AAR ArmA Reforger | Campaign Everon Freedom | Operation Bobby Boucher Phase 2

[Beiter.A]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Bobby Boucher Phase 2
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 17OCT25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300z
Mission OIC: Major Lewis.A
Mission Controller(s): Colonel Beiter.A

Number of Attendees: 49
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

1. Colonel Beiter.A
2. Major Lewis.A
3. Captain Hilberg.A
4. Captain Rodahl.S
5. First Lieutenant Molitor.K
6. Second Lieutenant Bishop.B
7. Second Lieutenant Corbin.R
8. Second Lieutenant MacMillan.M
9. First Sergeant Wiseman.L
10. Master Sergeant Westcott.R
11. Sergeant First Class Mazinski.H
12. Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
13. Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
14. Sergeant Carr.W
15. Corporal Crimzon.E
16. Specialist Clegg.M
17. Corporal Flint.J
18. Corporal Mack.A
19. Corporal Marcus.J
20. Corporal Mobius.T
21. Corporal Mendoza.R
22. Corporal Russell.JG
23. Corporal Whitsel.M
24. Specialist Fryer.T
25. Specialist Kenton.W
26. Specialist King.MJ
27. Specialist Kron.D
28. Specialist Gilman.A
29. Specialist Giordano.C
30. Specialist Macintosh.S
31. Specialist Miller.JH
32. Specialist Nance.T
33. Specialist Reddick.A
34. Specialist Ruiz.E
35. Specialist Sandoval.M
36. Specialist Utters.M
37. Specialist Valiante.M
38. Specialist Van Auken.P
39. Specialist Webbel.R
40. Private First Class Adams.T
41. Private First Class Harrel.R
42. Private First Class Markham.C
43. Private First Class Pearl.F
44. Private First Class Woods.F
45. Private First Class Walker.TR
46. Private First Class Young.M
47. Private Hickman.K
48. Private Cormac.M
49. Private Cormack.G

 

[Mazinski.H]

Element Callsign: Helios-1
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Mazinski.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Ruiz.E
Specialist Webbel.R
Private First Class Young.M
Private First Class Markham.C

Pros:

• Had fun internally
• Got to get in some contact and do some CQB work

Cons:

• Didn't feel a part of the BLUFOR element as a whole, not having markers as a separate platoon really makes it difficult to see where we need to be and where friendlies are. If this can be fixed, it would be greatly appreciated as it is due to the separation of HELIOS from the ground element faction
• Comms were messy without a dedicated platoon RTO to take comms off of Platoon-5
• Overall plan felt very convoluted and unnecessarily complicated

 

[Zimm.L]

Element Callsign: Viking-7
Element Leader: Corporal Zimm.L
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Zimm.L
Private Hickman.K


Pros:

• Had fun and a good amount of medical
• good calls for medical help

Cons:

• got lost when sent to the down Blackhawk, would be nice to have gps back from arma 3 for certain personal during ops
• being by myself was hard trying to do comms, navigate, and do the medical was a little much
• i was late because parents came to visit and forgot which night it was
• ambulance glitched out and broke in the military base levie, had to have GM spawn a new one to fix it
• ambulance trying to follow unit through woods is not easy, dont know if we can find a way around this

 

[Molitor.K]

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

Element Callsign: Banshee-2
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Molitor.K

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Cormac.M
Recruit Cormack.G

Pros:

1. Really solid op with a good mix of milsim and action.
2. Beautiful coordination on the Banshee net.
3. Achieved bounding to cover Platoon movement.
4. New Recruit joined up and had a blast. Ran over a bad guy.
5. Lots of good maneuvers and support to Viking.
6. Convoy did not take any wrong turns.

Cons:

1. 5 had to hop out and run with the infantry due to some technical issues 6 had, lowering the effectiveness of Banshee-4.
2. 2 VC (me) failed to effectively communicate damage that made us ineffective leading to the loss of Banshee-4 to a K17.
3. Made a bad call trying to regroup 3 with the main effort which also led to them getting killed and the loss of another BFV.

