AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign Sahrani Dawn | Operation Imperial Ambitions

[Zaren.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Imperial Ambitions
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Campaign Sahrani Dawn
Number within campaign: 1/?
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Windows Operation Server
Date of Combat Mission: 30SEP23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900z
Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Sam.T
Mission Controller: Corporal Zaren.T, First Lieutenant Beiter.A

Personnel in attendance: 48

1. Lieutenant Colonel Burton.P
2. Major Dread.M
3. Major Stewart.B
4. Captain Mackey.A
5. First Lieutenant Beiter.A
6. First Lieutenant Highman.J
7. First Lieutenant Sam.T
8. Second Lieutenant Bethea.A
9. Second Lieutenant Thumper.N
10. Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
11. Warrant Officer 1 Lindsay.A
12. First Sergeant Geki.T
13. Master Sergeant Zimm.L
14. Staff Sergeant Goel.B
15. Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
16. Staff Sergeant Narramoor.A
17. Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
18. Staff Sergeant Santoyo.T
19. Sergeant Hilberg.A
20. Corporal Dio.B
21. Corporal Holiday.T
22. Corporal Kastor.K
23. Corporal Lucander.P
24. Corporal Maco.D
25. Corporal Mobius.T
26. Corporal Taylor.C
27. Corporal Teddy.J
28. Corporal Willson.JA
29. Corporal Zaren.T
30. Corporal Albright.J
31. Specialist Walker.H
32. Specialist Spin.M
33. Specialist Casey.W
34. Specialist Eugene.R
35. Specialist Krupa.W
36. Specialist Lee.H
37. Specialist Mason.H
38. Specialist Perea.A
39. Specialist Ratte.F
40. Specialist Turner.L
41. Specialist Woods.K
42. Specialist Law.S
43. Private First Class Dray.T
44. Private First Class Sawyer.H
45. Private First Class Walker.R
46. Reservist Arnesen.B

RETIRED:
SFC.Houston.T
Sergeant Blake.H

 

[Holiday.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Atlas-1
Element Leader: CPL.Holiday.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Zimm.L
Private First Class Dray.T
Major Stewart.B

Pros:
Greats comms within squad
Great reaction to casualties
Server ran very well
No black tags under Atlas-1

Cons:
Low amount of casualties

 

[Sam.T]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-6
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Sam.T


Pros:

• This was a super fun OP to OIC.
• The plan was executed effectively despite plenty of "wrenches thrown in the works."
• Our timeline was adhered to pretty well despite a handful of delays.
• The exfil for PLTHQ was probably the most cinematic experience I've had in an OP in a hot minute.
• HVTs were extracted, and the main objective was handled!
• No black tags from within the infantry platoon!

Cons:

• Communication felt a bit rough tonight due to various reasons.
• "Raid" on the second objective was more of an "assault." (However, we did get off the OBJ within our timeframe of 4:00).

 

[Highman.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: LIGHTNING / CHAOS
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Highman.J Lightning-1

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kastor.K - Chaos-1
Specialist Walker.H - Lightning-3
Specialist Mason.H - Chaos-2

Pros:
Great comms among elements
Jericho pre-briefed strike package highly effective
On demand CAS against a BMP1 in contact; great spotting by Chaos; fast turnaround, good effect on target
Several A2A kills
+Special shout out to the Buffalo-4 crew and the Atlas detachment that came and CSARed me and patched me up. 5 stars! Would recommend.

Cons:
Pacing was odd. It was hectic, yet mellow. There were lulls, and sporadic contact
Two sign-ups didn't show up so we had fewer Lightning than planned, yet just as many objectives
Zeus/Mission designers underestimated range and aggressiveness of SA radar and missiles south of PH2

 

[Thumper.N]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo Flight
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Thumper.N (Buffalo 1 Pilot)

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Dread.M (Buffalo 1 Crew Chief)
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Wulf.C (Buffalo 2 Crew Chief)
Warrant Officer 1 Lindsay.A (Buffalo 4 Pilot)
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C (Buffalo 3 Pilot)
Specialist Law.S (Buffalo 4 Crew Chief)
Specialist Spin.M (Buffalo 3 Crew Chief)
Private First Class Sawyer.H (Buffalo 2 Pilot)

Pros:

• A good mission pace and plan.
• Good amount of tasking, and it was real tasking and not busy work.
• A lot of NOE flight and getting shot at.

Cons:

• Confusion on coordination between ground and tasking of individual ships.
• Tasking should go through Flight Leader.
• Need to start using FARPs (information will be passed to S3).

 

[Geki.T]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-4
Element Leader: First Sergeant Geki.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Staff Sergeant Narramoor.A
Corporal Dio.B
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Mobius.T
Corporal Taylor.C
Corporal Teddy.J
Specialist Ratte.F

Pros:
Great decentralization in the squad
Fantastic Machine Gunners
Excellent MAAWS usage

Cons:
Not a ton of contact
Load Plans and Exfil Plans need 100% fleshed out before executing. Especially exfil plans.
A very long period of absolutely nothing going on after taking the first obj

 

[Bethea.A]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-2
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Bethea.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Mackey.A
Sergeant Hilberg.A
Corporal Willson.JA
Specialist Krupa.W
Specialist Perea.A
Retired:
Houston.T

Pros:

• No black tags
• Greats comms within squad
• Great reaction to contact
• Squad performance and presence on battlefield was fantastic considering strength
• Solid work on follow CQB procedures in chaotic environment.

Cons:

• 1, 2, and Atlas became conflicted at times throughout the Op
• Birds on the ground too long
• Atlas and Chaos clearing buildings
• Low contact level

 

[Armitage.T]

LOCKED

Assigned to Mullins.R for processing.

 

[Mullins.R]

S1 Operations processed.