AAR ARMA Reforger | Campaign Ruhaian Freedom | Operation New Dawn

[Zaren.T]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation New Dawn
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): Campaign Ruhaian Freedom
Number within campaign:1
Game: ArmA Reforger
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 21FEB26
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Masnec.G
Mission Controller(s): Specialist Zaren.T , Corporal Reddick.A
Number of Attendees: 47

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action

1. Colonel Beiter.A
2. Major Rodahl.S
3. Captain Hilberg.A
4. First Lieutenant Corbin.R
5. Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H
6. Second Lieutenant Masnec.G
7. First Sergeant Westcott.R
8. Sergeant First Class Lucander.P
9. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Fox.R
10. Warrant Officer 1 Bloggins.R
11. Staff Sergeant Crowley.T
12. Staff Sergeant Taylor.C
13. Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
14. Sergeant Mendoza.R
15. Sergeant Brophy.C
16. Sergeant Giordano.C
17. Sergeant Flint.J
18. Corporal Dread.M
19. Corporal Clegg.M
20. Corporal Mackey.A
21. Corporal Reddick.A
22. Corporal Nance.T
23. Corporal Albright.J
24. Corporal Sorrel.M
25. Corporal Mobius.T
26. Corporal Fox.Z
27. Specialist Zaren.T
28. Specialist Harrel.R
29. Specialist McGill.A
30. Specialist Johnsen.M
31. Specialist Garrick.S
32. Specialist Ford.R
33. Specialist Colbert.L
34. Specialist Bolte.D
35. Specialist Yota.G
36. Specialist Reed.JH
37. Specialist Richardson.JD
38. Specialist Drezelan.O
39. Specialist Woodford.F
40. Private First Class Lexon.M
41. Private First Class Vern.J
42. Private First Class Chisum.J
43. Private First Class Baggett.H
44. Private Weather.J
45. Private Coner.J
46. Private Blackburn.DZ
47. Private McKinley.K

Template for AAR below

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

S3 BATTLE STAFF

Headquarters

7th Cavalry Regiment

COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Element Callsign:
Element Leader:
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
MILPACS

Pros:
-

Cons:
-

 

[Flint.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

S3 BATTLE STAFF

Headquarters

7th Cavalry Regiment

COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: HELIOS-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Flint.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Corporal Mobius.T
Specialist Bolte.D

Pros:
-Good communication between banshee and infantry units

Cons:
-Not much for helios to do
-Ran too long

 

[Zimm.L]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Viking-7
Element Leader:Master Sergeant Zimm.L
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Zimm.L
Specialist Yota.G
Private Weather.J

Pros:

• Very Busy, I think it work well leaving one 7 in ambulance and attaching the other two with two of the three sections we had. They would call the ambulance if then needed help or resupply.
• CLS did a great job on 63 Medical Net talking to Platoon Medic
• 0 Black Tags in medical care

Cons:

• Battle buddies not bandaging and pulling them to cover if they are in the open
• too long of an op was get tired
• Why do we kill POWs when they are surrounding and our ROEs are to capture POWs

 

[Johnsen.M]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

S3 BATTLE STAFF

Headquarters

7th Cavalry Regiment

COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Element Callsign: Viking-1
Element Leader: Specialist Johnsen.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Nance.T
Staff Sergeant Crowley.T
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist McGill.A
Private First Class Chisum.J
Specialist Reed.JH
Corporal Albright.J


Pros:

• Learnt more leadership skills all throughout the squad
• Made a Nature Documentary on the Banshees

Cons:

• Mechanized Operation where the infantry never were mounted at any given time
• Keep 1 stream during the brief
• 30 min before departure after brief
• Reinserts took 10min before LZ was given (there should be pre designated LZ/PZ locations)
• Coms where disorganized
• Squad Leaders talking on Platoon net multiple times
• Squad Leaders being called up by 6 multiple times and not responding during the whole operation
• Viking-1 had too much expected out of them being on the left lane
• V-1 had little too no contact other than the MASCAS at the very start and at the end of the OP
• V-1 felt like we didn't know what to do until the very last minute
• Op ran too long

 

[Rodahl.S]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Banshee-4 / Viking-5
Element Leader: Major Rodahl.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Beiter.A
Captain Hilberg.A
First Sergeant Westcott.R
Sergeant First Class Lucander.P
Corporal Dread.M
Corporal Mackey.A
Warrant Officer 1 Bloggins.R
Private First Class Vern.J

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed the Operation.
• Crisp and Wide manoeuvres.
• Helios responsiveness and flexibility were excellent.
• Bradley Platoon Comms were excellent during the first half of the operation.
• Great interoperability from the squads.

