AAR Arma Reforger | Operation Lawn Darts Redux | 13JUN26 2200z

[Hilberg.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 Lawn Darts Redux
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): N/A
Number within campaign: N/A
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: Tactical Realism 1

Date of Combat Mission: 13JUN26
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2200Z
Time of Mission ENDEX(Zulu): 0030Z

Mission OIC:First Lieutenant Corbin.R

Mission Controller(s):Major Hilberg.A, Corporal Reddick.A

Number of Attendees:43
Colonel Robbi.J
Major Dread.M
Major Hilberg.A
Major Lewis.A
Major Rodahl.S
First Sergeant Westcott.R
First Lieutenant Corbin.R
First Lieutenant Vaughn.V
Second Lieutenant Mobius.T
Sergeant First Class Borenstein.B
Staff Sergeant Crowley.T
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frost.D
Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Sergeant Easy.G
Sergeant Lee.H
Sergeant Nance.T
Corporal Bolte.D
Corporal Cobb.B
Corporal Grey.T
Corporal Macintosh.S
Corporal Pearl.F
Corporal Reddick.A
Corporal Russell.JG
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Von Knispel.K
Corporal Xinos.T
Corporal Zaren.T
Specialist Chisum.J
Specialist Coner.J
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist Grubaugh.E
Specialist Harrel.R
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist McGill.A
Specialist McKinley.K
Specialist Miranda.M
Specialist Wright.P
Private First Class Birch.J
Private First Class Jonez.M
Private First Class Murphy.K
Private First Class Studs.J
Private OMordha.P
Private Riley.K

 

[Zaren.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: MISFIT-3
Element Leader: Corporal Zaren.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frost.D
Staff Sergeant Crowley.T
Sergeant Easy.G
Corporal Xinos.T
Corporal Russell.JG
Specialist Harrel.R
Private Riley.K

Pros:

• Strong MOUT performance overall. several casutlies was sustained but kept relatively low despite the dense urban terrain and complex environment, especially during the clearing of the final three apartment buildings.
• Amazing support from Helios mine clearing/breaching and from the Medics dragging us out of buildings and managing multiple mass casualties at the same time during the entire operation.
• Communications felt good despite the chaos.
• Good Teamwork with the other squads. Especially when doing the maneuvers into the complex itself and the apartment buildings.
• The operation presented several challenging tactical situations that required problem-solving and adaptability, which made it engaging and enjoyable.
• Good succession of leadership within the squad. Multiple troopers stepped up and assumed leadership responsibilities throughout the operation when needed.
• The nighttime airborne insertion was a fun and unique experience for several troopers regarding the solutions for the buggy parachute mod.
• Troopers had a great time.
• Good despite technical issues affecting the operation.
• Turnout was amazing.

Cons:

• More direct coordination and communication between fireteams could improve efficiency and situational awareness.
• Frequent FPS drops and disconnects negatively impacted momentum and complicated execution at several points during the operation.
• We lost tempo during the final phase of the objective, which slowed the overall push and reduced pressure on the enemy. Which in the end, resulted in 2 casualties.

 

[Coner.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Buffalo Flight
Element Leader: Specialist Coner.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Dread.M
Corporal Macintosh.S
Corporal Pearl.F
Private First Class Jonez.M

Pros:

• Excellent operation
• Comms between flight elements and Misfit-5/6 were on point
• Lots of action for the Doorgunners
• First Airbourne operation out of UH-60's was really fun to be a part of.

Cons:

• Fuel consumption was to fast (forwarded to proper channel)

 

[Nance.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit-2
Element Leader: Sergeant Nance.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Grey.T
Specialist McKinley.K
Corporal Wagner.D

Specialist Kron.D
Second Lieutenant Mobius.T
Specialist Chisum.J

Sustains:

• Troopers like the op. Good concept, tough enemy to dig out
• Squad had to hold down true 360 security held up between buildings.
• Good movement all the way from landing and grouping up to move to DZRP
• Platoon fought together well. Good platoon assault on apartments. Got support from Helios when needed. 7 was always around
• Squad reacted well to orders and was able to get on top of what needed to be done

Improves:

• Leaders recon should take proper personnel. Or at least a security element.
• CQB was loose. Had uncleared floors in apartments. Took a lot of casualties being not careful
• Squad had personal improves: Improved spacing and being more methodical on movements. Lack of initiative in succession of command.
• Mi8 rockets brought frames down

 

[Wright.P]

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

Element Callsign: MISFIT-4
Element Leader: Specialist Wright.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Westcott.R
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Ford.R
Private First Class Birch.J
Private First Class Murphy.K



