Operation Steel Serpent
Mission 1

Flow of Battle:

BLUEFOR Mission: Recon
REDFOR Mission: Ambush

Tent set up at DELTA (REDFOR camp)
Box set up at DELTA (REDFOR ammo cache)

BLUEFOR starts at KILO, and proceeds to GOLF and holds for Company HQ

REDFOR starts at camp set up at DELTA and proceeds to set up an ambush at either INDIA or LIMA.

BLUEFOR sweeps into REDFOR ambush (at INDIA or LIMA), and BLUEFOR either succeeds and continue on to DELTA, or is repulsed back toward PHASE LINE ECHO

REDFOR must prevent BLUEFOR from getting evidence at DELTA

REDFOR can effect a capture of the CUCV where BLUEFOR initially inserted from

REDFOR will be told to break camp and retreat back to BRAVO

BLUEFOR could attempt pursuit, but must get permission from HQ to cross the border.

Some Challenges:

BLUEFOR starts with a restrictive ROE, of course this will change once REDFOR engages

BLUEFOR cannot cross the border without HQ approval

REDFOR must protect tent and box

REDFOR must hold DELTA and push invaders back until HQ sends an OK to extract

BLUEFOR has only on reinsertion area, REDFOR has three that can jump around BLUEFOR at any part of the map.

BLUEFOR Background:

Your unit is part of Joint Task Force Shining Hope. You had originally been deployed as part of AFOR in Plepa, Albania in order to support humanitarian efforts during Operation Allied Harbor. With the establishment of KFOR at the conclusion of Operation Allied Forge, your unit has also been tasked with supporting repatriation of refugees in the US KFOR sector in Kosovo.

Last night, several US peacekeepers were ambushed while patrolling just inside the Kosovo / Macedonian border by unknown belligerents. KFOR HQ has decided to task an investigative mission into the ambush area.

Because of your unit's proximity, currently providing security to a reconstruction team in the village of Mijak, the Company CO has assigned your unit to investigate the incident. US KFOR S-2 had already received several field reports from various HUMINT sources that pro-Albanian forces are operating along the border in support of militant Macedonian-Albanians.

Your unit will deploy via CUCV to an area near the border. You are to reconnoiter the area between PHASE LINE ECHO and the Ambush Site near OBJECTIVE ZULU for intelligence and report back to your Company HQ. You are not cross the border northward into Macedonia unless you are given permission by KFOR HQ through your Company HQ (Call sign JULIET-FOUR-ONE).

A reaction force platoon will also be standing by your insertion point at OBJECTIVE KILO.

Orders:

Deploy on the road North of OBJECTIVE KILO and West of OBJECTIVE NOVEMBER via CUCV
Proceed WEST past PHASE LINE ECHO to OBJECTIVE GOLF and hold for Company HQ (Call sign JULIET-FOUR-ONE)

Sweep through Objectives INDIA, LIMA, DELTA, and ZULU; Report back to HQ every time you reach each Objective

If you have located items of belligerent activity (a tent or supply cache) report location back to Company HQ AND confiscate the items to carry back to OBJECTIVE KILO

DO NOT CROSS THE BORDER NORTH INTO MACEDONIA unless you have Company HQ permission

Extract EAST back at OBJECTIVE KILO once you have recon-ed all Objectives

Insertion:

Deploy on the road NORTH of Objective KILO (due west of OBJECTIVE NOVEMBER) via CUCV

Extraction:

BLUEFOR Mission completes at Objective KILO

Reincarnation:

Die in place for 2 minutes, and then proceed east toward OBJECTIVE KILO to reenter combat after another 3 minutes later (~5 minutes total) You are now part is the reaction force.

Rules of Engagement (ROE):

This is a peace-keeping mission. Do not fire unless in self defense of friendly forces. Report any free-fire incidents to JULIET-FOUR-ONE via SPOT report.

Radio:

Frequency: 3-7
HAMMER-SIX-ALPHA (BLUEFOR CO Call sign)
HAMMER-SIX-ROMEO (BLUEFOR RTO Call sign)
JULIET-FOUR-ONE (BLUEFOR Company HQ in Mijak)

Duration: 120 minutes

REDFOR Background:

Your unit is an elite group of secret Albanian soldiers supporting both NLA and KLA militants in Macedonia and Kosovo respectively. If the true nationality of your unit is uncovered, it could acidify the current relations between Albania and NATO.

Given this, last night, your unit was forced to ambush a NATO peacekeeping patrol that wandered too close to your camp, and could have potentially discovered your unit identity. Although your team was able to fight off the peacekeepers, you can assume that NATO forces in the region have been aroused.

You must deploy your soldiers for a potential counterattack by NATO forces while other supporting troopers hastily break up a larger field camp due west of your AO.

Objectives:

Prevent the discovery of your current small encampment at OBJECTIVE DELTA.

Repulse any NATO forces encountered by pushing them back past PHASE LINE ECHO

Once you are given the order to extract by HQ (Call sign HAWK-ONE), break your camp at OBJECTIVE DELTA and proceed to OBJECTIVE BRAVO for extraction

BONUS: Capture the NATO CUCV that spotters just reported on the road between OBJECTIVE KILO and the Border.

HELPFUL NOTES:

HAWK-ONE believes NATO troopers will be advancing from the road through either OBJECTIVE INDIA or LIMA, both of which may be good ambush points.

You are free to move about the entire AO, crossing the border at your discretion. NATO forces are believed to be operating under a tighter set of border regulations

Insertion:

You will start in place at your mobile encampment at OBJECTIVE DELTA. Your small encampment is due east of the larger (off map) encampment that is currently being disassembled.

Extraction:

You will not extract until your HQ (Call sign HAWK-ONE) reports that the main encampment due west of your AO has been evacuated. Then you will disengage northwest to OBJECTIVE BRAVO after disassembling your encampment.

Reincarnation:

Die in place for 2 minutes, and then proceed to OBJECTIVE DELTA, OBJECTIVE CHARLIE, or OBJECTIVE FOXTROT (your Team Leaders discretion) to reenter combat another 3 minutes later (~5 minutes total)

Rules of Engagement (ROE):

Engage all NATO military forces you encounter

Radio:

Frequency: 8-3

KESTRAL-ONE (REDFOR CO Call sign)
KESTRAL-TWO (REDFOR XO Call sign)
HAWK-ONE (REDFOR HQ)

Duration: 120 minutes