AAR AAR Arma Reforger | Campaign Forward Talons | Operation String Lights

[Mazinski.H]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: String Lights
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Forward Talons
Number within campaign: 2
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1

Date of Combat Mission: 12SEP25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu):1800Z

Mission OIC BLUFOR:
Second Lieutenant Whitsel.M
Master Sergeant Willson.JA
First Lieutenant Hilberg.A

Mission Controller(s):
Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H

Number of Attendees: 38

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

1. First Lieutenant Hilberg.A
2. Second Lieutenant Whitsel.M
3. Second Lieutenant Corbin.R
4. Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
5. Master Sergeant Westcott.R
6. Master Sergeant Willson.JA
7. Staff Sergeant Mazinski.H
8. Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
9. Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
10. Staff Sergeant Smith.DM
11. Staff Sergeant Blake.H
12. Sergeant Vaughn.V
13. Sergeant Apollo.R
14. Specialist Webbel.R
15. Specialist Hartshock.P
16. Specialist Valiante.M
17. Specialist Kron.D
18. Specialist Linder.J
19. Specialist Flint.J
20. Specialist Ruiz.E
21. Specialist Van Auken.P
22. Specialist Birch.J
23. Specialist Harry.J
24. Specialist Mack.A
25. Specialist Nance.T
26. Specialist Keene.R
27. Private First Class Pearl.F
28. Private First Class Grubaugh.E
29. Private First Class Tremblay.J
30. Private First Class Johnsen.M
31. Private First Class Reddick.A
32. Private First Class Von Knispel.K
33. Private First Class Adams.T
34. Private First Class Owens.A
35. Private First Class Yota.G
36. Private Bolte.D
37. Recruit Bourass.M
38. Recruit Tanner.N

If your name is not listed, please first ensure your element lead posted their AAR response and included your name in their response. If your name is not listed by your element lead please contact them. If your name is listed in the AAR response, but not the master AAR list, please contact whomever posted this AAR

 

[Westcott.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit-3
Element Leader:Master Sergeant Westcott.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Sergeant Vaughn.V
Warrant Officer 1 Villmarsson.L
Private First Class Yota.G

Pros:

• Excellent OP concept: 2 teams Raid 1-life with dry-runs
• Dry runs provided opportunities for refinement for better execution
• Communication was SUPERB both intra and extra squad
• CQB was "chef's kiss" from B3, as well as all SBF and security postions
• Every member in the squad executed today

Cons:

• 1x Black tag- I am not convinced that some "ARMA" happened with that, a casualty shouldn't call out that they got hit and be dead 10 seconds later, denying -7 their chance to shine.

NOTE: This style of OP won't be for everyone, proper execution of this requires individual Trooper discipline and solid experienced leadership with the ability to see a bigger picture other than just "need moar contact".

 

[Hartshock.P]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit-4
Element Leader: Specialist Hartshock.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Vaughn.V
Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Private First Class Owens.A
Specialist Van Auken.P
Second Lieutenant Corbin.R
Specialist Webbel.R


Pros:

• Great MAAW accuracy and deployment.
• MGs were extremely effective, shifted correctly and engaged multiple targets
• Communication was excellent inner/platoon level.
• Learned a lot and left the operation having fun and learned/strengthen skills.
• Every member in the squad executed today and had fun.
• Every trooper listened intently, executed, provided essential knowledge and feedback to the success!

Cons:

• Spacing needs to be dialed in, especially when crossing obstacles such as fences, roads, rocks, etc.
• Being mindful of over extending squad potential/diverting resources out of reach.

 

[Nance.T]

Element Callsign: Bandit-2
Element Leader: Private First Class Nance.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Johnsen.M
Private First Class Reddick.A
Specialist Valiante.M
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist Linder.J
Specialist Flint.J
Recruit Tanner.N

Pros:

• All troopers seemed to really enjoy the operation, especially the coordination we were able to achieve with extended planning. Personally I had a blast as well.
• FTLs did an excellent job. They were able to execute the plan we came up with in the dry run at a high level.
• Bandit-2 took no casualties and was able to quickly push in and complete the objective.

