and Misfit-7 were absolute pleasures to work with and really got all the things done all night long...Good job keeping your foot on the gas and keeping us moving.
  
  
• Really good movements/bounding by Misfit-4 pretty much the entire OP...they never sat still but kept on seeking better sightlines/coverage of the platoon.
  
  
• All Misfit squads were exceptionally swift and violent the entire OP...with Atlas trailing right in their footsteps. Everyone was pretty switched on with tons of great individual soldier discipline!

Cons

• I had to put on the PSG hat and enforce I.R. strobe usage during maneuvers and getting people off my resupply/CCP area expediently (this isn't really a CON as I got to RP a hard-ass a bit) .
  
  
• Fawks NVG filters still not working (we the people demand the White Phosphorus filter).

 

[Bethea.A]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Bethea.A

Pros

• Very good Op. Fit well with the story and was exciting tasking.
• Excellent work from all element leads in executing the plan!
• Big shout out to Westcott for getting the Platoon stepped off on time and keeping us armed.
• Buffalo flight did an awesome job getting us onto our very aggressive LZs.
• Atlas did a good job keeping up with casualties despite the Op pacing.

Cons

• Will continue to improve on my understanding of how to utilize Alpha fixed wing.
• Will work on finding SBF's positions that are a little more long lived for 4.
• FRAGO for the 3rd objective was not necessary and I should have stuck with the original plan to prevent confusion.

 

[Velasquez.J]

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

Element Callsign:Atlas-1
Element Leader: CPL.Velasquez.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

CPL.Velasquez.J
PVT.Dray.T

Non-7th Cavalry Within Element:
Dr.Weird
Expendable Joe

Pros

• Good teamwork on injuries.
• Resupply.
• Good communication between Atlas-1 and Misfit-7, which lead to good execution.
• No black casualties.
• Steady work in the whole operation.
• Overall fun OP.

Cons

• The radio for one of the members did not work.
• The radio backpack for leadership in Atlas1 is not spawned in with it, or in the arsenal.
• During the last assault, some houses were left uncleared so we got ambushed while treating Cas, but luckily the AI missed.

 

[Adunno.D]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT-2
Element Leader: Sergeant Adunno.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• Second Lieutenant Searle.I
• Sergeant Crowley.T
• Corporal Teddy.J
• Corporal Kent.R
• Corporal Mobius.T
• Specialist Rok.M

Non-7th Cavalry Within Element:

• Alsasalsa

Pros:

• Overall we loved this WFW OP
  • Definitely one of the best ops I've been too, so much fun.
• Great tempo
  • fast pace was refreshing even when we did hesitate from time to time.
• Leadership did a great job maneuvering the elements in play.
• We had a lot of fun clearing through the buildings and working with MISFT-1 to clear the first town.
• The Demo on the Airfield after HOG-1 was unable to complete his fire mission was a beautiful sight to see.

Cons:

• We did notice some communication breakdown in the last AO.
  • MISFIT - 1 didn't get the plan changes and I believe they also missed the call for noise discipline
• On a squad level:
  • I wish i heard more repeating of orders
  • I could have been more decisive in my orders at times too
  • I'm still getting used to juggling comms and handling a squad I hope to get more practice in the future too.

 

[Gann.T]

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

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Burton.P
Sargeant Major Preacher.A
Sargeant Hilberg.A
Corporal Kastor.K
Specialist Bonnet.A
Specialist Morris.T
Specialist Tallamy.D

Pros:

• Good intra-squad communication
• Good fire control
• Good overall mission planning

Cons:

• Pace was extremely quick
• Helicopter was shot down
• Resupply was very limited

 

[Xinos.T]

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[Xinos.T]

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