The scenario starts time JUL020415 (daybreak)
a) Enemy The enemy has shown they do not back down from a fight but choose preferably their own, and as air has noticed they have ZU-23 in the hills overwatching the valley. On our route back to FOB KINDUF we are expected to encounter hasty ambushes and not prepared ambushes as we are taking a different route back then we came on. Intel collected during yesterdays patrolling indicates there is a weapon cash in NAI CHARLIE and that the enemy are trying to delay us enough to get the weapon cash out of danger. b) Friendly forces The ANA platoon that has surprised us with showing up in the middle of the night will return to their own patrol base today and will not operate with us but will instead stay in this patrol base until later this afternoon to spread out the blue movements. The rest of the battalion is working as per OPORD #1 c) Attachments/Detachments + Air detachment with Rotary wing and fixed-wing assets as needed. d) Civilians The civilians have during this operation shown no real interest in us yet, estimates are that they are sitting and waiting who will have the upper hand, ISAF or Taliban. Continue act respective towards the civilians but stay vigilant as they still might be spies for the Taliban. e) Terrain & Weather The terrain on our route back to FOB KINDUF is the green zone, situated in a valley we will move between the dry river bed and the mountains to the west. Further along the road a dry river bed with minor puddles will divide us from the hills and we will move in the green zone between two dry river beds just 2km between the dry river beds. Roads: MSR THUNDER and ASR TORNADO are cutting through the AO in a northwest to southeast direction. MSR THUNDER is asphalt while ASR TORNADO is a dirt road. ZC02 is a rural area with a dirt road in, overall the road is sunken towards the dry river bed and gets covered from the ZC02 area but small berms and hills. If contacts are established here it’s most likely close distance ambushes. ZD01 and ZD02 are in the green zone, a rural area with a mix of open fields and compounds and smaller groves and single trees. In the south part of ZD01 is the camp of GREEN CAMP BASE GR 109075 which is an abandoned SF camp where US SF trained ANA SF units. There is no intel that the Taliban have mined it as they did with Mikes FOB so it could be used but it hasn’t been checked for mines or IEDs. The zone is cut in the middle by the MSR THUNDER, a paved road leading north to south, and should be used to travel on as it’s harder to dig in IEDs in the asphalt. In the south part of ZD02 is the LOBO RIVER BED GR 109055 which is the usable bridge over the dry river bed in the west. ZF01 is located close to FOB KINDUF and is expected to be green, clear from Taliban forces but looks just like ZD01 and ZD02 when it comes to the terrain, rural areas with compounds.
1st Platoon A Coy is to search NAI CHARLIE, thereafter return to FOB KINDUF in order to prepare for further taskings NLT JUL020700.
a) Commander's intent 1. Purpose of the Operation (big picture) The purpose of this operation is to get the platoon back to FOB KINDUF in good shape to quickly be prepared for new taskings. 2. Key Tasks - Complete the search of NAI CHARLIE. If weapon cash is located, destroy it by explosives. - Conduct road march back to FOB KINDUF. 3. End State 1 Friendly force is back in FOB KINDUF in fulls strength and conducting an after-action review. 2 Enemy forces encountered have been destroyed or incapable of further actions against ISAF units. b)Concept of operation Phase 1 is leaving the patrol base and complete the search of NAI CHARLIE. Phase 2 is the road march through the green zone back to FOB KINDUF. c) Scheme of Maneuver Phase 1 1st Platoon will conduct pre-combat preparations in PB CHURCHILL and thereafter search NAI CHARLIE and if possible locate the weapon cash and blow it up. Phase 2 The platoon follows crosses the dry river bed into ZC02 and continue along ASR TORNADO into ZD01 where it moves shortly cross-country onto the MSR THUNDER southbound. At GR 109069 the platoon will follow the dirt road that leads over LOBO RIVER BED and down through ZF01 back to FOB KINDUF. d) Tasks to maneuver units 1st Platoon A Coy: Phase 1 - Conduct pre-combat preparations, give orders, and search NAI CHARLIE. Phase 2 - Conduct road march through areas ZC02 - ASR TORNADO. - Conduct road march through - ZD01 - MSR THUNDER - LOBO RIVER BED - ZF01 Goal FOB KINDUF. e) Coordination instructions 1) ROE: - Only armed personnel with clear hostile intent are allowed to be engaged. - Artillery or bombs are allowed on compounds where enemy fire is coming from as long as no civilians have been identified in a danger close area of the target. - In extreme cases an unarmed person clearly identified as an enemy spotter may be engaged, this, however, has to be cleared through Godfather before engaging.