Cons:

• Most of the troopers expressed that the operation ran too long.
  • 3+hr operations tend to have troopers lose discipline and professionalism
• Bradleys were operating far from eachother and other infantry.
• Final assault was really cool, but not very functional. There are almost no circumstances where vehicles should be in front of infantry. Also, it took too long to plan as a frago.

 

[Brophy.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Viking-3
Element Leader: Sergeant Brophy.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Corbin.R
Sergeant Giordano.C
Corporal Clegg.M
Corporal Fox.Z
Specialist Drezelan.O
Specialist Woodford.F
Private First Class Baggett.H

Pros:

• Good in section comms.
• Good team work between fireteam elements.
• Excellent Helios Medical/Resupply support throughout.
• Everyone in the section had fun and enjoyed the dynamic section play.
• All in all a very good scenario, and we enjoyed the max employment of support elements and the level of enemy resistance was enjoyable.

Cons:

• Match was a bit long.
• Server crash, however this is expected from time to time.
• Small language barrier with 6 slight problems with understanding communications but it was worked through,

 

[Masnec.G]

Element Callsign: VIKING-6
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Masnec.G
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Pros:
-Good communication between banshee and infantry units
-People had fun

Cons:
-Unable to reach certain unit after being called on the radio multiple times
-OP ran a little bit too long
-Lack of 6R which made me coordinator for RAVEN insertions
-Lack of Banshee support when pushing to PL5 resulting in halt of Viking-3 due of enemy vehicle that needed to be destroyed

 

[Richardson.JD]

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

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Element Callsign: RAVEN-1
Element Leader: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Fox.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Richardson.JD
Private Coner.J
Specialist Colbert.L


Pros:

• Great comms with Viking-6
• Good choice of LZs, perfect smoke marking, etc
• Great zeus support

Cons:

• Troops need to remember to say last man in/out, etc
• Pilot's game crashed which resulted in one bird lost
• Troops need to hold inside the craft till the crews gives the "go go go" signal

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[Garrick.S]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Viking-2
Element Leader: Specialist Garrick.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Staff Sergeant Taylor.C
Sergeant Mendoza.R
Corporal Sorrel.M
Specialist Harrel.R
Private First Class Lexon.M
Private Blackburn.DZ
Private McKinley.K

Pros:

• Team-to-team maneuvering was on point. Squad-to-squad maneuvering was decent when it happened but didn't happen frequently enough.
• Internal comms were solid between teams. Having Banshee-2 on net for direct communication was fantastic. Would love to see that more.
• Map was solid and the operation itself was interesting. Everyone enjoyed the concept.
• Having the Bradleys working with us was great. Enjoyed having that element there for support.
• Viking-2 suffered no casualties and teams/troopers operated safely, cleanly, and textbook.

Cons:

• Phase lines were very wide for the numbers we had. The operation was designed with four squads of infantry in mind + four Bradleys. Upon the loss of one squad, one Bradley, and the low numbers in Viking-3 at step, it may have been prudent to reevaluate our capabilities and FRAGO the OPORD.
• We felt that a lack of squad lanes and specific route advice to objectives led to this platoon movement/maneuver playing out more like three squads hitting separate objectives on their own. Squads were distant from one another and support was too far at all times, leading to what I believe were two MASCAS.
• OIC was without an RTO and his platoon sergeant was coordinating the Banshee element (which is always a difficulty with Mechanized). The squads really felt the impact of Viking-6 being pulled every which way by having to coordinate not just the platoon but all the other assets in the AO. This may have been easier for the squads to handle among themselves if we were closer together and hitting OBJs together, per above. It feels like 6R is absolutely necessary (if not mandatory) if a platoon leader is also the OIC, though having Company HQ to handle higher operation coordination would be extremely useful.
• Viking-2 saw very limited contact over a very long op. Thanks to the guys for being an entertaining bunch!

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed / MILPACS Updated.