AAR ARMA 3 | April Warfare Wednesday | Warfare Wednesday 234

[Beiter.A]

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

Name of Combat Mission: WFW 234
Number Within Campaign: 3/4
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: TACR
Date of Combat Mission: 17APR24
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200z (1800EST)
Mission OIC: Major Mackey.A
Mission Controllers: Captain Beiter.A | Corporal Morozov.M

Attendees: 55
Lieutenant Colonel Dread.M
Major Bunnell.M
Major Mackey.A
Major Ronen.R
Captain Beiter.A
First Lieutenant Sam.T
Second Lieutenant Narramoor.A
First Sergeant Vincent.L
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Grizzle.M
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Spitnale.K
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Staff Sergeant Hilberg.A
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Crowley.T
Corporal Adunno.D
Corporal Bethea.A
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Dio.B
Corporal Grief.A
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal Marcus.J
Corporal Morozov.M
Corporal Nomad.P
Corporal Tucker.C
Corporal Whitehead.B
Corporal Zaren.T
Corporal Rodahl.S
Specialist Borenstein.B
Specialist Winters.R
Specialist Apollo.R
Specialist Fougere.J
Specialist Daniel.S
Specialist Fox.R
Specialist Hamm.C
Specialist McAllen.J
Specialist Perea.A
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Reske.G
Specialist Shepard.S
Specialist Valens.M
Specialist Xinos.T
Private First Class Neubauer.P
Private First Class Kuusela.N
Private First Class Peterson.L
Private First Class Shere.J
Private First Class Vincent.C
Private Patty.S
Private Bryan.R
Private Boyd.M
Private Tahai.L
Private Grills.A

Reserved / Public Members:
RET.Stewart.AJ
Dr.Weird
Lieutenant Colonel Larouche.Z

 

[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: McAllen.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Marcus.J
Crowley.T
Pros:

• The numbers were fantastic tonight
• Plenty of medical to do.
• Everyone had a good time.

Cons:

• The initial contact felt like it wasn't handled well which resulted in a few vehicles getting destroyed.
• Communication during patient care felt a bit disorganized especially when we have two Atlas teams on scene.

 

[Hamm.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: BUFFALO-1
Element Leader: Specialist Hamm.C "Hooker"

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Grizzle.M

Pros:

• Fun mission with good performance.
• Great turnout.
• Excellent comms and coordination with Bandit-5. Very responsive and concise.

Cons:

• Little slow on the rotary side tonight but this was anticipated given the mission. Some side-bar taskings would be cool.

 

[Nomad.P]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: BANDIT-3
Element Leader: Corporal Nomad.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Bryan.R
Private First Class Shere.J
Private Patty.S
Specialist Perea.A
Staff Sergeant Phillips.B
Private Grills.A
Specialist Shepard.S
Private Tahai.L

Pros:

• Team was able to self-correct quickly and adjust to the SL going down
• Team based tactics worked well and FTLs were able to sight their weapons on effectively
• Use of HuntIR to scout and mark enemy movement very effective to locate and mark hostiles on Ctab
• Excellent buddy aid and medical, whenever someone went down the team was able to locate, treat and move effectively.

Cons:

• Communication between teams was weak and needs further developing to ensure that both understand what roles they are playing and when support is up or down.
• Moving through open fields caused large casualties which seemed more on lack of understanding of how to provide cover and move as well as the proper use of smoke.

 

[Sparrow.P]

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: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Zaren.T
Corporal Adunno.D
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Fougere.J
Private First Class Peterson.L
Private First Class Kuusela.N

Reserve:
Lieutenant Colonel Larouche.Z

Pros:

• Fun
• Good Mission Design

Cons:

• Initial Contact Reaction was Meh
• Not Best Tactics at times
• Unorganized Chaos
• TFAR issues

 

[Westcott.R]

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

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Element Callsign: BANDIT-5
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Westcott.R


Pros:

• Excellent work by Buffalo tonight as always! Excellent to work with you!
• Squads maintaining the push despite casualties was wonderful to see!
• Excellent use of PLT net by SL's to coordinate with each other.
• Excellent aggression on my orders while -6 was down to attempt the push into AOI 1 after the ambush.
• I got a Javelin kill of an OPFOR Mi-8 (or 24?) that was doing rocket runs on the PLT.

