AAR ARMA 3 | MARCH 2024 WFW | OPERATION WFW 229

[Westcott.R]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation March WFW 229
Number Within Campaign: 2
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: TACR
Date of Combat Mission: 13MAR24
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300z
Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Sam.T
Mission Controller: Staff Sergeant Westcott.R / Corporal Kastor.K

Attendee's: 43
Major General Tharen.R
Captain Beiter.A
First Lieutenant Sam.T
First Lieutenant Searle.I
Second Lieutenant Fields.Q
Sergeant Major Schmidt.A
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Fox.Z
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Villmarsson.L
Sergeant Willson.JA
Corporal Zaren.T
Corporal Zander.D
Corporal Whitehead.B
Corporal Terp.J
Corporal Rodahl.S
Corporal Mobius.T
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Grief.A
Corporal Gann.T
Corporal Corbin.R
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Almaguer.R
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Smith.DM
Specialist Shepard.S
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Rhodes.J
Specialist McAllen.J
Specialist Hamm.C
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Borenstein.B
Specialist Bonnet.J
Specialist Apollo.R
Specialist Winters.R
Private First Class Willson.R
Private Shere.J
Private Neubauer.P
Private First Class Vincent.C
Private First Class Peterson.L
Private First Class Kuusela.N
Private First Class Otel.J

 

[Beiter.A]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: CHAOS-1 / RAIDER-1
Element Leader: Captain Beiter.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Villmarsson.L



Pros:
Good coms with Raider while I was personally was Chaos
When I transitioned to Raider it was a good time to get back in the gunner seat

Cons:
Got shot down 6 times
Missed the briefing on heavy RED MANPAD threat which is on me

 

[McAllen.J]

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: SPC.McAllen.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Winters.R
Pros:

• Plenty of work to do, lots of red casualties to work on when we could.

Cons:

• Lots of DOAs.
• Chaotic and Disorganized at times.
• The low medical personnel made splitting the platoon a poor decision which resulted in unnecessary black tags.
• The plan from what I heard was not being followed.
• Complicated plans tend to make Ops unenjoyable for some.

 

[Sparrow.P]

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

Element Callsign: BANDIT-2
Element Leader:Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Willson.JA
Staff Sergeant Fox.Z
Corporal Corbin.R
Specialist Rok.M
Corporal Rodahl.S
Corporal Zaren.T
Specialist Apollo.R
Corporal Mobius.T
Corporal Almaguer.R


Pros:

• Squad Good
• FTL
• CQB work was good
• Lithium
• Buddy Aid

Cons:

• Blue on Blue
• Buffalo mismanagment - 20 minutes for reinsert
• No marking cleared buildings
• Plan was lacking - entire meovement should have been planed and assaults on KT's are messed up
• Dis-organized Platoon due to that
• Lack of methodical movement
• Pushing past known enemy positions
• Not utilizng force mutliplers issue
• Motorized OP

Notes: DMR Kit is missing:
NVG, CTAB, KESTRAL Rangefinder

 

[Terp.J]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-5
Element Leader: Corporal Terp.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:




Pros:
hard and challenging OP. lots engagement and fun. had lots to do so wasent any down time
got to practice PID my targets sins the enemy had some of out gear.
coms where good whit buff when i dident mess up.
good coms between the other HQ members
Cons:
hard to find LZ for buff.
disorganized when we where in the town.

 

[Abate.L]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-4
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Abate.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major General Tharen.R
Second Lieutenant Fields.Q
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Corporal Whitehead.B
Corporal Zander.D
Specialist Borenstein.B
Specialist Rhodes.J
Specialist Xinos.T
Private First Class Kuusela.N
Private Neubauer.P

Pros:

Cons:

 

[Hamm.C]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo-1
Element Leader: Specialist Hamm.C "Hooker"

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Peterson.L
Corporal Grief.A

Pros:

• Great mission and great fun. Great job Godfather and MM/MC.
• Good and understandable OPORD.
• Great job by CC Peterson.L Great job by Grief.A ... you guys are very appreciated.
• Challenging OP with Suboptimal LZ's ... so I seriously flirted with the idea of fast roping but was able to scout a decent LZ. Keep in mind that we can't always depend on LZ's due to all kinds of variables and due to AA threats we can't always continue low recon flyovers to find something close, so everybody needs to understand how fast roping works and how it is executed.

Cons:

• Definitely the PIC will always pick the best place to land, however in our support role, we always want to accommodate -5 and Ground Forces as best we can. Some of the LZ's optioned were at best suboptimal and at worst undoable.
• There was a significant delay in Buffalo-1 delivering reinserts. This was a problem. I was the flight lead of the Buffalo Flight. When my frames dropped, I advised our crew that I needed to reboot, to get my frames back up (from 7 back to 30) and be back in a second. During this time, my CC realized that other troopers needed reinsert and took initiative to try and fly them there. Turns out he had flight controller problems and that resulted in a delay and ultimately a crash. As this is concerned, I believe there was a major malfunction in my instructions communication which, as Flight Lead, I take full responsibility for.
• Very small Alpha turnout.

 

[Gann.T]

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

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Searle.I
Specialist Bonnet.J
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Shepard.S
Specialist Smith.DM
Private First Class Otel.J
Private First Class Willson.R
Private First Class Vincent.C
Private Shere.J

Pros:

• Great intra-squad communications
• Very Good Buddy Aid
• Mission idea is a good one

Cons:

• Squad Decomfliction was non-existant
• Lanes drawn on map for future use
• Supressors were hard to locate
• Large amount of PID issues

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Locked!

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Assigned Rutkowski.P for processing.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Operations Processed.