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Warno

Date: 16 April 2024

Time: 0745, UTC+3
Weather: Mostly cloudy, slight chance of precipitation

Situation:

The successful elimination of several High Value Targets two nights ago has really sent a message to the enemy. The enemy has been quieted, for now, so a different sort of operation has been ordered. The 17th Ranger Battalion will establish a Forward Operating Base in the area between Darkhush and Batiyah that will conduct operations against suspected insurgent camps in the surrounding hills. It is hoped that the presence of American forces will draw out enemies in the area. In addition, Intel has located an enemy artillery installation near Elkorum, which the Ranger Reconnaissance Company will eliminate and is working on locating several additional HVTs.

Operation Scorpion also confirmed the presence of Iranian military personnel on the ground, acting as advisors to OPFOR. If more Iranians are operating in Al Rayak, attempts must be made to capture them for interrogation.

Enemy Forces

OPFOR:
  • Houthis
  • Houthi-aligned Yemeni Armed Forces
  • Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
  • Iranian military advisors.

Friendly Forces

BLUFOR:
  • 17th Ranger Battalion, US Army

Civilian Considerations:

Civilians and civilian infrastructure are present all across the AO. After several civilian hostages were discovered and then left behind by the Rangers during Operation Scorpion, some civilians are now openly hostile towards BLUFOR. Great care must be taken to preserve civilian infrastructure to avoid the populace turning farther away from BLUFOR.

For clarity, these are the ROE going forward:
  1. All personnel in military uniform are to be shot on sight.
  2. Local police are only to be fired on if fired upon.
  3. Anyone not in uniform are to be shot only if they are military-aged males carrying weapons.

Mission:

Patrol in force to the area between Darkhush and Batiyah and establish a FOB. Simultaneously destroy an enemy artillery installation near Elkorum.

Execution:

Ranger Reconnaissance Company will travel separately to the area around Elkorum and destroy the artillery forces. Alpha and Echo Companies will travel on the road between Blackstone and the AO to clear the road of potential IEDs. Alpha and Echo will then clear Darkhush and Batiyah and will construct a FOB between the two villages. Rangers will defend the FOB while searching for insurgent camps in the hills around the FOB.

Mission AO and relevant imagery:

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The Route to the AO
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The AO - Darkhush and Batiyah
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Elkorum and surrounding area
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Three batteries of mobile artillery marked with boxes
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Batiyah
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Darkhush
Potential mortar pit in bottom left

Objectives:

  1. Destroy artillery.
  2. Pacify Darkhush and Batiyah.
  3. Construct and defend FOB from attack.
  4. Find and destroy insurgent camps around the FOB

Available Assets:

Ground

1x M1A2SEPv1 (TUSK II)\
2x M1230 Battle Buses
4x M1240 MRAPs
2x M109A6 Paladins
Additional vehicles as requested
Standard selection of fortification vehicles
MRZRs

Naval

None

Airframes

6x MH-6M Little Bird, transport variant
6x UH-60 Black Hawk
4x AH-6M Little Bird, attack variant

Changes can be requested from Units leads and HHC.
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