AAR Arma Reforger | Midweek Mayhem (AUG) | MM001

[Bishop.B]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Midweek Mayhem 001
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Midweek Mayhem (Aug)
Number within campaign: 1
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: Tac 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20AUG25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200
Mission OIC: First Sergeant Wiseman.L, Private First Class Macintosh.S
Mission Controller: Master Sergeant Westcott.R, Sergeant Bishop.B

Number of Attendees: 37

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Grgich.A
Second Lieutenant Corbin.R
First Sergeant Wiseman.L
Master Sergeant Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
Sergeant Apollo.R
Sergeant Bishop.B
Corporal Blackburn.Z
Corporal Carr.W
Corporal Snow.B
Corporal Villmarsson.L
Specialist Bayer.MW
Specialist Flint.J
Specialist Grey.W
Specialist Holman.R
Specialist Linder.J
Specialist Mendoza.R
Specialist Moore.R
Specialist Russell.JG
Specialist Sosa.C
Specialist Van Auken.P
Specialist Vara.J
Specialist Walmsley.M
Specialist Woodford.F
Private First Class Birch.J
Private First Class Chalker.K
Private First Class Haro.G
Private First Class Hartshock.P
Private First Class Macintosh.S
Private First Class Owens.A
Private First Class Reddick.A
Private First Class Tremblay.J
Private First Class Webbel.R

Non-eligible:
Private First Class Utters.M

Non-7th Cavalry Personnel:
PFC.Lawrie.A [DISCH]
Lee_SK19
Doctor Shaggy

 

[Carr.W]

Element Callsign: GUNSLINGER-3
Element Leader: CPL.Carr.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Haro.G
SPC.Flint.J
*Others need to speak up, the fact that the squad system bugged meant I couldn't keep track of other Gun-3 troopers.

Actions:

• Gun-3 moved to NY with supplies and set up defenses for primary FOB east of objective (monty)
• Gun-3 then moved to patrol south west, and then into the objective to support infantry
• Squad net broke up and troopers were absorbed into other squads. Gun-3 actual set up road block support south, and then moved to re-cap NY after it was lost.
• After successfully supporting recap of NY, GUN-3 was tasked with resupplying NY.
• During resupply mission, order changed to final 15 of Monty before endex. Gun3 did their best making some good pushes form the south west, but the north avenue was completely non-permissive. There were so great efforts made by individual troopers, but Red won the day.

Pros:

• PVP
• Solid defense building at New York
• Solid 6 coordination / direction

Cons:

• Bugs with squads when re-spawning - troopers broke off squad on multiple occasions,
• Some orientation on the server would be helpful up front - during briefing - aka how supplies come in, rules on uniforms, etc, since the arsenal is so vast it feels like free for all.

 

[Hartshock.P]

Element Callsign: GUNSLINGER-1
Element Leader: PFC.Hartshock.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Haro.G
SPC.Linder.J
CPL.Blackburn.Z
SPC.Holman.R
PFC.Owens.A
SPC.Sosa.C


Actions:

• Gun-1 moved to Delaware to set up a FOB/Heli landing zone
• Gun-1 Moved to Monty to set up ambush points along MSR and patrol.
• Gun-1 Tasked with search and destroy enemy command truck located outside the objective.
• Continuous aggressive close quarters fighting in the town of Monty. Successful push backs of enemy forces until the last 15 minutes.
• Gun-1 eventually pushed out of Monty, lacked proper reinforcement points and was unable to really drive the last 10 minutes of the operation for the fight over Monty.

Pros:

• PVP (Great having a competitive edge and a sharper direction of action due to live players as enemy's)
• Great communication and order following.
• Good contribution to the overall success of holding Monty for NATO side.
• Relentless close quarter engagements, successful with an aggressive tempo.
• All in all, it was a blast! A nice change from the common experience by adding a diverse experience with PvP.
• Enjoyed the freedom with the arsenal (Not making it a strict dress code and allowing minor weapon/clothing changes felt like a nice treat!)

Cons:

• Action was sporadic at times across a vast area on the map leaving big chunks of time occupied by staring down a road.
• More of a team brief to set the tempo for supply lines and objective sets in the very beginning (Having overall mission goals per squad)
• Changing the "Win it all" last minute when NATO had very few spawn points at the end plus held the objective town 90% of the operation seemed rash and rushed to give "Both teams the win"

 

[Macintosh.S]

OPFOR PL Callsign: Viper 6
Platoon Leader: PFC.Macintosh.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within OPFOR:
SPC.Vara.J
PFC.Webbel
SPC.Mendoza
CPL.Snow.B
PFC.Chalker.K
SPC.Walmsley.M
PVT.Trembley.J
PFC.Riddick.A
2LT.Corbin.R
SRG.Apollo.R
SSG.Borenstein.B
MJR.Grgich.A
CPL.Villmarson.L
PFC.Birch.J
SPC.Van Auken.P

Pros:

• Very enjoyable PVP event, everyone had something positive to say before/during/after the AAR.
• Enjoyed having multiple methods of attack. (Gorilla, Frontal, Ambushes, defense)
• Enjoyed the diverse vehicles and use of mortars towards the middle-end.
• Sound tactics and direction from Viper-6.

Cons:

• Need some sort of mandated uniform. (Example: Forced armbands or access to only one uniform)
• M1A1 Abrams has an issue where you cannot see friendly name tags.
• Wishes for a more direct objective for the event. (maybe one objective to fight over)
• The route from MOB to the frontlines wasn't the best for the vehicles we had initially, hills were an issue, and a better planned route would probably have gotten use into the fight sooner.
• 2 Blue on Blue situations occurred due to issues with nametags/uniforms.
• More practice with OPFOR gear and vehicles would be useful as we are using them for the PvP events.
• A few times comms were an issue, not everyone saw the msg to switch channels for platoon net, there was a few times where comms were not clear, or someone was talked over.

 

[Van Auken.P]

OPFOR PL Callsign: Viper 6
Platoon Leader: PFC.Macintosh.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within OPFOR:
SPC.Vara.J
PFC.Webbel
SPC.Mendoza
CPL.Snow.B
PFC.Chalker.K
SPC.Walmsley.M
PVT.Trembley.J
PFC.Riddick.A
2LT.Corbin.R
SRG.Apollo.R
SSG.Borenstein.B
MJR.Grgich.A
CPL.Villmarson.L
PFC.Birch.J



Pros:

• Very enjoyable PVP event, everyone had something positive to say before/during/after the AAR.
• Enjoyed having multiple methods of attack. (Gorilla, Frontal, Ambushes, defense)
• Enjoyed the diverse vehicles and use of mortars towards the middle-end.
• Sound tactics and direction from Viper-6.

Cons:

• Need some sort of mandated uniform. (Example: Forced armbands or access to only one uniform)
• M1A1 Abrams has an issue where you cannot see friendly name tags.
• Wishes for a more direct objective for the event. (maybe one objective to fight over)
• The route from MOB to the frontlines wasn't the best for the vehicles we had initially, hills were an issue, and a better planned route would probably have gotten use into the fight sooner.
• 2 Blue on Blue situations occurred due to issues with nametags/uniforms.
• More practice with OPFOR gear and vehicles would be useful as we are using them for the PvP events.
• A few times comms were an issue, not everyone saw the msg to switch channels for platoon net, there was a few times where comms were not clear, or someone was talked over.

I was there with you PFC.Macintosh

 

[Macintosh.S]

I was there with you PFC.Macintosh

There is has been fixed. Thank you for letting me know

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Von Busch.M]

S1 Operations Processed.

 

[Blake.H]

S3 ODI Submitted