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Operation R&D
Execute: 05/29/2026
Task Organization: 10RR
Subsets: NEPTUNE, TF APOLLO
Situation
Area of Interest - AO Ice
Terrain Denali, Croatia
Obstacles & Fields of Fire. The region is shaped by rugged highland terrain, dense pine and mixed woodland, rocky slopes, scrubland, open fields, and scattered rural settlements. Forest belts and uneven ground limit visibility to short–medium ranges, while exposed ridgelines, valley roads, fields, and hilltop positions provide longer sightlines but leave forces vulnerable. Weather, elevation changes, and dense vegetation can quickly break up engagements into isolated close-range fights.
Avenues of Approach. Movement is restricted by narrow rural roads, forest tracks, rocky hillsides, drainage cuts, and rough agricultural terrain. Vehicles are canalized onto roads, bridges, and open valley routes, making them vulnerable to ambush and anti-vehicle fire. Infantry can move through woods, fields, and ravines, but off-road movement is slow and difficult.
Key Terrain. Critical areas include road junctions, bridges, villages, ridgelines, hilltop compounds, radio sites, supply areas, and any elevated terrain overlooking valley approaches. Control of crossings and high ground is decisive, as these positions shape movement through the region and allow forces to observe or interdict enemy routes. Settlements and fortified rural compounds serve as natural strongpoints.
Cover and Concealment. Concealment is abundant in forests, scrub, stone walls, fields, ravines, and narrow village streets. True cover is mostly limited to stone buildings, rocky terrain, prepared positions, walled compounds, and terrain depressions. Open fields and exposed ridgelines offer little protection, making movement across them dangerous without smoke, darkness, or supporting fire.
Weather. Unknown
Time and Light Conditions. TBD
Enemy Forces.
Size. Enemy forces are an irregular but organized militant force, roughly comparable to an under-resourced light infantry formation. They are concentrated around villages, religious sites, road junctions, former government buildings, and key infrastructure, supported by local knowledge, defected security personnel, and captured equipment.
Capabilities. Enemy fighters are armed primarily with AK-pattern rifles, pistols, older carbines, and abundant machine guns, with heavier support coming from RPGs, crew-served weapons, and vehicle-mounted guns. While most forces operate as light infantry, enemy forces have captured a limited number of heavier Russian/Soviet-era systems, including a small pool of T-72 tanks, several non-radar ZSU-23-4 Shilka systems, BRDM scout vehicles in enough quantity to support multiple maneuver elements, and a limited number of BTR-70 armored personnel carriers. Air capability is limited but present, consisting of a small fleet of captured Mi-8 helicopters, with some configured for transport and others armed for light fire support.
Recent Activity. Enemy forces have been consolidating control across captured towns by establishing checkpoints, roadblocks, and fortified positions around civic buildings, shrines, police stations, and village approaches. Movement between wooded areas, religious compounds, and hidden supply sites has increased.
Expected Course of Action. Enemy forces will likely avoid open conventional battle, relying instead on ambushes, fortified villages, chokepoints, and prepared strongpoints. Expect use of woods, stone walls, narrow roads, and civilian structures to delay advances, with close-range fighting centered around key settlements and Covenant-held infrastructure.
Friendly Forces
Higher Units. N/A
Adjacent Units. N/A
Supporting Units. N/A
Civilian Considerations. Civilian presence is likely in non-military areas. All civilians in military areas are assumed to be hostile and should be detained.
Attachments/Detachments. N/A
Mission.
The 10th Ranger Regiment has been retasked from Merak to conduct an emergency recovery operation in Denali, a Covenant-controlled mainland territory. A CIA aircraft conducting covert intelligence collection was accidentally engaged by Croatian Rafales enforcing the no-fly zone while it was fleeing enemy-controlled airspace. The aircraft went down near Alder Flats, leaving the pilot, crew, and sensitive onboard intelligence at risk of enemy capture.
Ranger elements will enter AO Ice and conduct a broad search of nearby towns, camps, wooded terrain, and possible debris fields connected to the crash. Enemy forces are expected to move quickly into the area once the downed aircraft is confirmed, with known or suspected hostile positions operating near the search zone.
The primary task is to locate and extract the pilot and crew before Covenant forces can capture or exploit them. Any sensitive intelligence, aircraft systems, documents, or equipment recovered from the crash site or surrounding area must be secured, destroyed, or removed from the AO.
Ranger elements should expect enemy patrols, search parties, checkpoints, and quick reaction forces moving through AO Ice. Contact with enemy forces should be avoided where possible unless necessary to protect the recovery effort, secure the crash site, or extract U.S. personnel.
The 10th Ranger Regiment will recover surviving aircrew, deny enemy exploitation of the downed aircraft, recover or destroy sensitive materials, and conduct SSE where required. Successful completion will prevent a major intelligence compromise and recover U.S. personnel before Covenant forces can capture them.
Sustainment
Ammunition & Reinsertion will be provided by 160th SOAR assets or via ground ferry. No reinsertions will be brought in via teleportation, except for technical issues.
This operation is projected to have engagement distances less than 200 meters.
Operation R&D
Execute: 05/29/2026
Task Organization: 10RR
Subsets: NEPTUNE, TF APOLLO
The 10th Ranger Regiment has been retasked from Merak to conduct an emergency recovery operation in Denali, a Covenant-controlled mainland territory. A CIA aircraft conducting covert intelligence collection was accidentally engaged by Croatian Rafales enforcing the no-fly zone while it was fleeing enemy-controlled airspace. The aircraft went down near Alder Flats, leaving the pilot, crew, and sensitive onboard intelligence at risk of enemy capture.
Ranger elements will enter AO Ice and conduct a broad search of nearby towns, camps, wooded terrain, and possible debris fields connected to the crash. Enemy forces are expected to move quickly into the area once the downed aircraft is confirmed, with known or suspected hostile positions operating near the search zone.
The primary task is to locate and extract the pilot and crew before Covenant forces can capture or exploit them. Any sensitive intelligence, aircraft systems, documents, or equipment recovered from the crash site or surrounding area must be secured, destroyed, or removed from the AO.
Ranger elements should expect enemy patrols, search parties, checkpoints, and quick reaction forces moving through AO Ice. Contact with enemy forces should be avoided where possible unless necessary to protect the recovery effort, secure the crash site, or extract U.S. personnel.
The 10th Ranger Regiment will recover surviving aircrew, deny enemy exploitation of the downed aircraft, recover or destroy sensitive materials, and conduct SSE where required. Successful completion will prevent a major intelligence compromise and recover U.S. personnel before Covenant forces can capture them.
I. Scorpion 3 (Zeus)
SIGNED,
Oliver, Cade
1LT,
S-3