Pros:

• Fun operation. Good leadership and Game Masters. Operation was difficult, but was incredibly engaging. 9/10, would lawn dart again.
• Fantastic platoon movement. Traveling overwatch was second nature to most elements.
• Excellent comms, chaos considered. SPOTREPS and orders were clear coming down and going up the CoC.
• Fantastic resupply effort, and medical effort from HELIOS and MISFIT-7, respectively,
• Good following of fire orders from the members of MISFIT-4

Cons:

• MISFIT-4 Actual misunderstood an order that led to the element out of position, and out of tempo with the platoon for a brief time.
• Total of 3x Black tags in MISFIT-4.
• Tricky objective led to confusion and slow pace in clearing/capturing.
• Obvious technical issues with the jump system. No real issue there.

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• MISFIT-4 maneuvered as a screening element for the platoon, though we did end up out of position as we pushed hostiles off of the north-western approach.. Issue was fixed, and we continued into the objective compound.
• Squad bounded East, then South to the far corner. Moved south as a squad, engaging in MOUT as we scouted a good SBF position.
• Got bogged down as we took fire from the apartment buildings on the East side of the objective. Took 1x Red-tag. MISFIT-7 resolved the issue and we pushed on.
• Took 1x Black-tag, and 1x Red-Tag near the reactor building. Recovered the injured and treated. Westcott and Lucander led a small element to take the building we were taking fire from.
• After the aforementioned building was clear, MISFIT-4 occupied it as an SBF position. Provided multi-axis covering fire for the platoon from the second floor for the remainder of the operation.

 

[Miranda.M]

Element Callsign: Helios-1
Element Leader: SPC Miranda.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
MAJ Rodahl.S
CPL Bolte.D
PVT O'Mordha.P


Pros:

• Lots of re-arms of squads
• Successful demo of BTR and layed mines on the southern entrance in order to deter vehicles from pushing.
• Overall good op

Cons:

• For time sake, squads need to give 1 person up to the Helios attachment with them to quickly get ammo to their squads so ammo gets given out in a timely manner.

 

[Von Knispel.K]

Element Callsign: Misfit-7
Element Leader: Corporal Von Knispel.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Vaughn.V



Pros:

• Good Intersquad comms
• Good amount of casualties for 7 to do their job.
• first time as lead medic I hope it wasn't terrible as a lead medic

Cons:

• Mods for the medical kit didn't work properly.
• CLS did not talk much on the medical net
• didn't expect to be lead medic

 

[Lee.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit-1
Element Leader: Lee.H

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Specialist McGill.A
Corporal Cobb.B
Specialist Grubaugh.E
Major Lewis.A
Colonel Robbi.J
Private First Class Studs.J

Pros:

• Really fun objective
• Movement to the facility was really fun and pretty well done
• The Helios detachment worked really well with Misfit-1
• The bounding leading up to phase line green was very solid with solid bounding all around as well.

Cons:

• We kinda got stuck in a strange spot trying to hold any position in the south
• Random unmarked building on map as well as map not displaying forests correctly

 

[Corbin.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Misfit-6
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Corbin.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Corbin.R


Pros:

• Good communication with Buffalo, they were very effective.
• Misfit-7 was on point, wherever we needed them, they were there!
• The platoon adapted to very dynamic and challenging circumstances.
• Very fun objective!
• Misfit-5 was very effective and kept things moving with Misfit-3 and Misfit-4.

Cons:

• It was unfortunate that the parachute mod didn't work, but either way it was a blast and good to get reps in!
• Succession of command lacked in some instances.

 

[Borenstein.B]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: MISFIT-5
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Borenstein.B



Pros:

• Fun mission. I think it went better than the first go around.
• Comms between me and Buffalo flight were tight; they provided great ISR information, were always on the horn with what they were doing, and provided excellent CAS under my direction.
• Assault went well.
• Defensive portion went well having half the platoon at the gate and the others clearing the remaining interior apartment buildings.
• 7 was effective and kept me alive.

Cons:

• No Parachute - Lawn Darts
• When we got resupply on the roof from Buffalo, they dropped like 7 backpacks full of misc gear; I was the sole runner, and by the time I got 3 of the backpacks back and forth to the platoon, the rest of them had despawned.
• I was aiding MISFIT-3 doing interior clearing of the power plant buildings, and therefore wasn't doing my job scouting out LZs for reinsert at that time.
• Took a little too long to get inside the wire and to the 3+4 AP/SBF. Our tempo slowed and we ended up crawling through places where we had minimal cover and concealment.