a) Casualties/prisoners -Casualties are to be medevaced back to FOB KINDUFs Role 2 medical facility. - Prisoners are to be searched, secured, silenced, segregated, and be brought to the FOB for interrogation. - Reinserts will be flown in by Air detachment when needed/suitable. b) Supplies (Am, Med, misc) Initially, the supplies that can be brought with vehicles are the supplies available. Air can supply emergency supplies with rotary-wing if needed. c) Repairs Repairs for the ground are done in the repair box next to the vehicle parking. Any damaged vehicle needs to be towed back to FOB KINDUF for repairs or destroyed in place to deny the Taliban western equipment. The destroyed Coyote has been towed into PB CHURCHILL and will be picked up and airlifted back to FOB KINDUF. d) Vehicles availability With 1 Coyote destroyed we have the following vehicles available either in PB CHURCHILL or FOB KINDUF. 1 x Coyote (MK19) 2 x Coyote (M2) 2 x Jackal (M240) 4 x Quad bike 5. COMMAND AND CONTROL a) Succession of command Alpha 1-0, Alpha 1-0A, Alpha 1-1, Alpha 1-2, Alpha 1-3 b) Signal Radio and Callsigns per SOP. -Godfather (Zeus). c) Visual Smoke colors indicator Friendly units – Blue Enemy units – Red Casualties - Orange HLS - Green
Only additional information for air will be published here, when information is the same as for ground the word “as fragged” will be used or line deleted.
a) Enemy Experience from last mission is that the enemy has ZU-23 positioned on the hills covering the green zone, keep an eye out for these! b) Friendly forces All friendly forces are marked on the map with blue (NATO forces) or green (ANA/ANP) forces. No known SF forces active in our area so any personnel with weapons that are not known friendly or ANA/ANP forces are enemy. c) Terrain & Weather The hills are high in some parts of the AO, ranging from 30m ASL (Above Sea Level) on FOB KINDUF to the highest peak at 1335m ASL. This will have an effect on radio coms and slow-moving helicopters that need to fly along hills or slowly cross across the hills.
Air detachment is to support 1st Platoon A Coy with ISR, CAS and supplies/Reinserts for the final day of their operation.
- Support 1st Platoon with ISR/CAS/Reinserts - Use CH-47 Chinook for personal transport and AH-64 as CAS. - Retrieve 4 x Pallets of material from PB CHURCHILL to FOB KINDUF, put them down east of the vehicle storage in the open and logpac will take care of them. - Retrieve the burnt out Coyote and bring it back to FOB KINDUF, put it down on the same location as the pallets. e) Coordination instructions 1) ROE: - Only armed personnel with clear hostile intent are allowed to be engaged. - Artillery or bombs are allowed on compounds where enemy fire is coming from as long as no civilians have been identified in a danger close area of the target. - In extreme cases an unarmed person clearly identified as an enemy spotter may be engaged, this, however, has to be cleared through Godfather before engaging for each engagement.
a) Casualties/prisoners - Casualties are to be medevaced back to FOB KINDUFs Role 2 medical facility that is located next to the helicopter pads (marked with 2 red cross flags) - Prisoners are to be searched and secured before being loaded into the helicopter, on the FOB they will be brought to the cage next to the command post and locked up for further interrogations. - Reinserts will be flown in by Air detachment when needed/suitable in coordination with JTAC/Ground commander. b) Supplies (Am, Med, misc) - Rotary-wing has supplies located on each helipad. - Fixed-wing have their supplies located in the hangar tents. c) Repairs - Rotary-wing have repairs on the repair pad next to the helipad area. - Fixed-wing have repairs in the hangar tents. d) Airframe availability 2 x CH-47 Chinook 3 x AW159 Wildcat (unarmed) 2 x AH-64D Apache
