AAR ARMA 3 | Campaign Freedom | Operation Long Dart

[Beiter.A]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Long Dart
Number Within Campaign: 2/3
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: TS 1
Date of Combat Mission: 12APR24
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z
Mission OIC: Major Mackey.A
Mission Controller: Captain Beiter.A / Corporal Rodahl.S

Attendees: 31
Major Mackey.A
Captain Beiter.A
Captain Highman.J
First Lieutenant Sam.T
Sergeant First Class Oldham.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee.RA
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Davis.D
Sergeant Gann.T
Sergeant Turn.J
Corporal Almaguer.R
Corporal Bethea.A
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Holiday.T
Corporal Hughes.J
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Rodahl.S
Specialist Winters.R
Specialist Apollo.R
Specialist Hamm.C
Specialist McAllen.J
Specialist Reske.G
Specialist Rok.M
Private First Class Otel.J
Private First Class Peterson.L
Private First Class Shere.J
Private First Class Vincent.C
Private First Class Harris.K
Private Grills.A
Recruit Patty.S (Passed BCT)

 

[Gann.T]

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Sergeant Davis.D
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Kastor.K
Specialist Reske.G
Specialist Rok.M
Private First Class Vincent.C

Pros:

• Fun mission
• Good Movement
• Good Comms

Cons:

• None

 

[Highman.J]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo Flight
Element Leader: Captain Highman.J (Buffalo-2 PIC)

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Hamm.C (Buffalo-1 PIC)
Private First Class Peterson.L (Buffalo-2 CP)
Specialist Winters.R (Buffalo-2 DG)
Private Grills.A (Buffalo-1 CC)

Pros:

• Good chance to teach/train on crew resource management
• Responsive Godfather when ArmA borked a bird
• Challenging and tight LZs
• Always good to support the infantry
• The exfil was hot hot hot!

Cons:

• Not a lot for us to do overall

 

[Westcott.R]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-2
Element Leader:Staff Sergeant Westcott.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Oldham.G
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee.RA
Corporal Almaguer.R
Corporal Hughes.J
Specialist Apollo.R
Private First Class Shere.J
Private First Class Harris.K
Private First Class Otel.J

Pros:

• Excellent OP, very immersive
• Individual trooper discipline was on point from kick-off to AAR.
• Good use of drones and Ctab to mark the AO

Cons:

• Would like to have had a payoff for all the hard work, but it wasn't in the cards.
• Some unrealistic moments where OPFOR was standing ON TOP of a trooper but they did not engage...OPFOR was a little too safe.

 

[Mackey.A]

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

Element Callsign: Bandit-6
Element Leader:Major Mackey.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Mackey.A
Pros:

• Great movement into initial OPs without being spotted. Platoon went to ground quickly when helicopters and vehicles were passing near. Identified 2 points of interest based on concentrations of patrols and equipment spotted. PLT identified RUSFOR involvement with the extremist group.
• Fantastic use of CTAB for marking of SPOTREPS, critical SALT reports issued verbally all others on CTAB, translated to map markers for ease for the next mission planning.
• PLT was able to continue moving and conducting reconnaissance despite a soft compromise.
• Great noise and light discipline.

Cons:

• Soft Compromise. Squad passed in front of a civilian in a field and could not detain him time to prevent him from making a phone call. PLT continued on with detachment despite being harassed by patrols within 5m of the PLT.

Exhibit A: Markings of Chahar DARA. Unable to get into the town to identify patrols of defensive positions to the E.

Exhibit B. Markings of the Qarya Laghi Mosque. Large concentration on the walls of the Mosque with multiple Machine Gun (DSKH) positions, search lights, sniper in the tower. Expected resistance up to a platoon concentration of forces. Multiple Technicals spotted but not marked to the East of the Mosque Position. No contact identified in the Palace or in the military complexes south of the Mosque on the western side of the objective.

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Locked!
Assigned Groves.A for Processing.

 

[Groves.A]

S1 Operations processed.