Cons:

• Some troopers do not enjoy the night time operations largely due to the NVGs.
• Took a red tag in the dry run due to friendly fire, after calling for a shift fire.

 

[Willson.JA]

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


Pros:

• A fantastic operation.
• Communication throughout the platoon was on point.
• Great violence of action on the objective by Bandit-2.
• Perfect use of the MAAWS and 240s by Bandit-4 allowed for clean and swift movement of Bandit-2 through the objective.
• Having an hour to sandtable the objective was excellent and allowed for proper planning.
• Platoon movement was swift and clean on and off the objective.
• The raid took around 10 minutes from the first shot to the last man on target.

Cons:

• I have no cons...

 

[Nance.T]

Element Callsign: Pioneer-1
Element Leader: Specialist Nance.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Adams.T
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist Valiante.M
Specialist Flint.J
Recruit Tanner.N
Specialist Webbel.R
Specialist Birch.J
Specialist Harry.J
Specialist Mack.A

Pros:

• Only took one red casualty
• Were able to complete objective fairly quickly
• Squad worked together well to clear out trenches
• Complex operation where we worked well with Pioneer-4, had good security around allowing us to push through.
• Really fun op, high intensity
• Newer FTLs noted a great playground for learning and getting proper time to digest info

Cons:

• One casualty caused by trooper walking in front of stack
• A lot of ground to cover in the amount of time
• The size of the squad with the amount of contact in the trenches led to a lot of down time for troopers in the back.
• Some confusion on exfil plan

 

[Smith.DM]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Pioneer-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Smith.DM

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Wescott.R
Private First Class Johnsen.M
Private Bolte.D
Recruit Bourass.M
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Private First Class Reddick.A
2nd Lieutenant Corbin.R
Specialist Keene.R
Private First Class Von Knispel.K


Pros:

• Good communication between FT's
• Dry run and planning the OP on the ground was a cool idea, everyone seemed to like it
• NO CASUALTIES!!! HOORAY!
• Good fire commands on the live fire, good shift fire calls
• All around good planning
• Great OP, really fun.

Cons:

• For engagement distances, 249's would've been more acceptable
• Dry run went a little rough, probably because it felt a little hurried due to time restraint
• The exfil out of the trench could've used some work, a little confusing as to what we were doing but we worked it out.
• Spacing in the trench needs to be worked on, clogging up the trenches isn't a good idea.
• Work on echoing commands (should've used squad radio when practicing noise discipline)
• P5 attachments kind of got in the way of a fireteam holding SBF during the live run, not a major issue but just being more aware could fix this.

 

[Apollo.R]

Phase Green

Element Callsign: Bandit-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Apollo.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Grubaugh.E
Specialist Ruiz.E
Specialist Valiante.M
Specialist Kron.D
Staff Sergeant Blake.H
Private First Class Tremblay.J
Private First Class Reddick.A
Staff Sergeant Blake.H


Pros:
-Dry run was immensely helpful, provided solid "intel" and let us do some basic CQC training which was desperately needed
-Good movement to and from COI, quick and with very good fireteam formations
-No causalities, one trooper was knocked uncon for a minute but sustained no damage
-Clearing target building was near perfect, took only approximately 3 minutes, infil and exfil went smoothly
-Bandit 3 provided excellent SBF
-FTL comms started spotty but improved as the OP went on

Cons:
-I could use to some more work on platoon communication, it has been a few weeks since I had to use a platoon net and that showed
-FTL's could use more training, always nice to have new FTL's step up and learn but consequently that can lead to delays or miscommunication and just general lack of smoothness, especially in combat
-CQC training is desperately needed with so many new troopers in Charlie CO, recommend either a class or more CQC training in quarterly Charlie Co training plan

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.

 

[Blake.H]

S3 ODI Submitted