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Operation Speeding Sickness
2024-06-16

2 x SAR in the vicinity of OP Pyle. 1 x F-100 Super Soaker, pilot recovered. 1 x something with two seats (2 A-1 Skyraiders, you heathens - Scatter), both pilots (even Jeremy) recovered.

Characters on Operation

Capt Scatter
Capt Chaps
Sgt Sauceman
SM RDX
LCpl Overkill
HA Cutter (KIA)
HA Bungalow
Pvt Hosepipe
Pvt Goat
Pvt Jauvert (KIA)
Pvt Tubular
Pvt Fung Jr
Pvt Treadwell

Awards and Medals

SA Bungalow awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal: For medical treatment of SAR casualties and squad casualties without losses during Operation Speeding Sickness.
Capt Scatter awarded Bronze Star Medal: For pressing his FAC Bronco into a direct CAS role to protect the SAR team on the ground following the loss of the primary CAS aircraft; during this time the team were engaged by hostile fast air which he immediately engaged despite the clear threat to his airframe by engaging in air combat maneuvering with a superior aircraft, and finding himself too close for other weapon systems, switched to guns and gave chase, driving it off from further effective ground attacks until such time that friendly fast air was on station during Operation Speeding Sickness.
Pvt Tubular awarded Purple Heart
Pvt Treadwell awarded Purple Heart
SA Cutter awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: For the repeated recovery of forward assaulting individuals during Operation Speeding Sickness.
Pvt Jauvert awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: For quick reactions and situational awareness allowing him to report several enemy attempts to flank or ambush the squad, ensuring the unit could avoid or react effectively and reduce casualties during operation Speeding Sickness.
Pvt Tubular awarded Navy and Marine Corps Commendation: For situational awareness and rapid response to a medic being incapacitated, hauling them from difficult overwatched terrain in a paddy field and applying stabilisation, allowing the medic to be returned to action, then suffering severe wounds from enemy artillery while attempting to assist with further wounded during Operation Speeding Sickness.
Pvt Goat Mentioned in Despatches: For intense close quarters combat to prevent an overrun of the medical position during the recovery of a friendly pilot in Operation Speeding Sickness.
Pvt Treadwell Mentioned in Despatches: For aggressively assaulting enemy formations to encourage them to split fire and allow the platoon to perform successful tactical manoeuvring and defeat the enemy forces in detail during Operation Speeding Sickness.

Chain of Command

Capt Chaps Chaplain Sgt Sauceman Section NCO LCpl Overkill LAT Rifleman Pvt Hosepipe Rifleman Pvt Goat Heavy Gunner Pvt Jauvert (KIA) LAT Rifleman Pvt Tubular AT Gunner Pvt Fung Jr LAT Rifleman Pvt Treadwell Pointman
SM RDX Constructionman HA Cutter (KIA) Medic HA Bungalow Medic
Capt Scatter Forward Air Controller

Screenshots and After-Action Reports

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