AAR ARMA Reforger | Firefight Fridays (NOV) | FF038

[Fryer.T]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: Firefight Friday 38
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable):
Number within campaign: 3-4
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: TAC2 - PvE

Date of Combat Mission: 28NOV25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300z
Time of Mission ENDEX(Zulu): 0100Z

Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Bishop.B

Mission Controller(s): Corporal Zimm.L, Specialist Fryer.T, Private First Class Madlock.B

Number of Attendees:

7th Cavalry Members Who Achieved Operational Credit:
Captain Hilberg.A
First Lieutenant Molitor.K
Second Lieutenant Bishop.B
First Sergeant Wiseman.L
Master Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant First Class Mazinski.H
Staff Sergeant Smith.DM
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Corporal Mackey.A
Corporal Zimm.L
Corporal Mendoza.R
Corporal Lethbridge-Stewart.J
Corporal Dread.M
Specialist Howe.T
Specialist Zaren.T
Specialist Fryer.T
Specialist Johnsen.M
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Webbel.R
Specialist Yota.G
Specialist Woodford.F
Specialist Reddick.A
Specialist Nance.T
Specialist Bayer.MW
Specialist Tremblay.J
Private First Class Madlock.B
Private First Class Tanner.N
Private First Class Colbert.L
Private First Class Clay.L
Private Richardson.JD
Private McGill.A


7th Cavalry Members Who Did NOT Achieve Operational Credit:



Non-7th Cavalry/Unknown Members:
If a cav member is here, they must file a S1 MILPAC Ticket to add their gamertag.




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

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

Element Callsign:

Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:



Pros:

Cons:

 

[Johnsen.M]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Banshee
Element Leader: SPC.Johnsen.M (1)
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: 1LT.Molitor.K (1) SPC.Reddick.A (1) CPL.Dread.M (2) SPC.Zaren.T (2)


Pros:
Tight and seamless convoy movement and reforming
Good dismounts performed by Gunslinger-4
Okay Communications between 1 and 2


Cons:
Earplugs
Close proximity to the contact/objective
Weird/Bad positions
Micro-Managed by 5
Potential BoB by Banshee-1
Setting up Convoy nets and shutting them down 100-150m out (should've kept it on Squad/Platoon net)

 

[Webbel.R]

Element Callsign: Helios-1

Element Leader: Specialist Webbel.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Mazinski.H
Specialist Tremblay.J


Pros:

• Route Clearance is fun, good demo opportunities.

Cons:

Blue on Blue problems, less integrated than we could've been, confusion on lane use.

 

[Westcott.R]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-1

Element Leader: Master Sergeant Westcott.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Hilberg.A
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Specialist Casey.W
Specialist Howe.T
Specialist Fred Woodford
Private McGill.A

Non-Cav:
Vengance
RedMan-Tac
The_Starflyer
Misery_VIII


Pros:

• Gun-1 FTLs absolutely crushed it the entire Operation. Coordination, bounding, comms, deconfliction, fire and maneuver, covering fire....all of it just absolutely on point from step-off to AAR. This led to excellent individual trooper discipline and execution of tactics by all of Gun-1 tonight.
• Comms across the board were excellent, including Platoon net. Swift shift fires when called for, comms with Helios good as well.
• Fun mission scope: appropriate contact levels for fighting Guerilla forces, a Civilian presence, and excellent choice of OBJ areas.
• Platoon worked well together tonight. Well led by -6 and -5.

Cons:

• Maybe a little more thought into DMP's. Need at minimum 100m before lane entrance or actual OBJ...unless deliberately pushing in hot for the element of surprise.
• Contact level was noted as low by some troopers, but for mission scope as well as the effectiveness of the squad made it feel that way.
• Squad was fired at by Buffalo as well as Banshee, but shift/lift fire calls were quickly adhered to.

 

[Yota.G]

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

Element Callsign:Gunslinger-7

Element Leader: Yota.G

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Yota.G



Pros:

• Everything went good gave out a bunch of bandages

Cons:N/A

 

[Mendoza.R]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-4

Element Leader: Corporal Mendoza.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Mackey.A
Specialist Nance.T
Corporal Lethbridge-Stewart.J
Specialist Bayer.MW
Private First Class Tanner.N
Staff Sergeant Smith.DM

Pros:

• Lethbridge-Stewart.J from 3-7 joined us and had a great time learning how we do things in Arma.
• Squad remained cohesive throughout the operation.
• Squad acted effectively as the security element for Banshee, fending off multiple RPG teams
• Squad perfectly executed a hasty assault on an enemy supply dump
• We provided effective supporting fires during phase 2 assault on the town of Hamertin
• Mackey and Nance did very well as team leads, they said they felt like they were given a good balance of direction and autonomy to do their tasks effectively

Cons:

• Phase 1 assault saw Gunslinger-4 unable to provide good supporting fires from the SBF position due to terrain.
• Dismount point on Phase 3 assault was missed by our LAV transport, exposing us to an RPG attack that killed Banshee-2, Gunslinger-5, and Gunslinger-4 Actual and Bravo.

 

[Bishop.B]

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

Element Callsign: Gunslinger-6

Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Bishop.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Bishop.B
First Sergeant Wiseman.L

Pros

• Had an enjoyable time during the operation. Plenty of work for all elements and appropriate amount of contact.
• Unit cohesion was excellent and maneuvering and adjusting to dynamic changes and situations was fluid. All elements supported each other well and accomplished individual taskings.
• Gunslinger-5 took control of Banshee and Gun-4 elements as a secondary task force directing them to secure and destroy an enemy cache. Throughout the operation Gun-5's direction of armor and SPF elements was excellent allowing infantry to operate with near impunity without having to worry about being flanked.
• Gunslinger-7 was able to reach and get Banshee and Gun-4 back into the fight after being tasked with a tertiary objective and sustaining multiple red tags.
• Gunslinger-1 was invaluable as primary assault element. While short on elements Gun-1 was able to adjust to being reassigned multiple lanes which they cleared with fervor.
• Gunslinger-4 did excellent providing security for Banshee elements and SBF on the OBS's. Only one Banshee was lost during a hasty assault at the end when a DMP was overshot however remaining squad was able to defend the surviving Banshee and continue assault on OBJ.
• Helios performance was admirable throughout the operation. Route clearing was done well all while accepting additional taskings, stepping up and clearing a lane due to not having all Gun elements. During final objective Helios was able to reach a crippled Banshee element and keep them in the fight.
• Buffalo-1 performed ISR and tasking well. Even with being stretched thin being the only helicopter they were able to step up and accomplish taskings as required.

Cons

• Earplugs.
• Map offers odd terrain. While it is not a small map by any means and has verticality it somehow feels cramped making for some awkward positioning of SBF, however they were able to adjust and make it work.
• No ACE medical mod.
• A few Blue on Blue instances but shift/lift fire was called quickly preventing further injuries or casualties.
• Pub intentional friendly fire. Was dealt with rapidly by GM's.
• Less personnel than desired.
• GM didn't go and learn to speak Russian explicitly for RP purposes. Not upset just disappointed.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.