Al Kufrah, MEC - "RECON"
|TG-6th|eGoatBoy, -dEpRaVe-, B.Brix

I decided to run a small-teams squad tonight after P/W night...so I created squad 5 and locked it as soon as 2 people joined it. Of course, aside from the squad name, my two troopers had no idea how busy we would be It's at this point I have to shout-out to dEpRaVe & Brix, and say these two guys were lethal tonight. They did the devil's work upon the USMC tonight

Kit-out for our round was primarily combat engineer, occaisonal L-AT, H-AT, and rifleman for ammo support.


>> Mission List <<

Below is the mission list that our squad executed on tonight, in chronological order. Notes regarding each mission accompany:

DA01 - fast cap
- Vodnik to BRIDGE and cap as soon as rest of team has WEST & EAST AL BURJ
- capped prior to arrival of enemy humvee (engaged with and disabled with our Vodnik's .50)
- withdraw when APC arrives...totally outgunned


DA02 - protect flank
- Establish vehicle traps (mine + C4) in south-east F5 to slow/interfere with USMC vehicles moving on BRIDGE
- fail to report vehicle trap to CO and warn team, and friendly squad rolls into it and dies on mine (4 TK's)...sometimes a red skull is not enough


CA01 - firebase 1
- Request, and establish a firebase in east F5 to provide reinforcements for defense of BRIDGE
- requested and received build order, set-up firebase, and drop supplies from support truck
- relocate support truck


DA03 - lockdown the road
- Build minefield on north/south road from EAST BEACH to BRIDGE
- 6+ mines layed
- advise CO through voip, and team through chat of minefield


SR01 - pave the way
- Sweep for enemy RPs in buildings at east F5, harass enemy APCs with rocket fire
- enemy RP found/destroyed, enagage APCs
- hilarious TK due to 'learning curve' on new H-AT dynamics


DA04 - counter attack
- Rapidly redeploy to canyon north of BRIDGE to search and destroy enemy RPs being used to attack BRIDGE
- Flank, engage and kill infantry in canyon and on BRIDGE
- 4 infantry killed, and RP destroyed, no casualities
- displace as soon as evident that regular forces now in control


SR02 - pave the way pt. deux
- Establish observation point in G7, ambush enemy APCs with C4, report on enemy assets in EAST BEACH
- attempt superhuman flank attempt on 2 APCs with C4
- CP is well populated with assets


SR03 - target rich
- Relocate to G8, establish observation point and report on enemy at EAST BEACH
- CP is fortified, lot's of hardware but light on infantry
- displaced RP and then operated off firebase to the north for awhile
- wanted no activity to be seen by OpFor in area of our rally prior to our raids
- prior to raid, observe and wait until safe to cover open terrain


DA05 - soften the beach
- Stage raids on enemy assets in EAST BEACH
- Destroy enemy bunker, command post, support vehicles, hummvees at EAST BEACH, engage infantry and APCs
- enagage a landing UH-60 with rocket fire
- engaged APCs at point blank with L-AT fire
- end up destroying bunker and command post twice
- relocated rally in a ditch due south of CP as close as possible to keep pressure up
- got lucky and "one-shotted" a guy on a .50 in a humvee who came hunting us...nice
- captured enemy engineer kit for extra "boom" power
- truly epic moments that were the pinnacle of my squads ops on this map


DA06 - regain bleed
- Participate in capture of EAST BEACH
- friendly vodnik rolls in after we destroyed assets, looked like a single MEC soldier
- the 4 of us, my squad + vodnik guy cap the flag
- dreaded APC comes back and pushes us off
- we now have the lead again though...




>> Lessons Learned <<
- advise your team of minefields...do not assume the red skull is enough
- break contact as soon as you know you are out gunned
- displace your RP if you think there is any chance the OpFor may know it's location
- protect your assets
- teamwork is the best weapon around


While I was on we had some commander issues and there was poor coordination and my squad received almost no orders so we did the best we could. I think our little 3-man team earned it's keep tonight...and if we didn't, well I had a heck of lot of fun.

Cheers,


N.B.: DA = Direct Action, CA = Collateral Activity, SR = Special Reconnaissance