Team Blue Light

PS Stone III
NPS Anderson
SQD Smith

Mission Overland : Objective Command APC

Side Street
Well this got bloody, quickly. Engaged by Militants with RPG (x2) and LMG Support before we got halfway down the supposed quiet side street.  I take out the Militants & RPG Team 1, centre mass and one in the head.  

Anderson takes the other RPG Team and LMG, he’s not into the Double Tap more of a keep shooting till they stop moving approach. Smith has already taken up an overwatch position and takes out the Suicide Bomber coming from a house behind us.

Ruins
We take a sharp right to an area of bombed out stores. Resistance is slightly less through the rubble.Some local Jihadis / Gunmen and a nicely embedded HMG. A couple of shots take care of the Fanatics, Smith takes one of the Gunmen while Anderson turns his LMG barrel red, succeeding in missing the HMG team but suppressing them anyway.

Catwalk
We kick down a make shift cupboard door allowing access onto a narrow raised catwalk. Things are getting tricky, we’re pinned down by more Militants and Insurgent and a Suicide Bomber who keeps on coming, no matter what I throw at him.We are having to split fire between the Ruins behind us and the enemy in front.

Ruins Catwalk
I’m suppressed in Ruins, luckily Anderson comes to my rescue and takes out the Bomber – even above the gunfire I can hear him shouting “It’s a Bomber, It’s a Bomber”.

Ruins Catwalk Alley
The shit has really hit the fan. We are engaged by 4 groups of Militants, an Armed Mob is heading down the Alley, Gunmen are firing from the rooftops, Insurgents are coming from the houses and I can see a Technical behind the Armed Mob. Smith is Suppressed and Anderson is close to letting the red mist fall.

I need to do something to give us a window unfortunately it seems I can’t hit my arse with a banjo. Luckily Anderson is back with us and accounts for most of the Insurgents giving me the chance to get my shit together and I take the last. We all concentrate on the Gunmen and again Anderson covers himself in glory.  I just finish thinking we are lucky that no more forces are appearing when a 2.5 tonne truck arrives at the end of the Alley. Smith snaps off a round taking the Technical driver. Time to make like a shepherd.

Side Street
We move quickly we can’t afford to be held up again the target with get away.
2 Stalkers step out behind us 2 clean shots take care of them, we are starting to get out formation back. Militants, Gunmen and an LMG nest are our next obstruction.
Anderson takes the LMG nest Smith takes other targets
Anderson is out of ammo while I’m down to my last magazine. Anderson signals a Leader down the side street I take my final shot and the Leader goes down. Now that’s 2 of us out of ammo.

And just then Air Support strafes the area while kicking supplies to our feet.

Stronghold
Fully armed again we push forward hard. Enemy sniper is heads down thanks to Smith Anderson is keeping the Mobs heads down while I flank them. As I take the shot I see Anderson hit the deck.

Caliphate Command Vehicle in sight.

Smith takes a round as I unsnap the LAW. The shot is good and the vehicle is vaporised  – Mission Complete

Anderson is going to be out of action for 3 weeks. Smith 1 week.

Team Blue Light

Vic Baynes PS Vet
Robert Anderson NPS
John Smith Squad
Mission In & Out : Objective VIP Elimination

Gentlemen your target for this mission is Head of the Military Council: Iyad al-Ubaydi, aliases: Fadel Hayfa, Abu Saleh al-Ubaydi, and Abu Saleh al-Hayfa. al-Ubaydi in his fifties and a former officer in Saddam Husayn’s military. After the regime fell, al-Ubaydi joined Kataib Thawrat al-Ishreen (The 1920s Revolution Brigade) in May 2003.

Al-Ubaydi was imprisoned by the Americans in Camp Bucca in 2006; when he was released is unclear. It was in prison that al-Ubaydi was converted to jihadism.
Al-Ubaydi took over the amniyat or intelligence file after Adnan al-Suwaydawi was killed and later was promoted to run the military

In & Out
We drive to XXX and are stopped outside the walled city by a Technical carrying four Gunmen.  I open up with the 249 and kill the Technical driver 2 shots from Smith and One from Baynes .50 cal eliminates the Gunmen.

We make our way through some low level Ruins. Baynes hanging back as the Barrett is a bit unwieldy at close quarters. Movement up ahead, we haven’t been spotted, as I close for a quiet kill Baynes takes out a Sniper to our left. My quarry suddenly bursts from cover and pretty much runs onto my knife. I take the Radioman’s radio – you never know

Catwalk
Baynes & Smith take advantage of the high ground. While I walk auto fire towards the Insurgents. Firing from range suppressing them then closing to kill
Baynes and Smith are covering from an elevated position. 2 Ranger Squads are moving forward and suddenly we are amongst it.
I take a knee behind cover and open up on the enemy. I can see a tribal leader but he’s well screened by his followers. Then suddenly he isn’t as Baynes looses 2 rounds from dropping 2 bodies. Sounding like a puppy in comparison to Baynes M82’s bark, Smith’s M40A2 takes down the Leader and luckily, the Suicide Bomber rushing towards us. for my part I take out the opfors LMG. The RPG Team fail to get a round away and are punished by I put a burst into the loader and Baynes relieves the other of his head.

Alley
The mission takes on a weird turn. At the far end of the alley two gunmen appear flanking our target. Not one to have to be asked twice Smith drops the Gunmen while Baynes takes the HVT.  

 

 

 

Team Stirling

Philips PS
Mission Covert : Objective Bugging Out
Insertion Point will be North West Outskirts of Karimabad Village.
36°19’42.3″N 74°39’04.2″E

 

Comms lost with Team Layforce.
We have pinpointed their location via Becker MR510 PLB. Radio chatter indicates they will be moved to another location tomorrow. So it’s an easy one, get in, get them, get out.
QRF is on station, radio for exfil when ready. Support and Medevac will be waiting,

Coming in low, snug in my “Whistling Chicken Leg” just me and Vera

Covert approach went “really well”. As the skids hit the deck I’m fucking ambushed before I could get near the village, hitting the deck I open up killing all three enemy.

The Village

Can’t afford to take too long finding the lads but don’t want to go charging about either.
Luckily there is just one guy hanging about, looks like a Village Elder. Quick burst and he’s down.

The Village
Can’t see any sign of the lads, but can see some Hired Muscle mingling with locals
They come towards me but I don’t think I’ve been spotted – I drop back away from the village into deeper cover
I manage to Break Contact with Muscle and narrowly miss taking rounds from a Technical as it slides into the Village. A Drug Runner falls from the back firing into the air

The Ravine
I can see the lads being lead to the enemy transports, not much time to engage

Advance – Flanking Attack – Stealth Attack – Deploy Bipod – Spray – Technical destroyed.

Auto burst takes out Drug runner. York & Newcastle head for the incoming Foxhound
For some reason a group of smugglers seem to want to share our taxi

A quick burst from my 110 and a quick hop up into the Foxhound and we are out of here.
NPS Newcastle & Squad York recovered in good health.