AAR Arma 3 | Operation Desert Sword

[Storm.A]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Desert Sword
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable):
Number within campaign:
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 17APR21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z
Mission OIC: Captain Storm.A
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Ocean.M, First Lieutenant Ronen.R

Number of Attendees:

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
Sergeant Major Nexhex.A
Captain Storm.A
First Lieutenant Ronen.R
Second Lieutenant Gates.A
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronnings.P
Staff Sergeant Ocean.M
Staff Sergeant Jupiter.J
Sergeant Black.A
Sergeant Queen.P
Sergeant Whitsel.M
Sergeant Saint.Z
Corporal Walsh.D
Corporal Guerra.J
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Burton.P
Corporal Gibbs.K
Corporal Blackburn.A
Specialist Whitehead.B
Specialist Hunter.A
Specialist Dio.B
Specialist Stewart.AJ
Private First Class Bishop.C
Private First Class Sullivan.A

Pros:

• Constant threat throughout the OP
• Good tempo
• Communication from bandit great
• Excellent use of heavy weapons to target dishkas.
• CCP worked great for ratio of players
• Elimination of mortar threat with aggressive and proper use of vehicles

Cons:

• Insubordination almost led to mission failure.
• Some troopers with modpack issues led to severely reduced effectiveness of mechanized vehicles
• Low attendance meant mechanized assets were much less viable.
• Server experienced a lot of lag throughout the mission
• Breakdown in coordination due to limited radios.

If I missed your name on the attendance please let me know.

 

[Burton.P]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-3
Element Leader: Corporal Burton.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Burton.P
Corporal Guerra.J
Staff Sergeant Jupiter.J
Sergeant Gates.A
Lieutenant Colonel Rosefield.M
Sergeant Black.A
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Abbassi.G
Corporal Kastor.K

Pros:

• Lots of contact
• Definitely kept us on our toes
• COP was pretty solidly built with an alamo position
• Perfect balance of OPFOR to BLUFOR

Cons:

• Some lone-wolfing
• Lack in comms due to loss of radios

 

[Blackburn.A]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-1
Element Leader: Corporal Alexander Blackburn


7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Apollo Nexhex
Chief Warrant Officer 2 PerOlof Ronnings
Corporal Alexander Blackburn
Specialist Bryan Dio
Private First Class Casey Bishop
Private First Class Ahmed Sullivan
Private Silo Hunter

Pros

• Strykers were used and supplies were dropped

Cons

• VIKING-1 actual wasn't at leaders brief or was told at all what to do
• VIKING-1 actual was relieved of command
• two members of element didn't have DUI-Squad Radar active, so they had no idea bearings unless pulling out a compass
• Desync caused several enemies to take more damage than necessary to fall (several enemies had to be mag-dumped to kill or surviving over 20 rounds of .50 caliber)
• Neither Stryker had thermal sights, meaning trying to spot prone enemies amongst rocks
• sheer amount of casualties to infantry meant that Strykers didn't have any infantry support
• Commands from VIKING-6 to identify and eliminate mortar positions led to the near-complete loss of both Alpha and Bravo fireteams in VIKING-1 in failed pushes

 

[Sharkey.D]

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