The Red Big One Campaign.Operation Feline

DATE: 08/12/2024
TIME (GMT): 19:00
ERA: Vietnam
MAP(S): Cam Lao Nam
TYPE: COOP
TEAMSPEAK: ts1.biaarma.com
GAME: Arma 3
EVENT: Official
AUTHOR(S): Aris for Brothers in Arms Community
SLOTS: 68 / 74

MEDICAL LEVEL: Advanced
MEDICS SETTINGS: Advanced
PREVENT INSTANT DEATH: Yes
LIVES: 3
DAMAGE RESISTANCE: 3
RESPAWN WAY: Respawn on Team
ENEMY DIFFICULTY: Medium
DOWNLOAD MODPACK: Vietnam Modpack Version 16
RATING:

The division fought in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1970.Arriving in July 1965, the division began combat operations within two weeks. The first Operations that participated during December 1965 were:Operation Gladiator,Operation Feline,Operation Frisk,Operation Beaver and Operation Rebel Rouser.

In 1966, the division took part in Operation MarauderOperation Crimp II and Operation Rolling Stone, all in the early part of the year. In March, Major General William E. DePuy took command.[23] In June and July the division took part in the battles of Ap Tau O, Srok Dong and Minh Thanh Road. In November 1966, the division participated in Operation Attleboro.

1967 saw the division in Operation Cedar FallsOperation Junction CityOperation ManhattanOperation Billings, and Operation Shenandoah II. MG John H. Hay assumed command in February. On 17 June 1967, during Operation Billings, the division suffered 185 casualties, 35 killed and 150 wounded in the battle of Xom Bo II.Three months later on 17 October 1967, the division suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of Ong Thanh with 58 killed.

The division was involved in the Tet Offensive of 1968, securing the massive Tan Son Nhut Air Base. In March, MG Keith L. Ware took command. That same month the division took part in Operation Quyet Thang (Resolve to Win) and in April the division participated in the largest operation of the Vietnam War, Operation Toan Thang (Certain Victory). On 13 September Ware was killed in action when his command helicopter was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire during the Battle of Lộc Ninh.MG Orwin C. Talbott moved up from his position of assistant division commander to assume command of the division.

In the first half of 1969, the division conducted reconnaissance-in-force and ambush operations, including a multi-divisional Operation Atlas Wedge. The last part of the year saw the division take part in Dong Tien (Progress Together) operations. These operations were intended to assist South Vietnamese forces to take a more active role in combat. In August, MG Albert E. Milloy took command of the division while the division took part in battles along National Highway 13, known as Thunder Road to the end of the year.

In January 1970 it was announced that the division would return to Fort Riley.The division officially departed South Vietnam on 7 April 1970, when the division commander Brigadier General John Q. Henion, left Bien Hoa Air Base and returned the colors to Fort Riley.11 members of the division were awarded the Medal of Honor. During its involvement in the Vietnam War, the division lost 6146 killed in action, with a further 16019 wounded. Twenty of its number were taken as prisoners of war.

28th Regiment in a Search and Resque operation.Our Objective is to find and Resque the Four-Member Crew of a TF-1Q Electronic Countermeasures Aircaft that crashed one hour ago and bring back Home.We must also recover all the documents with the codes and completely destroy our plane so that it does not fall into enemy hands.

 



EVENT GALLERY

AFTER ACTION REPORTS

Commanders Report:

Prepared By:
Doctor
 
Summary of Events
Chronology of Key Events:

The company deployed via CH-47 to two separate LZs, to the west of our search area.
2 of the downed pilots were immediately spotted and rescued by friendly rotary wing.
Both platoons started their methodical grid pattern search.
2nd platoon found the 3rd pilot, however he was lost during accurate hostile artillery bombardment.
1st platoon took heavy casualties from VC gunboats patrolling the river.
Both platoons continued their searching, clearing enemy positions along their path.
1st platoon found the fourth pilot, who was successfully airlifted, however unfortunately was killed in an aviation incident while returning to base.
HQ found the 3rd pilot again, defending him from pursuing VC forces and successfully evacuating him via rotary wing.
Both platoons continued searching for the downed plane and classified documents.
1st platoon suffered heavy losses attacking and then holding the radio tower site.
Rotary wing spotted the downed plane, HQ were first on site.
Reinforced by 2nd platoon, HQ destroyed the downed plane and recovered the documents.
Friendly forces were ambushed while to trying to evacuate, with multiple KIA and destroyed aviation assets.


Outcomes
Results Achieved:

All objectives complete, with heavy losses.

Significant Accomplishments:
Searched 6km search area with only 2 platoons.
successfully airlifted all pilots. (Aviation incident excluded.)


Shortfalls or Failures:
Failure to secure LZ led to severe casualties.
Splitting platoons left 1st platoon alone and without support when faced by  overwhelming enemy fire.


