Opord

Situation

Time: 0130am
Weather: Clear
Last week's efforts did slow down Tyrone and his PMCs communication in the Area. 17th Ranger Battalion has been charged to make a daring river raid to attack and claim Castillio San Felipe. There will be Prime Targets of Opportunity along the River Banks on the way to the obj that the 17th has been asked to handle.

Area of Operation (AO):

Central Columbia

Forces in Play:

Opfor:

• Syndicat backed by PMCs.

Most Likely Course of Action: The forces located towards the interior of Columbia have not been informed of the attacks due to the damage to radio infrastructure.

Most Dangerous Course of Action: Radio transmissions made it out of northern Columbia before the towers went down and the enemy has prepared for us.

Blufor:

• 17th Ranger Battalion.
• Columbian Commandos.
  

Greenfor:

• n/a

Engagement Criteria:

• Rules of Engagement: Engage at discretion of line leaders. Full destruction of military assets and structures is approved.
  
• Civil Considerations: Destruction of civilian infrastructure will not be tolerated, excluding structures occupied by enemy forces.

Mission:

Execution:

The 17th is tasked with conducting a nautical patrol inland with the primary objective of capturing Castillo San Filipe. Secondarily multiple targets of opportunity along the river has been provided by command. Time constraints will be a deciding factor in regards to the amount of secondary objectives struck.

• Capture Castillo San Filipe
• Assault secondary objectives as needed

• Provide logistical support to Alpha
  • Echo is mainly responsible for crewing Neptune and Poseidon Assets. if overflow, echo will crew Trident assets as well.
  • Poseidon will be utilised as the command and main logistic vehicle, gunner positions on this vessel should be given lowest priority of echo personnel.
  • One CH-47F Chinook = "Achilles" will be available for lifting replacement naval assets. not to be used unless necessary.
• Naval assets to move Alpha down river
• Rotary Logistics for reinsertion Via MH-6
• Provide CAS to Alpha via AH-6
• Boat crews will dismount and assist with assault on Castillo San Filipe
• load-outs should be considered before entering boats. SBF assets are encouraged.

Basic composition of vessels

• Phase 0: Briefing
• 6:45pm CST server will be open to enter. Briefing starts at 7:05pm. Preparation to step off follows. This may include preparing vehicles with supplies, organizing fireteams into appropriate roles, loading into transport for early step off.
• Phase 1: River Cruise
  • Expect enemy patrols along the shore as well as Brown water Naval assets patrolling the river.
  • Evasive driving and aggression past enemy assets is recommended, these boats aren't built for stand off engagements.
• At 7:20pm all personnel will begin heading up river towards Castillo San Filipe. Assaulting targets of opportunity as time permits.
• Phase 2: Assault on Castillo San Filipe
  • The fort has only one entrance, if the defences have holes, use of Apollo to insert teams onto the walls opposite the entrance may be utilised.
  • Boat crews will dismount and act as SBF for Alpha when naval fire support is no longer effective.
• Once the Battalion has reached the shores Castillo San Filipe all nautical assets will dismount and assault the Star fort.
• Phase 3: Endop
  After Castillo San Filipe has been cleared and captured debrief will take place inside our new base.

Objectives:

CONOP:

• Phase 0:

• Phase I: Brief

• Phase II: Prep

• Phase III:

• Phase IV:

• Phase V:

• Phase VI: RP/AAR

  • All units prepare for debrief.

Imagery:

Timeline (in CST)

Command and Signal

Long Range Frequencies:

• Command 45
• RTO 45, 35
• Alpha Lead 40
• Flight Lead 45, 30
• Pilots 30, 35
• Echo Lead 45,80
• RRC 69
• Convoy 50

Nonverbal Coordination:

• Green: This is used to mark friendly positions on the field.
• Blue: Marking suitable locations for Landing Zones.
• Red: This is used for marking enemy positions for all units to reference.
• Yellow: This is used to inform friendly forces that Immediate medical support is needed.
• Purple: This color represents a friendly position with enemy units danger close, Anyone outside of 100 meters away from the smoke should be assumed hostile.
• Orange: This tells anyone in the air that a friendly unit is in desperate need of resupply.

Call signs for Supports:

• MH-6M Transport = "Apollo"
• AH-6M Attack = "Artemis"
• OH-6M Scout = "Icarus"
• CH-47F Chinook = "Achilles"
• MH-60M (DAP) = "Hades"
• UH-60M Transport = "Griffin"
• UH-60M Medical = “Dustoff"
• Blackfish (support) = "Pegasus"
• Blackfish (attack) = "Chimera"
• AH-64D Apache = "Orion"
• A-10 Warthog = "Ares"
• A-29 Super Tucano = “Odyssey"
• C-17 Globemaster III = "Titan"
• C-130J Super Hercules = "Hercules"
• F/A - 181 = “Xerxes”
• AH-1Z Viper = "Athena"
• UH-1Y Venom = “Homer"
• CH-53E Super Stallion = "Atlas"

• M1165A1 Humvee = "Dagger"
• M1117 ASV = "Tanto"
• M1132 Stryker = "Katana"
• Badger IFV = "Rapier"
• M2A3 Bradley = "Sabre"
• M1A2 Abrams = "Claymore"
• Rooikat 120 = "Gladius"
• M142 HIMARS = "Halberd"
• M109 Paladin = "Glaive"
• Mk6 Mortar Team = "Hammer"
• 105mm Howitzer = “Mailman”

• MK.V SOC = "Poseidon"
• Speedboat Minigun = "Neptune"
• RHIB = "Trident

Available Assets:

• 1x MH-6M Transport = "Apollo"
• 1x AH-6M Attack = "Artemis"
• 1x CH-47F Chinook = "Achilles"

• N/A

• 2x MK.V SOC = "Poseidon"
• 6x RHIB = "Trident”
• 3x Speedboat Minigun = "Neptune"

Disengagement Criteria

Disengage when faced with 2+ heavily armored combat vehicles. Or dismounted patrols that exceed 5 to 1 forces ratio.

Mission failure criteria

All Rangers in field are KIA or Unconscious.