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    • 1/A-CO, 1-2IN - Alpha Company, First Platoon

    By RET J.Drake,
    in Field Training Exercise #2

    Start: 12/12/21 20:00
    End: 12/12/21 22:30
    Attendance
    Present
    Excused
    Absent
    Christoph Brock
    Kalin Grigorov
    Jannes Drake
    Daniel Shade
    Arthur Pendergast
    After action report

    Objectives

    • Train on platoon assault
      • Envelopment attack
      • Flank attack

    Accidents

    NITR

    Areas of Strength

    • Planning by the SLs; SLs having ownership over their plans also increases the effort put into adhering to and completing the plan.
    • Adaptability to equipment; Polish squads were effective despite using completely different gear to what they were used to.

    Areas of Weakness

    • AT; Enemy armored vehicles were operational for too long, causing major damage to the platoon and its assets.
    • Using Polish vehicles; It became obvious that the optics on Polish Rosomaks are set up for mid-long range engagements. Squads moved their Rosomaks too close which caused the gunner to be quite ineffective.

    Suggested Improvements

    N/A

    Mission Summary

    First platoon assembled at a staging area to teach about envelopment. SFC Brock taught the relevant tactics and theory and the SLs had an opportunity to cook up a plan of attack. The platoon maneuvered around the objective and cut off any roads leading into the objective, preventing enemies to escape or re-enforce the objective while Spartans caused a distraction on the front line.

    Once the platoon has cleared the objective, they assembled again in a new staging area where this time 1LT Drake taught the theory on flank attack. The SLs once again created a plan of attack and after about 5-10 minutes they started their assault. This time both Spartans and Phoenix distracted the enemy with a frontal attack, while Ghosts and Scorpions used terrain features to flank the objective and cause havoc from within.

    Overall each practice lane took ~1 hour and feedback regarding the theory was better than last year, so going forward the platoon will continue to employ this way of work when rehearsing our doctrine.

    Overall Sentiment

    POSITIVE

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