Lessons Learned
Positive Lessons (What Worked Well):
Ground elements coordinated well with downed pilots using SR radios.

Negative Lessons (What Needs Improvement):
Securing LZs is essential to safely evacuate.
US gunships are not viable without air superiority.


Recommendations
Future Training or Preparation Needs:
LZ placement and protection.


Operational Improvements:
US forces require AA capabilities to counter NVA aviation assets.

 



Summary of Events - Pilots:
Chronology of Key Events:

In the beginning of operation Hornet 1, Chinook 1 and Chinook 2 transported  Company to the AO
Hornet 1 immediately after dropping Company HQ was able to contact downed pilots and after a few passes found their position and picked them up. Two pilots were picked up and Hornet 1 RTBed, during that was engaged by AAA which destroyed  Hornet’s 1 tail rotor and damaged main rotor, but he was able to reach base safely
Hornet 1 reinserted Delta squad and during the process was again heavily damaged by AAA but managed to land safely and repair the helicopter
Hornet 1 and 2 provided CAS and CAP support for the company
Hornet 1 was able to locate the third downed pilot and pick him up, during RTB  Hornet 1 was accidentally rammed by enemy Mi-2, in result everyone onboard died
Hornet 1 reinserted 2nd PLT hq into AO and engaged enemy Mi-2 and made it run away, during pursuit Hornet 1 was hit by enemy MANPADS and was able to perform emergency landing behind enemy lines
Hornet 2 was able to pick up last downed airmen and RTB
Hornet 1 coordinated the rescue effort with Company HQ and joined them on the ground
Hornet 2 was shot down by the MANPADS while providing CAS/CAP
Hornet 1 couldn’t be rescued as Hornet 2 was out of lives, so Hornet 1 respawned
Hornet 1 flew in CH-47 to pick up the company, while waiting for ground troops to load, CH-47 was destroyed by enemy fire
Hornet 1 again flew in CH-47 and picked up leftovers from the company


Lessons Learned
Positive Lessons (What Worked Well):

Managing to safely land a helicopter even with critical damage, saving the crew and passengers
CAS support when it was called (ship, enemy inf)
Locating downed airmen as helicopters are easy to spot and hear from the ground


Negative Lessons (What Needs Improvement):
Activity during downtime

Mission Highlights
Emergency landing under fire
Evacuating downed airmen while under fire





Summary of Events - 1st Platoon:

Chronology of Key Events:

After the briefing and all preparations, 1st Platoon mounted the Chinook and was transported towards the AO, North from the frontline.
On the determined LZ in AO, Platoon successfully performed fast rope in the predetermined pairs without casualties and also set up circle defense around perimeter.
1st Platoon started moving deeper in the Southern search area on the west riverbank and had managed to take several high positions to perform scouting of the river, across the river and which was controlled by Vietcong for the downed pilots, plane and to destroy Vietcong radio tower.
After recon, platoon managed to take village without casualties, destroying several houses, Vietcong patrols, without taking any prisoners.
Inside the village there were two boats which we decided to use to go across the river, since there were not any bridges nearby.
Bravo Squad was first to mount the boats and perform the transport across the river, in that moment after they started moving, Vietcong infantry started engaging from the other side of the river.
Alpha Squad was suppressing the Vietcong forces while Bravo was moving on the other side of the river.
After 10 seconds 2 heavy armed Vietcong boats came and destroyed both small boats for transport and managed to deal huge amount of casualties to the Bravo squad.
Alpha Squad and Platoon HQ were tasked by the Platoon Leader to use the AT weapons and destroy both heavy armed boats.
In the next 30 seconds, Platoon HQ and Alpha also took heavy casualties but managed to destroy both heavy armed boats. 
Shortly after, Vietcong infantry managed to sneak from the back and to also deal decent amount of the casualties.
Platoon managed to defend themselves and reorganize with heavy casualties on casualty collection point.
Afterwards Platoon was performing crossing the river and at the same time,  Vietcong helicopters manage to perform CAS towards 1st Platoon squads which didnt had many casualties.
1st Platoon managed to regroup at the road communication on the point "RV-1" and started sweeping the road towards Vietcong communication tower, including bunkers and small villages on it.
Several villages, bunkers, heavy entrenched and communication positions were cleared from Vietcong forces under heavy fire from Vietcong infantry, ambushes and Airforce. 
1st Platoon after many casualties had last task to capture the radio tower on the hill which was done by attacking the objective from two sides under heavy fire.
1st Platoon took many casualties, but managed to successfully take radio tower.
Very short after, strong Vietcong counter attack was happening and our platoon EOD was killed and also enemy made 1st Platoon to fall back to the 2nd Platoon.
Survived soldiers from the 1st Platoon successfully managed to guard 2nd Platoon and to evacuate fast under heavy Vietcong counter attacks.

