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Op - Went well with good action, good technical patrol work, and a solid scenario
thread that everyone followed and stayed in-character. Having a
person who is a "getting shot at" veteran of the Bosnian War help that
too. Some hard E&E and CSAR lessons were learned. Movement in snow is
very taxing. We executed 3 planned evolutions. Insertion and extraction were
very challenging.
IMAGE GALLERY
BSA REPORT -- BSA P(ersonnell) R(ecovery)
T(eam) 7th Troop 20-MAR-04 CLASSIFIED LOCATION At 0930 hours, a helicopter was shot down in our
territory. PRT 7 was activated and responded to retrieve the enemy
downed pilot, along with his co-pilot, both believed to have survived the
crash. Upon arrival to the crash LZ, the 4 man assault team began a
tactical sweep of the area surrounding the crash site. Within the first
10 minutes, the team acquired one target, who was later identified as
the co pilot. Due to the resistance level, the target had to be
eliminated and could not be returned for questioning.
The squad RTO was monitoring the Recovery
Broadcast Channel that was being utilized by the pilot. His position
was triangulated, the Commander was deployed to capture and retrieve while
the remaining element placed a deterrent against the inserted US rescue
team. The pilot was found hiding in the bushes south of the crash site,
and was successfully surrendered and moved near the downed aircraft.
Initial interrogations yielded no useful information.
PRT 7 fortified the area around the crash
site while a request was relayed to BSACOM to confirm an updated recovery
status on the captured pilot. It was deemed that the pilot was not
useful, other than potential bait to acquire and eliminate the US forces
inserted illegally onto our land. All meaningful data on any storage
devices was considered non useful. We allowed the pilot to be viewed,
and began a vocal campaign of information designed to lure our targets into
range. This proved to be ineffective, so the pilot's left foot was removed
to encourage the US forces to hurry in. Several attempts were made by
US forces to retrieve the pilot, and all operators were eliminated.
During the final stages, the pilot was eliminated, and the PRT moved out
on standby for glazing by MIG's already in route. Our team
suffered minimal losses during the incursion.
Besir Saldonivych (aka dg) Commander,
BSA PRT 7th Troop
Original Cimm WO -
Winter Alpine Operation
•Alpine combat techniques
• Alpine patrol
techniques •Construction of expedient combat
shelters • SAR
• E&E
SCENARIO: Recover the Downed Coalition air crew. Lost
in hostile region South of Sarajevo in the Bosnian
War. WHERE: Cisco Grove in the Sierra
mountain range, not too far off of I-80. Location to be emailed
to registrants.
WHEN: Sat. Mar 20th 0900-1600hrs (two 3
hour exercises will be conducted). Night
OP possible for those camping Saturday night.
BIVOUAC: Some Cimmerians will be camping at the AO Friday and
Saturday night. This camp will be a short walk-in location, so all gear needs to
be snow mobile. Camping Fee may be required.
UNIFORMS: We are
trying to get the opposing teams in 2 different uniforms. Rangers in
Woodland. Militia in Snow Camo or urban camo (a simple west german snow
camo poncho would work great for this, $9.97 @ MV surplus). Please indicate
which (or both) of the uniforms you are able to bring when you register. A
note on footware, keep you feet warm and
dry.
 *** REGISTRATION
PROCEDURE ***
If you are a
NEW PARTICIPANT and have not operated with the Cimmerains
before, go to the SIGN-UP STATION and follow the instructions.
Participants In Good Standing:
Operators who have participated in a re-enactment with
the Cimmerians before please submitt the following to OP-Registration@cimmerians.org
:
Name Operation Phone Number - (Cell phone is best in case we have to modify the Order of March at the
last minute) Emergency Contact / Phone
number Camo - woodalnd and/or
Snow
Be advised, this info goes to a different OpCom's
roster each month,
so we need you to submit this info each
month.
FRAG ORDERS (Fragmentary Orders): Once your message has been processed,
you will be provided with further detailed information on the OP,
scenerio, precise location, and required load-out on an as available
basis.
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