AAR Arma 3 | Operation Snowball | 24AUG24

[Villmarsson.L]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Snowball
Number Within Campaign: N/A
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: TacR
Date of Combat Mission: 24AUG2024
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900z (0100GMT+2) (0100GMT+2)
Mission OIC: Lieutenant Colonel Dread.M
Mission Controller:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Villmarsson.L
Major Beiter.A


Attendees 50 :
Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Spin.M
Corporal Peterson.L
Warrant Officer 1 Sutodoreh.W
First Lieutenant Sam.T
First Lieutenant Narramoor.A
Specialist Winters.R
Major Highman.J
Major Ronen.R
First Lieutenant Sam.T
Major Mackey.A
Corporal Bethea.A
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Hilberg.A
Major Bunnell.M
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P
Corporal Maco.D
Specialist Winters.R
Corporal Shepard.S
Sergeant Lucander.P
Corporal Whitehead.B
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Stone.J
Sergeant Turner.L
Corporal Marcus.J
Private First Class Dixon.L
Corporal Adunno.D
Corporal Almaguer.R
Specialist Rok.M
Recruit Reynolds.JC
Specialist Borenstein.B
Corporal Hoidahl.N
Specialist Bryan.R
Private First Class Dixon.L
Recruit Holmes.J
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Shere.J
Private Pierce.JA
Private First Class Donovan.J
Specialist Apollo.R
Sergeant Turner.L
Corporal Blake.H
Staff Sergeant Willson.JA
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Villmarsson.L
Major Beiter.A
Lieutenant Colonel Dread.M

None Cav:
York.A
Cruz.N
Houston.T
KID

 

[Maco.D]

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: Corporal Maco.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
Private Pierce.JA

Pros:
Good amount of injuried
Good comms in squad/7
good medical treatment
Good MassCal handling
Fast setup and step off
Good movement and Treating to members at first crossing

Cons:
TL Died
Blue on blues
Squads using enemy weapon emplacement
Atlas had no Cover when Treating once we reached Mike-Station
Alot of going to Squads that were asking for Atlas and upon getting there they just refused to get treated and moved off

 

[Narramoor.A]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit 1
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Narramoor.A KIA

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Shere.J
Specialist McMaster.G
Corporal Shepard.S
Major Highman.J
Corporal Whitehead.B
Specialist Apollo.R
Corporal Blake.H
Corporal Marcus.J
Specialist Holmes.G
Major Ronen.R KIA

Former 7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
RET.York
RET.Houston

Non 7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
KID


Pros:

• A one life where PEOPLE DIE which is good to see, sad that people miss out but provides extra threat
• Huge volume of medical work
• Lots of contact and firefights in close range
• Good coordination with adjacent elements (Misfit-2, Misfit-4)
• Good infantry procedures
  • Good fireteam comms
  • Good security and fireteams coordinating sectors of coverage
• Hugely positive feedback on this mission from everyone in Misfit-1
• Enemy 40mm was the perfect balance of suppressive without being frustrating

Cons:

• Something spanked the back of our platoon at Air Station Mike 26 which put us on a precipice of a mission failure. Led to a really good recouperation situation but I feel like it could have been prevented.
• Some instances of CQB could be improved
• 2 black tags

 

[Hilberg.A]

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: Staff Sergeant Hilberg.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Rok.M
Private First Class Donovan.J

Pros:

• There were no black tags.
• Excellent job on Misfit-4 and a split Misfit-2 establishing security around LZ Snow Cone, as they were the first wave of inserts.
• Misfit-4 and Misfit-2 conduct true blocking tasking and eliminate many enemies through chaotic environments and comms.
• In the initial phase, Misfit-2 and Misfit-4 handled all contact efficiently.
• Good movement to link back up at Air Station Mike.
• Good assault on the airfield by Misfit-4.
• Good comms with Raven.
• In the initial phase, Misfit-2 and Misfit-4 handled all contact efficiently.

