AAR DCS | Saturday Night Strike | Campaign Winter's Moon | Operation Gravity

[May.J]

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

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Campaign of Combat Mission: Winter's Moon
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Gravity
Number Within Campaign: 1/3
Game: DCS
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 2 | SRS Req | Fox3ms.com V3-18
Date of Combat Mission: 14OCT23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0100Z (2100) (2100)
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant May.J
Airboss Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hill.MR

Attendees:
Captain Mackey.A
First Lieutenant May.J
Second Lieutenant Weeks.Z
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Benson.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hill.MR
Warrant Officer 1 Harvey.D
Warrant Officer 1 Mascio.T
Warrant Officer 1 Tyrcon.L
Corporal Richardson.J
Specialist Caliber.J
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist Johnson.B
Specialist Kingi.T
Specialist Krupa.W
Specialist Mackay.W
Specialist Rook.AM
Specialist Tong.J
Specialist Harris.C
Private First Class Purdue.J
Private First Class Kosago.D
Private Goose.R
Private Shepherd.S
Recruit Freire.T

Guests:
Ironhawx
=7Cav=RET.MacMillan.M
spartan 1
Caramel
STR

comments


RET MACMILLAN.M - LIKED BOX AND MISSION. FIRST OP IN 16, LIKE FLIGHT MEMBERS
WO1.TYRCON.L - NICE BUT HIS FLIGHT WAS SHOT DOWN LOOKING FOR WRONG TARGET
SPC.MASCIO.T - F10 MAP SHOULD HAVE THE TANKERS ON IT...
WO1.HARVEY.D (1) - DIFFIULT. WOULD BE NUICE TO KNOW IN ADVANCE IF TANKING IS NECCESSARY FOR OBJECTIVE.
SPC.TONG.J - ENJOYED, GOOD THAT NO ENEMY ON F10 MAP. BOMB OVERSHOT AND LEVELLED APARTMENT
SPC.ROOK.AM - ROMAN FLIGHT LEAD

• TOO MUCH TIME WAITING ON DECK
• GOOD FORM UP AFTER IN AIR
• BRIEFING SAYS LOOK FOR CONVOYS, THEY BROKE INTO PAIRS
• HOWEVER THEY SEE NOTHING MOVING BETWEEEN WAYPOINT 2 AND 3 WITH GMT
• IT'S HARD TO USE BRA CALLS FOR GROUND UNITS WHEN YOU'RE IN A MOVING JET
• THE MISSION IS FINE, HE WOULD DO BETTER IF THERE WAS GOOD COORDINATION FROM PRESIDING OFFICER
• WANTS JTAC
• OR NOT
• MAYBE HE WANTS A FORWARD CONTROLLER, WOULD RECOMMEND THAT CW3.BARUCH HAS AN IN DEPTH CHAT WITH SPC.ROOK TO CLARIFY
• ON THE GROUND ARE MANY TREES AND HOUSES AND BUSHES SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD REFERENCE POINTS
• ROMAN FLIGHT WAS SPLIT INTO 2 ELEMENTS FOR TARGET AQUISITION
• MAYBE IT'S MY OWN LACK OF SKILL BUT WAS HARD TO USE BEARING/RANGE TO FIND TARGET BEFORE TOO CLOSE
• BULLSEYE CALLS ARE GOOD. PLEASE USE

SPC.KINGI - HAD FUN, TANKERS WOULD BE NICE IF THEY ARE ON F10
SPC.HARRIS.C - GOOD SERVER, MAYBE MORE TARGETS NEXT TIME
SPC.MACKAY.W - SEAD COMMS NOT GOOD WITH F-18 BECAUSE NOBODY ON FREQ, MISSED HAVING HARMS
PVT.SHEPHERD.S - NO COMMENT
PVT.GOOSE.R - NICE TO NOT HIT A RUNWAY IN F-15E FOR ONCE
PVT.FREIRE.T - HARD TO USE MY TGP, UNITS WELL THERMALLY/VISUALLY CAMO'D
WO1.HARVEY.D (2) - I personally didn't mind the difficultly of the mission with not being able to use HARMS, but I think it was a bad choice to do this mission the week after the crap shoot that was the SEAD mission last week when they did have HARMs
SPC.PURDUE.J - DIFFICULT TO SEE TARGETS, PLEASE PUT A WAYPOINT 1 AT HOME FIELD NOT 0
PFC.KOSAGO.D - AH64 FLIGHT LEAD - YOU DIDN'T GIVE US APACHE LONGBOWS, PLEASE FIX BEFORE UPDATE FOR RADAR COMES.
IRONHAWX - STRIKE EAGLE PACKAGE LACKED TARGETS. TGP WAY WORSE THAN A10C2. OTHERWISE GOOD MISSION
CPT.MACKEY.A - GOOD FORMATION FLIGHT, CLOUD DECK FORCED FLIGHT LOW AND INTO RANGE OF SHORAD. WOULD COME BACK
CPL.RICHARDSON.J - WELL EXECUTED ATTACK, UNFORTUNATE THAT ONE CONVOY GOT PASSED HIS AH64 FLIGHT. KOSAGO AMAZING AS FLIGHT LEAD
SPC.FORD.R - MISSION OKISH OVERALL, SOME FAILURES ON FLIGHT DECK, SOME IN AIR
CW2.HILL.MR- LOTATC SET UP ON SERVER PLEASE
CW2.BENSON- F-15S LACK OF TARGETS BECAUSE THEY WERENT ORIGINALLY IN MISSION, RUSH JOB TO INSTALL SOME
1LT.MAY.J- F18S WERE WAY TOO SLOW OFF THE BOAT, HELD UP 16S AND WERE STILL 90 MILES BEHIND THEM SO TOT ATTACK BECAME A BLUEFOR SLAUGHTER. ALSO MEANT F-18 CONVOY ATTACK CAME IN WAY LATER THAN AH64 CONVOY ENGAGEMENT. ALL CAS FLIGHTS VERY GOOD. YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT (HARMS, F10 MAP ETC.) IT'S DIFFICULT BUT PEOPLE DID BETTER THAN HE EXPECTED. PLEASE TAKE DOWN THE TACAN DETAILS FOR THE TANKERS FROM THE ROLL CALL. WEAPON RESTRICTIONS UNLIKELY IN FUTURE. YOU WOULD BENEFIT FROM A SCRATCHPAD OR CHEATSHEET FOR FREQS AND TARGETS. ALTITUDES - FLOORS AND CEILINGS NOT RESPECTED. EXPEDITED DEPARTURE FROM BOAT MEANS IMMEDIATELY NOT IN 15 MINUTES.
WO1.HARVEY.D (3) - Additional note; it is hard to tell which radars are which at 20+nm in the tgp, which is one of the reasons why ninja flight had targeting issue since we attempted to pre select before diving in. Issue will be solved halfway by the DL update for the HAD pod but thats only if the radars are on (which the SA-15s weren't until ~12nm). We Just focused on anything spinning

 

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