AEF's Legacy Fundraising

G'day all,

28-year-old Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney, from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan yesterday morning.

He leaves behind his three-year-old daughter Annabell and wife Beckie, who is about to give birth to their second child any day now.

"Nothing meant more to him than his family," she said.

29 August to 9 September 2010 is Legacy Week in Australia. Legacy is an organisation founded in 1923 dedicated to caring for families like Lance Corporal Jared's.

Many members of the AEF are current or ex-serving members of the Australian Defence Force or come from ADF families.

Please show your support for the sacrifices made by Australian Defence Force personnel and their families this year by donating whatever you can spare and spreading the word to friends and colleagues, in emails, forums, blogs, and social networking websites you have access to, like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

http://www.everydayhero.com.au/aef

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,
Swedge

Images sourced from www.defence.gov.au

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From the editor:

We play a military simulation game. In saying that, the knowledge that what we do in a video game is also carried out in real life by every day people in our Defence Force is never forgotten. The men and women of the ADF have our utmost respect for the job they do and the sacrifices they make.

For what it's worth, our deepest condolences go out to those who have lost loved ones while serving. We hope everyone will do what they can and donate to help care for the families that have been left behind.

CTB News and Updates

ACRE Installation Guide

Gene Hunt, from Combat Team Bravo, has created a user friendly guide to installing the ACRE radio add on. You can view the guide here: http://www.aef-hq.com.au/aef3/forum/viewtopic.php?f=321&t=58356

Many thanks to Gene for putting in the time and effort to get that guide together - here's hoping it makes life easier for those having issues with its installation.


CTB Setup Night

All CTB members are encouraged to turn up to the Addon-Setup night being run on Friday the 27th of August, at 2000HRS Sydney time on the CTB game server.

The night will give you the chance to test your addon setups and allow you to get some help with troubleshooting addons such as AAW and ACRE. Logon to the AEF forums and check the battle orders for more information.


AEF Teamspeak 3 Server Up & Running!

After a long period of testing and discussion, the AEF has officially begun migrating to it's now voice comms server! With the imminent closure of Ventrilo a new option was needed, and both Mumble and Teamspeak 3 were put up for comparison. TS3 came out on top and was chosen for a number of security and easy of use factors.

Feel free to jump in the public channels for games such as BC2 and the CoD series:
AEF TS3: 202.62.137.195:9989

As always the AusArmA Community TS3 server us where you'll find the fun and games relating to the ArmA series.
AusArmA TS3: ts.ausarma.org:9987

Roadside Bomb Kills 4

Campaign related info:
Captured footage from an insurgent camp shows the IED strike that wiped out a US special forces patrol vehicle and its 4 occupants.

Mission Testing Night 17/8/10

Tuesday night seen a number of CTB regulars get involved with some new mission testing. Two new missions - Operation Horizon and Secure Timurkalay - were made using the newly released AAW units and weapons, and CTB is looking to once again adopt them as a standard addon for the team.

Below are some videos and screenshots from the testing of Op. Horizon.

You can also visit AusArmA (http://www.ausarma.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5010#p5010) for more screenshots from the night. 

CTB Basic Infantry Training Night

The trainees and trainers after a busy session on the range.

Tonight a handful of both new recruits and veteran members of Combat Team Bravo get down and dirty in a night of infantry training. The night was part of the current Training & Drill system setup by the management group, and is designed to train our members in everything from basic infantry contact drills to providing effective vehicle support in larger operations.

(AEF)Delta giving instructions

Tonights line up seen half an hour on the practice ranges, doing basic formations, fire and movement and a range of other basic skills. Trainers Floydii, Wolffy and Delta ran the evenings proceedings. 

(AEF)Gunner doing something... constructive.

Overall, training ran smoothly and after everyone sorted out some ACRE bugs we were straight into Operation Golden Retriever on Takistan. 

AO for Golden Retriever

Mission Night - 06/08/10 - Hotel Soap

Mission Overview
Special Operations and embedded General Infantry members from Combat Team Bravo were inserted to conduct a variety of operations in direct action against Takiban insurgents. The actions were focused within the Feruz Abad region in order to disrupt OPFOR operations and activities.

Objectives
1 - Locate and Establish FOB
2 - Conduct a cordon search for ammo caches
3 - Kill or Capture HVT
4 - Search for supporting Lieutenant [CANCELED]
4 - Disrupt local militia camp

Segment of the AO in use by the team.

Mission Review

OBJ01
Dagger was assigned to locate and secure a possible FOB location out of 3 pre-determined areas. Dagger dispatched with 2 SOV HMMWVs including extra ammo and 2 mortars. Scythe was to prepare the Chinook with the required objects to build a Forward Operating Base.

Upon entering final possible LZ location, Dagger contacted 1 hostile section of 10 infantry, proceeding to out maneuver and eliminate the threats within the SOV's, successfully executed.

Scythe landed at LZ3 and began construction on the FOB whilst dagger provided security. Dagger's RO spotted hostile infantry attempting to ambush the FOB during it's construction and eliminated all hostiles using the MK19 in over-watch.



OBJ02
En-route teams encountered an IED [GR07121494] which was marked and bypassed. Scythe set up an FSP SW of OBJ2 using MMGs and mortars to support Dagger's assault. A snap ambush was set-up prior to eliminate 1 hostile patrol outside of the town, resulting in approx. 5 enemies KIA, however a single hostile hid during the ambush and was able to inflict damage onto Dagger, with one member suffering light wounds.

1 ammo cache was located and destroyed in the NE corner of the main intersection of the town.
Approx. 2 enemy sections eliminated during assault.
On RTB to FOB Pork teams 'safely' detonated the IED to prevent possible accidents.


OBJ03
Callsigns again moved off within 2 SOV HMMWVs on an extended operation to secure 2 enemy lieutenants, however due to low fuel, OBJ4 was canceled with the new obj to secure a fuel supply from a local contact in Sakhe.


The first lieutenant within Feruz Abad was located in the southern hill overlooking the town. Initially the target was cooperative but attempt to take the life of one of the Dagger operators and was put down, investigation pending.

Zero casualties during the kill or capture
approx. 1 enemy section and sporadic infantry eliminated.


OBJ04
Teams pushed on towards Sakhe, encountering a second IED [GR03690522]. The IED was disabled and teams navigated around the area with caution. Upon reaching Sakhe, teams located an enemy training camp.

Scythe split up into a sniper team utilizing the eastern ridge, and an assault team, whilst Dagger divided an LMG team to provide support from the western ridge.Snipers initiated contact whilst the assault elements swept through the town eliminating all threats and locating a cache.


A hostile patrol in the southern hillside must have heard the gunfire and proceeded down to ambush. Both teams suffered 2 injuries as of this however no CASEVACs were required.
Approx. 3 enemy sections eliminated
Teams secured fuel and RTB for the day.


Summary
Duration: 3.5hrs
70+/- OPFOR KIA
- 6 Sections
- Sporadic engagements
0 BLUFOR KIA
3 BLUFOR WIA [No CASEVAC required]
- 1 Injury during ambush, flesh wound
- 1 Injury from enemy sniper fire
- 1 Injury from falling off a roof
0 CIV KIA
0 Assets Lost