Cons:

• I had a good sense of when to consolidate with Misfit-6 and Misfit-1 but got decisively engaged, slowing us down.
• We figured it out but played some musical vehicles at the re-consolidation point.
• It is not necessarily a con, but for re-inserts, recommend rotary wing assets wait to call up packs for re-inserts when they are ready to go wheels up.

 

[Bethea.A]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: MISFIT-2
Element Leader: Corporal Bethea.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Mackey.A
Staff Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant Turner.L
Corporal Adunno.D
Corporal Hoidahl.N
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Perea.A
Specialist Xinos.T

PROs:

• Squad was very well coordinated and did their basics.
• Contact across the airfield was really fun and everyone enjoyed the intense firefights.
• No black tags.
• Succession was very good.

CONs:

• Teams were unhappy having to walk up the hill when trucks could have been brought down and saved some time.
• Not a con per se but would like to see how that mission could have played out with 2 in reserve as a rapid reaction force.

 

[Sam.T]

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: First Lieutenant Sam.T

Pros:

• Excellent work from the medical teams!
• Great flexibility from Atlas and the Platoon.
• Managed extreme levels of contact effectively.
• Ad hoc airfield assault went well.
• Split platoon/squad-level tasking was an interesting concept; I would like to see this refined.
• Excellent work from Misfit-1 pulling casualties to the medics during our MASCAS. This 100% kept people alive and enabled us to manage those casualties.
• One-Life OPs are unique and phenomenal! I would love to see more of these, as we haven't had many this year!
• I'm glad the CLS from Misfit-1 grabbed the AED from the truck when we dismounted! Those trucks didn't get brought up until after the assault, and it came in clutch!

Cons:

• Another OP with 4/5x the friendly force size was reported. In this scenario, it was across the Island, which is understandable, but it's developing into a trend in OPs/OPORDs.
• The use of OPFOR equipment is another developing trend.
• BLUE on BLUE is another regular occurrence/developing trend.
• Communication regarding casualties from squads was suboptimal. In a scenario where the platoon was stretched through several hundred meters of treeline, receiving a position and number of casualties is essential.

 

[Stone.J]

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

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Borenstein.B
Sergeant Lucander.P
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P
Recruit Reynolds.JC
Corporal Almaguer.R
Staff Sergeant Willson.JA
Non-7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Spc.Cruz.N
Pros:

• For being a split operation, communication was great.
• Good contact, Great violence of action
• Fraggos make the mission more fun
• Good use of all weapon systems

Cons:

• Blue on Blue, both out going and incoming
• 1 Black tag at the very end
• Iffy but workable positions

 

[Peterson.L]

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

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Element Callsign: Sparrow-1
Element Leader: Corporal Peterson.L

Pros:

• Great communication with Chaos
• Good Comms with Raven Flight
• Plenty of targets for tasking
• Great map for Little Bird flights

Cons:

• USS Liberty - Sketchy platform to land on
• Solo Pilot for Sparrow

 

[Winters.R]

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

Element Callsign: ATLAS-2
Element Leader: Specialist Winters.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Bunnell.M
Sergeant Fox.Z
Specialist Bryan.R
Specialist Dixon.E

Pros:

• Good amount of work with action
• Good coordination with 7

Cons:

• Bad communication in unit led to black tag
• Came in later to find no actual for ATLAS-2
• Insertion long due to late coming
• Command structure and equipment shaky due to late comers

 

[Spin.M]

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

Element Callsign: Raven-1
Element Leader: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Spin.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Raven-2: Warrant Officer 1 Hamm.C

Pros:

• Good pace and amount of work/flying
• Overall great time with enough up and down time.
• Good communications with ground and other assets
• It was a lot of fun

Cons:

• Could not rescue the downed Sparrow asset, would have been a fun CSAR/Rescue
• No other cons!

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

Assigned Vincent.L for processing.

 

[Vincent.L]

S1 Locked.

Assigned Vincent.L for processing.

Im outta town until Tuesday

 

[Vincent.L]

S1 Operations Processed