Operation Settler Spirit

Campaign: ChelteNam · Sun 26 Jan 2025

OPERATION RECORD // AFTER ACTION REPORT

Operation Summary

A flight of three helicopters (Loach, Cobra, Guns-a-G-GO) under the control of a Forward Air Controller (Bird Dog) take on multiple hostile ground targets with varying success. Upon return to base, alternative ground transport is organsied to take a convoy of supplies to an IDAP camp in the village of Phouvong, which then needed defending from hostile attacks.

Medals

Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for efforts to support civilian and marine casualties during the defence of the IDAP camp in the village of Phouvong as part of Operation Settler Spirit, on several occasions going outside the wire to recover injured comrades who had even more inadvisably left the wire prior. (by Admin)
Mentioned in Despatches
Reason: AWARDED Mention in Dispatches (MID) for dedicated efforts to improve squad morale through counter-irritation during the defence of the palisaded village of Phouvong during Operation Settler Spirit. (by Admin)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation
Reason: POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED Star to their Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (NMCCM-V) for repeatedly leaving the wire to conduct flanking assaults to break up and disrupt enemy pushes against the village of Phouvong during the defence of an IDAP camp as part of Operation Settler Spirit. (by Admin)
Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Reason: AWARDED Navy and Marine Corps Medal (NMCM) for acting, despite their own injuries, to defend and stabilise wounded comrades during the battle at Phouvong as part of defence of an IDAP camp in Operation Settler Spirit, ensuring their safety until a medic could arrive. (by Admin)
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Reason: Air Force Combat Action Medal (AFCAM) for supporting the defence of the Phouvong during Operation Settler Spirit, standing post and returning fire against an oncoming barrage of RPG and rifle-grenade fire from Chelt Cong assault troops from his defensive position on the west side of the village. (by Admin)

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Commendations

For being there when it counted so many times. patching me and blue team up onthe route in to the aid camp and for heading in to the line of fire several times to see to the wounded.
taking a lot of enemy fire during the ongoing assault and still keeping on top of things and returning us all to the front line.
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for piloting Our Chinook though a little trepidatious, in to enemy fire keeping us in the air and on target and bringing us home in spite of heavy damage on multiple occasions and managing to not fly in to the floor on the several occasions they were either no longer able to actually see or when we learned exactly how many flechettes you can fire before things become a stop motion picture.
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As always for being a brilliant leader clear confident scathing when required. keeping us all organised even when we had massive casualties and constant incoming.
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For Continued Clear and concise leadership of blue team and keeping a handle on the constantly evolving situation
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Good efforts at controlling three sets of murder-death-helicopters during the flight phase, then solid defense of the western flank of the village despite multiple grenades/rifle grenades/RPGs etc
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Burgerboy sure saved our bacon when a flame tank came crashing through the reeds near the IDAP tent!
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For being a constant source of mirth and dad joked in the most harrowing on moments and sitting in quite possibly the most dangerous and least covered position on the recoilless for most of the battle in spite of being heavy incoming fire Literally from tanks and god knows what else.
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for continued great work being a recon spotting multiple assaults from armour and infantry ahead of time. great teamwork and team buddy. Doing an outstanding job of clearing and flanking many enemy assaults.
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For being part of team patch them up and get them back to the lines along with the other medic. this fight would have been a short one without them
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Excellent co-pilot during the flight phase, and then solid medical work during hte village defense.
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Kept looking out for me when I didn't have a buddy.
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Stabilised and kept alive multiple members of the unit while injured themselves until a medic was able to reach them after securing other casualties.
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