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WO1 P.Crafty
Objectives
First Platoon is tasked with patrolling the area north of Boriana Airbase to locate remaining Wagner Group and Russian separatist forces operating there. Convoy to Patrol Area CRAG and sweep the mountains for enemy personnel, positions, and equipment. Destroy these targets accordingly.
Note POI Nook and POI Cranny, where enemy presence is suspected due to signals and photo intelligence consistent with separatist activities. These points may have been used for the Wagner Group counterattack last week.
Evidence of Russian Armed Forces presence in country must be documented and handed over to S-2. If the invasion plans are legitimate, there is a high potential that Russian advance elements could attempt to infiltrate Panthera.
3CAB is ordered to provide to scout, CAS, insertion/extraction, and resupply sorties as needed. Provide as much aerial reconnaissance of the northern MSR and Patrol Area CRAG prior to Oscar Mike.
Accidents
N/A
Areas of Strength
Communication and teamwork. Positive identification of hostile forces against friendly forces.
Areas of Weakness
Mobility (adopting to the terrain, Stryker is not well designed to go over steep hills)
Suggested Improvements
No suggested improvements as the platoon moved perfectly from the the squad's SL point of view.
Mission Summary
The platoon stepped off from the FOB via a Stryker convoy and made it all the way to the dismount point. 4th squad Phoenix together with 2nd Squad Ghosts, worked together and moved towards the western side of the patrol area clearing the settlements one by one of enemy hostiles within Sector 1. We then proceeded in Sector 2 and cleared out 2 towns with Phoenix clearing the northern while Ghosts clearing the southern sections. Upon clearing our respective towns, 4th squad Phoenix were ordered to move down and clear the town in S4 while 2nd squad setup an SBF position to the north west of the town covering our advance.
After clearing out the town in Sector 4, both 2nd and 4th squad were tasked to clear POI Nook. Upon arriving in the area, we took heavy fire from the hills surrounding the area. 4th squad Phoenix engaged the hostiles to cover the advance of 2nd squad into the town within POI Nook. 2nd Squad suffered a Mass Casualty Incident which made 4th squad Phoenix push into the town while still engaging the hostile contacts on the hills. We were able to make it into the town and setup 360 security to provide medical for 2nd squad while being engaged on all sides.
After POI Nook has been secured, 4th squad Phoenix was then tasked to clear the enemy castle situated on the north east of POI Cranny. Upon 4th squad moving in and clearing, 2nd squad had an SBF set up to provide overwatch. After clearing the area, 4th squad Phoenix was tasked to respond to a mass casualty incident to the east of POI Cranny. Although it seemed that there was a miss calculation or miscommunication as 3 squads then bunched up at the same location.
After everyone was treated medically, all of the squads were then tasked to move into POI Cranny. After the squads moved into a line formation, we then moved in uniformly towards the town. A few members on all squads suffered casualties but were able to clear the town successfully by the help of Platoon and Squad medics.
After successfully liberating the town within POI Cranny, the platoon was airlifted out and transported back to base for the debrief.
Overall Sentiment
POSITIVE