Operation – Spy Monkeys – WARNORD

Preliminaries

A. Security

• Location – FOB Colobus
• Sentries – Guarded by ZA reserves (AI)

B. Weather

• Weather Forecast – Clear
• First/last light – 17:50 hrs
• Visibility – 1.5Km
• Moon State – 3/4
• Cloud cover – Clear

C. Task Organization

• Appointments – 0-A is Phoenix
• Task org. – Capuchin finds the target building, 1-2 and 2-2 enter the target building, 1-1 and 2-1 establish a perimeter and Capuchin covers the building and HLS-1 and 2. Stinger inserts and extracts the teams and provides CAS.

D. Ground Brief Orientation

• Map familiarization – The AO is a desert area with rolling hills with a large urban area in the center (Zargabad) with smaller compounds dotted around the area. Zargabad itself is a dense urban area comprised of 1 to 3 sotry buildings with paved and dirt roads and a commercial and residential type buildings.
• Enemy – The buildings in Zargabad
• Friendly – Beyond the Eastern hills there is an arid valley which should be clear of all civilians and hostiles suitable for an FUP and HLS. the Eastern hills allows us to control the Eastern part of Jaguar and partially isolate it.

1. Situation

A. Enemy Forces

• Strengths – 100-200 irregular infantry
• Locations – In the Zargabad region, only some areas of Zargabad proper occupied with some personal protection at the target building.
• Weapons – Small arms including RPGs.
• Equipment – Muslim insurgents dressed in traditional dress and some African mercenaries with motorized transport and armed wit
• Obstacles – Unknown
• Defensive fire positions – Target building
• Air threat – None
• Artillery Support – None
• Likely intentions and reactions – All enemy forces in the region are expected to intercept friendly forces once out intentions are known.

B. Friendly Forces

• BattleGroup commanders intent – Your force is to conduct a direct action mission to eliminate Souris and capture any persons of interest in the villa and bring them and your forces back to FOB Colobus with minimal friendly and civilian casualties.
• Other Friendly forces – None
• Equipment – limited to standard small arms and 2x M2 Brownings
• Available vehicles – 1x micro UAV, 6x M2 HMMWV up-armoured.
• Rotary Wing: 2x MH-9, 1x MH-47E, 1x AH-9

C. Civilian Population

• Numbers – Many
• Location – Major towns
• Vehicles – Present
• Sympathies – Neutral

2. Mission

• The overall mission intention – Kill Souris and capture and extract persons of interest in Jaguar.

3. Execution

A. Concept of Operations

• C.O’s Intent – To rapidly conduct a focused assault primarily with ground vehicles to breach Jaguar, neutralize Boomslang, kill Souris, rapidly extract any captured persons of interest by air and fall back with all ground forces back to the HLS\FUP. This must all be completed in about one hour
• Scheme of maneuver –
• 1. Stinger airlifts HMMWVs and ground forces to HLS-1 under security of gunship (00:15)
• 2. Dragon must move to WP-1 and isolate Jaguar (00:30)
• 3. 1 and 2 section must move to and breach at WP-2 while 3 section over-watches. (00:35)
• 4. 1 section moves to FP-1 (Firing Position one) and acts as a blocking force for any QRF along MSR Macaque, 2 section clears Jaguar-1 and neutralizes Boomslang, and 3 section moves up and clears Jaguars 2, 3 and 4. (00:45)
• 5a. 2 Section takes any captured persons of interest and moves them to the open (NE entrance of Jaguar-1) to be extracted via Stinger and MH-9. (00:50)
• 5b. Stinger provides CAS with AH-9. (00:50)
• 6. 3 section moves to WP-3 and provides over-watch, while 1 and 2 sections fall back through WP-3 to HLS-1 (00:60)
• 7. All dragon elements are extracted by stinger from HLS-1 to FOB Colobus along with the HMMWVs (01:10)

• Main Effort – 2 section assaults Jaguar-1 and eliminates primary objective and organizes extraction of captured personnel. 1 Section is main blocking force and security and 3 section is rear security.

B. Mission Statements

• 0-A – JTAC
• 1-Section – Secure against reinforcements from South and West and along MSR Macaque.
• 2-Section – Assault Jaguar-1 and eliminates primary objective and organizes extraction of captured personnel
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• 3-Section – Rear security and over-watch.
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• Stinger – Transport all all elements to AO (HLS-1) via MH-47E. Provide CAS after Boomslang is eliminated, extract persons of interest with MH-9 and extract all elements from HLS-1 when mission is completed with MH-47E.
• Summary – Stinger transports all elements and their HMMWVs to HLS-1. 3 section over-watches 1 and 2 sections while they breach Jaguar. 2 section provides main security along MSR Macaque, and 3 section provides rear security. 2 Section eliminates Boomslang, Souris and organizes extraction of persons of interest. All Dragon elements falls back through WP-3 with 3 section over-watching. Stinger extracts elemenets back to FOB Colobus.

C. Coordinating instructions

• Preliminary Moves – All personel and vehicles airlifted to HLS-1 by Stinger
• Coordinating Fire – Dragon-0-A is JTAC
• Re-Org Instructions – Last WP is current RP.

Actions-on :

• Personnel of interest captured – Bring to NE Entracne of Jaguar 1 and signal 0-A to organize extraction.
• Boom-slang eliminated – Signal all call-signs.
• Breach at WP-2 – Use explosive satchels. 1 Section enters first and moves left along MSR macaque using the Wall as cover from Jaguar-1 until they reach FP-1. 2 Section moves right and stops at end of wall. 3 Section enters through breach and moves right and clears Eastern Jaguar buildings. 2 Section at the same times clears 1-Jaguar.

4. Service Support

• Kit requirements – 1 Explosive satchel with 1 and 2 sections each.
• CASEVAC – Stinger to use MH-9 to Casevac to HLS-1 only once Boomslang is eliminated
• Resupply – Resupply crates from FOB Colobus airlifted by stinger.

5. Command and Signals

Radio Frequencies (in MHz):

• 50 for Dragon-0
• 65 for Dragon-1
  
• 75 for Dragon-2
  
• 85 for Dragon-3
• 30 for Stinger