SQUAD | Operation "Garter Snake" | Campaign "Horned Viper" | 18Aug2024

[Bowie.A]

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


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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Garter Snake
Campaign of Combat Mission: Horned Viper
Number Within Campaign: - 1/6
Game: Squad
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Squad Training Server
Date of Combat Mission: 18AGUST2024
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200-0000Z
Mission OIC: 2nd Lieutenant Arco.A
Mission Controller: Private First Class Bowie.A

Attendees:
2nd Lieutenant Arco.A
Private First Class Bowie.A
Specialist Moe.J
Corporal Grey.T
2nd Lieutenant Ryan.BF
Private First Class Frey.M
Corporal Macpherson.C
Private First Class Pannel.D
Private Barr.D
Private First Class Wilson.C
Private Miller.M
Private First Class Wolfe.MY
Private First Class Bahr.K
Corporal McKinley.S
Warrant Officer 1 Teddy.J
Private Kauffmann.A
Private Brown.W
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Kelly.C
Sergeant Corbin.R
Recruit Webb.A
Private Smyth.C
Private First Class Lee.JT
Private Gutierrez.N
Private First Class Knight.H
Second Lieutenant D'Amico.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stover.C
Specialist Mack.R


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S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT[/B][/CENTER]

[B]Element Callsign:
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


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[Bowie.A]

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

Element Callsign: Mission Controller/CENTRAL.
Element Leader: Private First Class Bowie.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Bowie.A
Warrant Officer 1 Teddy.J

Pros

• Refreshing Defense Operation.

Cons

• Pacing was Poor initially.

 

[Ryan.BF]

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

Element Callsign: Thunder 1
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Ryan.BF

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Ryan.BF
Specialist Moe.J
Private First Class Frey.M

Pros

• They had a lot of fun with the OP
• Good teamwork between the Crew
• Comms improved over the course of the OP

Cons

• Element felt like errand boys for OIC
• Comms could be improved especially at the start
• Lack of teamwork with infantry for most of the OP

 

[Arco.A]

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

Element Callsign: Palerider-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Arco.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Arco.A
Pros

• Good communications with all but Helicopter elements.
• Victory!
• I was pretty awesome

Cons

• Defensive OP with limited details and curveballs made planning difficult so mostly everything was done on the fly
• I did not figure out something for the helicopter elements something to do
• 2 sections to defend 4 points spread us out quite a bit

 

[Grey.T]

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

Operation Gater Snake
Element Callsign: Palerider 3
Element Leader: CPL.Grey.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Grey.T Squad Leader
PFC.Lee.JT Fire Team Leader
RCT.Webb.A Trooper
SPC.Mack.R Trooper

Palerider 3 was tasked Buffalo 1 as quick reaction force. Requested by command we were emplaced at Site Delta and held position while the main forces Palerider 1 and 2 were spread out between the three other sites. When we arrived we awaited supplies from our air support. We proceeded to build a TOW and base defenses. While we were in mid build a enemy UAZ pulled up, we were able to dispatch the enemy forces. After that we took contacts from hostile armor and infantry. A enemy strafing run was called on our position with 0 casualties taken from that engagement. Unfortunately we had a casualty further on from a undying BMP. We were able to keep the enemies at bay while Palerider 2 was able to send down a detachment.

We then were sent to re-enforce Palerider 1 between Bravo and Charlie Sites for the rest of the operation. Later on Palerider 1 actual was KIA and most of his squad. Palerider 3 was requested to take over command while re-enforcements came to the AO. We rallied the troops and rebuilt & added a TOW with a sight line to back up Palerider 1. Being overwhelmed by heavy armor we were unable to stand up to this. Infantry took refuge in local buildings while Thunder 1 was able to take out more then several MBT's and other forms of armored assets. We moved under fire with the help of Palerider Actual helping us with sustaining momentum by medical attention.

We were later told to fall back to Site Echo to obtain sensitive information. We took heavy contact while trying to support Palerider 1. Palerider actual stayed with us providing support. We were able to move to support while CPL.McKinley.S was able to successfully extract the files and sabotage the control station. Taking fire we held the line while others were able to fall back. We extracted on the second last helicopter.

Summary:
Operation was successful, only losing one Objective while retaining Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. We were also able to retrieve sensitive information while sabotaging enemy supply lines while retrieving sensitive information for our Allies the Canadian Forces.

Pros:
Great communication between squads.
I enjoyed the small squad of 4 being a QRF.
Good pacing, slow start but it built up.

Cons:
Unable to deal with armor effectively due to only having 1 HAT and 1 armor.
Some Vehicles caused lag issues and disruptions in gameplay and would make certain shots not count as kills.
These issues could be due to the CAS unable to work properly, it may of had a different outcome if this was the case.

Good job over all.

 

[Grey.T]

 

[McKinley.S]

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

Element Callsign: Palerider 1
Element Leader: CPL.McKinley.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

2LT.RCT.Smyth.C
D'Amico.J
PVT.Kauffmann.A
PVT.Pannel.D
PFC.Wilson.C
PVT.Wolfe.MY
PVT.Bahr.K.

Pros

• Well thought out.
• Good turnout
• fun to have a defensive OP for once.

Cons

• Having 1 squad split up between 2 radios on 1 objective made for a challenge,
• "Alpha base" could have used some more action.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

Assigned Hood.D for processing.

 

[Hood.D]

S1 Operations Processed.