 

[Rodahl.S]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Banshee 3
Element Leader: Captain Rodahl.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Flint.J
Specialist Fryer.T

Pros:

• Great communication within the vehicle platoon.
• Fantastic movement during the OP. Incredible showcase of the Bradley potential.
• Expert strategic command from Banshee-2 after picking up after Viking 5 had to step up into an infantry commanding role.
• Flexible manoeuvre by Helios to extend the security of Banshee 3 during the Leaders Recon Phase.
• High tempo with movements interchanging all the flanks.

Cons:
These cons are very nitpicky!

• Viking 5 ended up in a commanding role of the infantry, leading to a link missing between the Bradleys and the infantry.
  • It is acknowledged that this was a necessity.
• Contact levels were way beyond what was reported.
  • Ammendably, it was mostly from QRF, and the strength within the AO maintained balance.

 

[Russell.JG]

Element Callsign: Viking-1
Element Leader: Corporal Russell.JG
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Second Lieutenant MacMillan.M
Master Sergeant Westcott.R
Staff Sergeant Borenstein.B
Corporal Mendoza.R
Specialist Kenton.W
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist Gilman.A
Specialist Valiante.M
Specialist Van Auken.P
Private First Class Harrel.R
Private First Class Walker.TR

Pros:

• Troopers did well at "finding work" every time in contact.
• Good movement as a squad.
• Good CQB.
• Good communication with fireteams.
• Although communications got jumbled with higher at times the mission kept moving forward.
• Viking 1 powered through multiple mass casualty events ultimately completing the mission.

Cons:

• Blue on Blue occur due to failed communication between Viking 1 &3
• DCs/bugs
• Not having the markers on the map to track units was challenging for coordinating movement. SL needs to improve to not rely on the markers.
• With the mass casualty events leadership went down a couple times make organization of the squad stalled and confused.

 

[Woods.F]

Element Callsign: Buffalo-1
Element Leader: Private First Class Woods.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
2LT Bishop.B
CPL Crimzon.E
SPC Macintosh.S



Pros:

• Good flight time.
• Good LZs and clear and precise comms.
• Got to practice SERE.

Cons:

• Need more comms from ground units in order to clarify cleared positions and LZ security status.
• Recommend Raven airframe for increased speed and smaller size.

 

[Carr.W]

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

Element Callsign: VIKING-3
Element Leader: Sergeant Carr.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

First Sergeant Wiseman.L
Specialist Nance.T
Specialist Miller.JH
Private First Class Young.M
Specialist Giordano.C
Second Lieutenant Corbin.R
Corporal Mack.A
Corporal Marcus.J
Private First Class Adams.T
Specialist Clegg.M

PROS:

• Good fireteam initiative
• Took both objectives - mission accomplished
• 3-Alpha team under Wiseman acted to save downed buffalo
• Good 7 platoon medic actions and availability
• Good team comms incl. echoing orders, 3ds, lacereps, building clearance status
• Good team succession of command during DCs and blacktags/redtrags of leadership

CONS:

• Bad platoon level coordination / leadership felt weak and scattered. If RTO was required, PL should have drafted someone. If PSG needed to be in Bradley's per SOP, they should have stayed there.
• Bad map markers / bluefor situational awareness led to slow progress and lots of unnecessary radio traffic. If Platoon HQ is responsible for map markers and BLUEFOR mapping, they need to do that. If they need to delegate it to SLs, they need to call that delegation.
• Bad platoon channel radio comms. See RTO note. Perhaps that role also is responsible for helping to direct that Net.
• Bad assault lanes / infantry coordination in OBJ 1 led to blue-on-blue. We rushed assaulting that objective and we might as well have waited and made a good plan (per BAT vision directive). The eny wasn't going anywhere. We also would have been wise to soften OBJ1 with CAS.

 

[Lucander.P]

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

Element Callsign: Banshee-4
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lucander.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Lucander.P
Specialist Reddick.A

Pros:

• Fun solid operation
• Good momentum

Cons:

• Viking 6 was having technical difficulties, so he had to lead the infantry part of the platoon, that made Banshee - 2 had to take over the leadership and that cut us off from infantry at times.
• Fire into enemy amour until they start to burn or they will jump in the vehicle again and kill other unsuspecting allies.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Davis.D]

S1 Operations Complete