AAR ARMA 3 | C/1-7 FTX | Operation Charlie Mike

[Beiter.A]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
BRAVO TROOP
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Name of Combat Mission: C/1-7 FTX - Operation Charlie Mike
Number Within Campaign: 1
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: TacR
Date of Combat Mission: 04AUG2024
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000z
Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Lewis.A
Mission Controller: Major Mackey.A | Major Beiter.A | First Sergeant Jupiter.J

Attendees (48):
Lieutenant Colonel Dread.M
Major Beiter.A
Major Bunnell.M
Major Mackey.A
First Lieutenant Lewis.A
First Lieutenant Sam.T
First Sergeant Jupiter.J
Master Sergeant Couvillion.T
Sergeant First Class Oldham.G
Staff Sergeant Hilberg.A
Staff Sergeant Stone.J
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Crowley.T
Sergeant Fox.Z
Sergeant Hess.J
Sergeant Holiday.T
Sergeant Lucander.P
Sergeant Turner.L
Sergeant Willson.JA
Corporal Bethea.A
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Hoidahl.N
Corporal McAllen.J
Corporal Morozov.M
Corporal Tucker.C
Corporal Vaughn.V
Corporal Zander.D
Specialist Lee.P
Specialist Winters.R
Specialist Apollo.R
Specialist Borenstein.B
Specialist Brian.F
Specialist Bryan.R
Specialist Davidson.N
Specialist Delgado.C
Specialist Laui.M
Specialist Lee.H
Specialist MacTavish.G
Specialist Montgomery.C
Specialist Morris.T
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Smith.DM
Specialist Walker.R
Specialist Xinos.T
Private First Class Donovan.J
Private First Class Gibbs.K
Private Torres.K
Private Lewandowski.M

 

[Sam.T]

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: First Lieutenant Sam.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Holiday.T
Specialist Winters.R

Pros:

• Lots of medical work and diverse treatments (multiple surgical cases, at least one cardiac tamponade case, etc)...
• Good comms with -7.
• Great medical team to work with.
• Troopers were willing and ready to assist with medical efforts during mass casualty incidents.

Cons:

• The general feel was disorganized. Not a lot of information was passed on regarding the scheme of maneuver or intent, and several plans changed immediately after a brief was issued.
• No vehicle/convoy net led to convoy order and speed/spacing being relayed through 7 onto the medical net.
• Troopers picking up medications off of AI and self-administering before/during treatment.

 

[Blake.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: MISFIT-7
Element Leader: Corporal Blake.H

Pros:

• Enjoyable
• Good Buddy aid observed.
• ATLAS teams operated very well.
• Generally good coms with ATLAS members.
• CCP on 2nd OBJ was good, split well with reds and yellows separate.

Cons:

• Lack of return to stations from ATLAS-1.
• Lack of vehicles for ATLAS from the start made MEDEVAC difficult.
• Coms between 6/5/7 should be done on .5 not on the platoon net.
• Convoy movement from OBJ1 to OBJ2 was very sloppy.
• Movement from OBJ2 to OBJ3 was sloppy.
• Convoy net was not used throughout.
  • Its important to use a convoy net when multiple elements are in a convoy as they are not on your platoon net.
• Platoon coms left a lot to be desired.
• Lack of battleplans on OBJs left it very difficult for myself as -7 to effectively organize medical.
  • With no APs, SBFs and lack of phase lines made it difficult to position ATLAS teams.
  • 2nd Objective ORP was inside the objective.

 

[Willson.JA]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit-3
Element Leader: Sergeant Willson.JA

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Turner.L
Corporal Zaren.T
Specialist Renard.S
Specialist Rok.M
Specialist Delgado.C
Specialist Kuusela.N
Specialist Xinos.T

Non-Cav Personnel:
Slinter
SouthernGaming21[TTV]

Pros:

• Good squad cohesion with multiple DCs.
• AO zulu was executed well.
• CQC was done proficiently throughout the platoon.
• FOB defense was handled well.
• The platoon movement on AO Zulu was done well.
• The squad's communication was good and clear.
• Platoon seemed to iron out issues on AO Zulu.

Cons:

• AO Yankee was a cluster.
• Traffic jams help up movement from FOB.
• It should not have taken as long as it did to organize the movement.
• Platoon comms on AO Yankee was all over the place.
• The platoon movement from the FOB should have had a convoy net.
• The squad had a mass casualty event due to a KORD MG in a spot that could not be attacked properly.

 

[Donovan.J]

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: Private First Class Donovan.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Bryan.R

Non-Cav Personnel:
22jro
Lancer1922

Pros:

• Good communication and security on objectives, supporting MISFIT elements.

Cons:

• Backblast was not clear when using a MAAWS launcher. Defilade was too steep behind the launcher bearer.
• Non-Cav Personnel was not in TeamSpeak, communicating with them via in-game group chat would have benefited us sticking together.

 

[Lewis.A]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: MISFIT-6
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Lewis.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:

• None to speak of other than I didn't lose my s**t.

Cons:

• The mission was set up as a patrol and quickly turned into a shoot-out with multiple major objectives, IEDs, and constant harassment.
• Originally slotting and planning FRAGO'ed at mission start, with platoon split up.
• Unable to plan ahead after coming into immediate contact at FOB at mission start.
• Unable to reach Squads on S/R (Platoon).
• Confusion over what a convoy is versus motorized operations.

 

[Stone.J]

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

Element Callsign: Misfit-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Stone.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Oldham.G
Specialist Borenstein.B
Corporal Vaughn.V
Corporal Morozov.M
Sergeant Hess.J
Sergeant Lucander.P
Specialist Lee.H
Corporal Zander.D
Pros:

• Squad had good communication throughout.
• Squad was utilized well at AO Xray
• Good contact in Yankee and Xray
• Inter-squad communication was good.

Cons:

• Convoy staging was a hot mess and a convoy net was needed.
• Platoon net had alot going on.
• AO Zulu had nothing really for weapons to do.
• AO Yankee was a mess for us.

 

[Couvillion.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit-5
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Couvillion.T


Pros:

• Concept was nice
• Receptive and reactive SLs
• Succession was proper.
• The CQC that I observed was good.

Cons:

• Accountability of vehicles was poor. This is a platoon-wide issue.
• This was a defensive operation that turned into two platoon level attacks on clustered and prepared enemies. This was not a foot patrol.
• Lack of SITREPS, SPOTREPS, and very few ACE reports.
• Poor Cohesion in leadership - this will be hammered out through continued practice.
• Personal performance.
• Motorized Operations were a hot mess.
• The lack of preplanning and leaders briefs led to things being very adhoc - our reactions were good, however.

Overall, if we're going to practice foot patrols with some CQC mixed in, we need to better plan for that. If we're going to do a full on assaults, it changes how we're going to approach. If this was a test of versatility in our leadership, then I think that it worked well to highlight weaknesses but also a few strengths. React to Contact and ATLAS response were the most positive points - leadership comms and lack of procedure need the most work. (6 did a solid job of keeping his cool despite the circumstances.)

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

Assigned Mobius.T for processing.

 

[Mobius.T]

S1 Operations Processed