Operation Crawl – AAR

Preliminaries

A. Security

• Location – FOB Armada
• Sentries – N/A

B. Weather

• Weather Forecast – Unknown
• First/last light – N/A
• Visibility – 2Km
• Moon State – Full
• Cloud cover – Partly Cloudy

C. Task Organization

• Appointments – Phoenix is Anvil-1 (actual) and the CO of the mission, with Raven being Anvil-2 and 2IC, then succession goes to section lead (Alpha-1 then Bravo-1).
• Task org. – Anvil 1 Will co-ordinate from the FUP, with Anvil-2 assisting co-ordination on the ground attached to a unit of their choosing. Alpha Section will be acting as an FSG and provide security while Bravo Section Assaulting and conducting CQC.

D. Ground Brief Orientation

• Map familiarization – Our TAOR (defined by Coy command as the AO) is the area 500m around the center of the Ghost Hotel Complex. It is an area of steep hills of approx 25m high broken up by treeblocks. There are 36 buildings, including one very large 4 story Hotel building called ‘Ghost Hotel’ for which the complex is named after.
• Enemy – The enemy will be well entrenched in the Ghost Hotel Complex, which is in the middle of a Bay array inside a valley
• Friendly – The hills surrounding the ghost hotel complex will be vital for achieving macro terrain control over the ghost hotel complex in order to conduct OBUA operations. There is a high wall along the Eastern end of the complex with 6 holes along it, marked Breach 1-6

1. Situation

A. Enemy Forces

• Strengths – Expected to be approximately 40 in the TAOR, with an unkown number outside of the TAOR in the NE of Altis
• Locations – Unknown
• Weapons – small arms, eg: AK-47, RPK
• Equipment – Technicals. Minimal night optics
• Obstacles – None expected
• Defensive fire positions – None are known.
• Air threat – None
• Artillery Support – None
• Likely intentions and reactions – Enemies from outside the TAOR are expected to counter-attack once contact is made in the TAOR.

B. Friendly Forces

• BattleGroup commanders intent – Zulu-Alpha’s primary objective is eliminating Bokassa, thereby ending his influence over the rebel gangs in Altis.
  Secondarily, any civilians within the AO are to be secured for local authorities to claim when the AO is clear.
  If weapon caches are found, they must be destroyed.
• Other Friendly forces – 2x Hunter HMGs and a truck will be deployed as a relief force when the Ghost Hotel Complex is secured with an ETA of 15 minutes.
• Attachments or detachments – 6 SDVs.

C. Civilian Population

• Numbers – Minimal
• Location – Unknown
• Vehicles – None
• Sympathies – Unknown

2. Mission

• The overall mission intention – To clear the Ghost hotel Complex of all hostiles, defend it against Counter-atttack, kill Bokassa (Primary Objective), Destroy weapon caches and secure and hold any positions occupied by civilians (Since it is forbidden to move civilians) until friendly relief forces arrive.

3. Execution

A. Concept of Operations

• C.O’s Intent – To insert at the LZ via SDV, Alpha provides over-watch for the purpose of isolating and controlling 3-Alpha, while Bravo assaults it. Once it is secure Alpha then provides overwatch for the Western end of the Ghost Hotel Complex and provides security against any enemy counter-attack. from outside the TAOR while Bravo secures the res of the Complex.
• Scheme of maneuver –

1. ZA lands at LZ (00:00)
2. ZA moves to RP-1 (00:05)
3. Alpha sets up at OP-1 with weapons hold while Bravo crawls to Breach-4
4. Once Bravo reaches Breach-4, Alpha is weapons free and Bravo begins assaulting 3-Alpha by entering from the door on side 4 level 1 and clears the building as they see fit. (00:15)
5. Once 3-Alpha is secured, Alpha moves past the Northern side of 3-Alpha and onto OP-2 and OP-3 (splitting up as necessary) in order to provide security against enemy forces coming from the North and East and to fire on the Eastern part of the Ghost hotel complex from a different angle. (00:45)
6. Bravo will then move to and clear the Eastern part of the Ghost Hotel Complex, starting from Block Bravo, then onto Block Charlie.
7. Once the Ghost Hotel Complex is secured, Bravo will then move to a position to assist in providing security for the whole complex and await the friendly relief force (01:45).
8. Once the relief force arrives, then ZA will move back to the LZ for extraction via the SDVs (02:00).

• Main Effort – Bravo assaults and secures buildings, while Alpha over-watches and provides security against outside forces while anvil provides intelligence and co-ordination.

B. Mission Statements

• Alpha Section – Provide Overwatch from OP-1, then OP 2 and 3 and provide security against outside attack.
• Bravo Section – Quietly move to 3-Alpha, clear it, wait for Alpha to move to new OP, then clear the rest of the complex. Bravo will also mark the positions of civilians they come across and plant explosives on weapon caches that are found.
• Anvil-1 – Overall command of the mission and primary operator of UAVs.
• Anvil-2 – 2iC and assisting with co-coordinating operations in the TAOR and secondary UAV operator.
• Summary – Bravo assaults and secures buildings, while Alpha over-watches and provides security against outside forces while anvil provides intelligence and co-ordination.

C. Coordinating instructions

• Preliminary Moves – ZA will move to the FUP from FOB Armada in civilian vehicles. There we will kit up according to requirements. Then an initial recon flight will be done by Anvil-1, then all teams will move to the LZ.
• Coordinating Fire – N/A.
• Re-Org Instructions – RP-1 is the first point for organizing and rallying. The last cleared building will be used. Once 3-Alpha is secured, that will be the new RP.

Actions-on :

• Disembarking of SDV – Keep the SDV a safe distance from the coast to avoid beaching and keep a record of its exact 8 figure location.
• HVT attempts escape – Adjust operations to intercept and kill.
• Room clearing in 3-Alpha – Deploy chem light for each room cleared.
• Clearing all other buildings – Deploy chem light for each building cleared.
• Weapons Cache found – Deploy explosive and chem light on it. Detonate all explosives once Moving back to LZ.
• Civilian encountered – Make note of position of civilian and mark with chem light if outside.

4. Service Support

• Kit requirements – All weapons must be of the 6.5mm caliber, including Auto-riflemen and machine gunners. Bravo will carry explosives and Alpha will carry extra ammo. A large amount of chem lights must be carried, most importantly by Bravo.
• CASEVAC – None will be available.
• Resupply – No resupply available, as unit will be operating behind enemy lines with limited vehicles.

5. Command and Signals

Radio Frequencies (in MHz):

• 50 for Command
• 65 for Alpha and Romeo section
• 75 for Bravo section
• 40 for All units except command for under water radios.

• 320 for Alpha-1
• 350 for Alpha-2
• 380 for Bravo-1
• 400 for Bravo-2
• 420 for Romeo