AAR ARMA 3 | [Halloween] Operation Halo Red Dawn

[Beiter.A]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Red Dawn
Number Within Campaign: N/A
Game: ARMA 3
Server Hosted on: Training Server 3
Date of Combat Mission: 19OCT2024
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 20000z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Hilberg.A
Mission Controller: Major Beiter.A , Corporal Bethea.A

Attendance (41):
Major Beiter.A
Captain Narramoor.A
Second Lieutenant Hilberg.A
Second Lieutenant Rodahl.S
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sparrow.P
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Villmarsson.L
Warrant Officer 1 Sutodoreh.W
Sergeant Major Preacher.A
First Sergeant Couvillion.T
First Sergeant Summerfield.P
Sergeant First Class Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Willson.JA
Sergeant Albright.J
Sergeant Blake.H
Sergeant Lucander.P
Sergeant Turner.L
Corporal Abate.L
Corporal Bethea.A
Corporal Burton.P
Corporal Hess.J
Corporal Houston.T
Corporal Kastor.K
Corporal Lamb.J
Corporal Maco.D
Corporal McAllen.J
Corporal Shepard.S
Corporal Terp.J
Specialist Dixon.E
Specialist Daniel.S
Specialist Ratliff.B
Specialist Winters.R
Specialist Lee.H
Specialist York.A
Private Shakeshaft.S
Recruit Swan.J


Public/Retired:
RET.Saint.Z
RET.Dread.M
RET.Sam.T
RET.Mcdonald.I

 

[Blake.H]

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

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Element Callsign: Cobra-7
Element Leader: Sergeant Blake.H

Thank you S3 Ops for creating this on such short notice.

Pros:

• Really fun brutal mission.
• Good co-ordination by troopers in absence of command/SL's
• Refreshing to play something other than the same old arma we usually play.

Cons:

• We dont get to do operations like this enough, it gives a different experience to the monotony of standard operations.
• The server being switched over immediately after the operation has closed instead of leaving it up for people to play MCC's for a time.
• Its a shame we are only using this modpack for one mission.
• Leaders should have had colored helmets or different armor to make it easier to see who the Leadership is.

 

[Saint.Z]

Cobra-1
WIP

 

[Hess.J]

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

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Element Callsign: Cobra-2
Element Leader: Corporal Hess.J

Troopers:

• First Sergeant Couvillion.T
• Captain Narramoor.A
• Sergeant Lucander.P
• Recruit Swan.J
• Sergeant Major Preacher.A
• Corporal Abate.L
• Specialist Lee.H

Pros:

• Love seeing everyone that helped to get the operation together on such short notice
• Love the halo theme, would like to see more options for operations outside of the current modpack / trend (more themed ops)
• Overall enjoyed the operation
• Pelican did amazing with re-inserts

Cons:

• Medical / Insta-Death was disheartening at times
• No DUI radar made it hard to communicate / lead
• Wanted Anti-Material Rifle available

 

[Willson.JA]

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

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Element Callsign: Cobra-5
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Willson.JA
Thank you very much, S3 Ops, for creating this on such short notice.

Pros:

• Really fun and brutal mission with lots of contact.
• Good co-ordination by troopers in the absence of command/SLs
• Refreshing to play something other than the same old arma we usually play.
• Communication with Pelicans 1 and 2 was good. They were quick to reinsert troopers and vehicles.

Cons:

• We don't get to do operations like this enough; they give a different experience to the monotony of standard operations.
• The server being switched over immediately after the operation has closed instead of leaving it up for people to play MCCs for a while.
• It is a shame we are only using this modpack for one mission we should do it again.
• Leaders should have had colored helmets or different armor to make it easier to see who the Leadership was in the chaos of the battlefield.

 

[Ratliff.B]

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

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Element Callsign: Rhino-2
Element Leader: Specialist Ratliff.B
Troopers: First Lieutenant Sam.T (RET)
Lieutenant Colonel Dread.M (RET)


Pros:

• Excellent work making a mission quickly and with an interesting mod set and "universe"
• The scorpion tank is powerful, and we used the HE rounds liberally for groups of infantry as well as (occasionally) single counts of infantry
• We engaged several armored targets and destroyed them relatively quickly
• I've never played this role before, so having a couple of very experienced folks as my crew was an amazing backup for me
• "We're going to mount you" from Cobra-2 needed to be in the AAR

Cons:

• CEOI was changed to have the armor on the platoon net, apparently without any prior notification. Once we moved back onto platoon net it was very smooth
• I ran out of HMG ammo pretty quick