Cons:

• Second guessing my decision to push after the ambush, but I was afraid of being attacked on 2 sides.
• Task saturation was a real problem for me this evening leading to some things not being addressed properly.

 

[Dio.B]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: VIKING-4 + SIERRA-4
Element Leader: Corporal Dio.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Borenstein.B
Specialist Reske.G
Private Boyd.M
Sergeant First Class Abate.L
Corporal Whitehead.B
First Sergeant Vincent.L
Private First Class Neubauer.P
Specialist Valens.M
SIERRA-4 Personnel:
Second Lieutenant Narramoor.A
Corporal Rodahl.S

Pros:

• Very enjoyable mission that provided: well thought out enemy makeup and size, great lore related enemy movements/placements, decently difficult OPFOR, and enjoyable dynamic enemy actions such as the ambush and enemy drones spotting for CAS and artillery barrages
• Medical teams worked well between units and remained behind the lines and ultra supportive to mission continuation at all points of contact
• Parallel communications well utilized between all elements-worked together and communicated to carry out overall intent
• Response to various enemy aggressions was well carried out, reacted well and appropriately to all contact

Cons:

• V-4 required Zeus intervention to acquire heavy weapons (2x M240B + MAAWS and ammo) at staging.
• Backpack radios do not allow the selection of antennas (see Corporal Rodahl.S)
• SBF position for V-4 ended up being difficult to direct fires on incoming contact from the south of Bandit platoon. We ended up positioned on the opposite side of a slight ridge which did not enable us to get our direct fire weapons on targets that were overwhelming BANDIT platoon. We did however stop any further enemy ingress from the east side of this ridge and ultimately provided indirect fires (60mm HE and smoke) on target which enabled Bandit-3 to temporarily withdraw north for treatment. Ultimately, further consideration for indirect weapons for positions such as these would be a value added to SBF teams. ( we were not told to bring mortars but a late join had brought them in )
• Viking-4 pushed through initial ambush and achieved the marked V-4 SBF by the time we had heard about bandit squads getting immobilized. While pushing through was a positive; Viking-4 never reorganized to attack through the enemy ambush point and instead committed to the SBF point where we immediately took contact and were forced to emplace and sustain combat with even more enemy. Viking-4 was never able to support ambushed and overwhelmed bandit squads and in the process overextended ourselves into even more danger with less support.
• V-4 had 1 black tag from a bomb drop

 

[Sam.T]

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

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Element Callsign: BANDIT-7
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Sam.T


Pros:

• Great work from the medical teams given the dynamic scenarios we encountered during this OP.
• Good comms with both medical teams.
• Challenging learning experience for newer or less experienced medics.
• Amazing turnout! Love seeing a full platoon.
• Excellent work from the squad CLS's.

Cons:

• It felt like basic principles of maneuver and battle drills were not effectively realized during the first half of this OP. From the lack of a "React to Ambush" drill to the decision to push across an open field under fire from enemy armor, the decision making process wasn't happening.
• The above mentioned conns led to a lot of black tags, at one point 1/3-1/2 of the platoon was KIA in positions that were unreachable by medical teams (ambush killzones, open fields under enemy fire).

 

[Winters.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: ATLAS-2
Element Leader: Specialist Winters.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Bunnell.M
Staff Sergeant Stewart.AJ

Pros:

• Troops had a good time​
• Teaching and troopers learning/practicing KAT medical system and surgeries​
• Communication within team and on medical net were good​
• Good amount of medical work of various types​

Cons:

• Troopers need more practice with KAT
• Got crazy in some area of the OP (e.g. Initial Ambush)
• Loadouts were not loading on arsenal at staging zone
• Fourth member of ATLAS disconnected. Connection issues

 

[Fox.R]

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

Element Callsign: HOG-1
Element Leader: Specialist Fox.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros:

• FAC performed to a very high standard, as usual with Kastor.K.
• Great work by Eagle-1 taking down multiple enemy air targets in quick succession.
• Plenty of CAS tasking to keep Hog busy.
• The op generally seemed to be very well designed.
• Supportive and responsive mission controller.

Cons:

• Radio issues at the beginning of the op.
• Slight confusion around CAP/CAS prioritisation.
• Red air and manpads resulted in several crashes.

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Locked!
Assigned White.N for processing.

 

[Mobius.T]

Reassigned Mobius.T for processing.

 

[Mobius.T]

S1 Operations Processed