Lessons Learned

Positive Lessons (What Worked Well):
Each squad bounding towards specific objects and objectives which had been given from Platoon Leader.
Communication between squads and platoon sniper was crucial for establishing better communication when some leader was downed.
Bounding on Platoon level.
Securing the road from the enemies.
Taking several positions against counter attacks from Vietcong forces.


Negative Lessons (What Needs Improvement):

Bad overwatch on the river and letting boats to come very close.
Bad communication after Platoon leader is down.
Bad defense in several situations against Vietcong counter attacks


Mission Highlights:
Securing the village and burning village, neutralizing any Vietcong collaborators.
Swiping the road, taking several defensive positions, destroying several radio comm. positions.
Fight for the Vietcong Radio Tower on the hill.
Emergency evacuation under fire. 

 



Summary of Events - 2nd Platoon:

Chronology of Key Events:

 
2nd Platoon deployed with fast roping technique at LZ Golf successfully.
Search area was divided into 14 sectors, Charlie and Delta squad started moving separately towards 1st and 2nd sectors.
Delta squad established communication with pilot Bobi around 5-10 minutes after landing and found him inside 2nd sector. They were in all-round formation to protect pilot but unfortunately enemy artillery wiped out Delta squad and pilot was lost during that fire.
Charlie squad searched 1st and 3rd sectors without any casualties and managed to clear enemy village at 5th and 6th sector. During reorg at captured village, enemy counterattack wiped half of Charlie squad. 
After regrouping, 2nd Platoon was tasked to search Shadow Canyon, Unknown Temple and Cun Tong Ridge. Search were completed without major casualties. Classified documents and plane crash site that were needed to be found weren’t located in our search area.
2nd Platoon merged with HQ and rest of 1st Platoon at plane crash site, HQ destroyed plane and rest of company were securing LZ from enemy ambushes.


Lessons Learned
Positive Lessons (What Worked Well): 

Each squad were tasked to search big area separately, they succeed.
Establishing communication with pilot and securing his position until enemy artillery came.
Capturing well defended village by Charlie squad.
Negative Lessons (What Needs Improvement): 
Protecting 6 o’clock in movement formations and protecting LZ.


Mission Highlights
Finding pilot, capturing enemy village.
Searching for crashed plane site and documents. 

 


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US 1st Infantry Division

28th Regiment Foxtrot Company HQ

Captain Company Commander
Doctor
Company 1st Sergeant
UniPlay
Company Engineer
Feather
Company Doctor
Usagi

1st Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Platoon Medic
Platoon Saboteur
Kaczomen
Platoon Marksman
Zero

Alpha Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Sclembi
Corporal Team Leader
Medic
Skywalker
Machine Gunner
Autorifleman BAR
Murdock
Grenadier
jason
Ammobearer
John
Rifleman Bazooka
Rio.
Rifleman M16
Tootee
Rifleman M14
Chak
Scout
Yak.

Bravo Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Heinrich
Medic
Burger
Machine Gunner
NearchosCretan
Autorifleman BAR
Mini
Grenadier
Lord
Ammobearer
Dr. Lexus
Rifleman Bazooka
Szarik
Rifleman M16
Spud
Rifleman M14
Aris
Scout
Blackshadow

2nd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Johnny
Platoon Medic
YourDoctor
Platoon Saboteur
Miletic
Platoon Marksman
Gillette

Charlie Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Cobe
Corporal Team Leader
Nanard
Medic
Gemon
Machine Gunner
Danny
Autorifleman BAR
Andjelaa
Grenadier
RasaDeDam
Ammobearer
Djordje
Rifleman Bazooka
Seedorf
Rifleman M16
Tole
Rifleman M14
Flappy
Scout
Lipe

Delta Squad ( CE )

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Medic
Machine Gunner
Dimi
Autorifleman BAR
Boza
Grenadier
Aleksa
Ammobearer
Yotza
Rifleman Bazooka
Rifleman M16
Psion
Rifleman M14
KostasGamer
Scout
Zex

US Army Air Force

Iroquois One (UH-1C Gunship)

Lieutenant Squadron Commander
Kofeina
Co Pilot One Engineer
Lazar

Iroquois Two (UH-1C Gunship)

Pilot Two
Punisher
Co Pilot Two Engineer
niceguyphil

US NAVY

TF1Q Electronic War( Roles)

Downed Pilot
Abramusas
Downed Co Pilot
Mauser
Downed Electronic Warfare Specialist
Bobi
Downed Encryption Specialist

VietCong

Regional Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Bovan
Medic
Vlad
Machine Gunner
Orbit
AA Operator
Viper
Ambush Soldier
Chewie
Sniper
Luanmh
RPG Operator
W.Jarvis
Engineer
Igor

North Vietnam Air Force

Attack Squadron (Mi-2US Hoplite)

Squadron Commander
Martis
Gunner Engineer
Wolfmother
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