Operation/Patrol Time:
-0700 Local//0200 ZULU
Weather/Forecast Information:
Current conditions: 88F / 49% Humidity / Winds @ 13-16 MPH out of the NNW / UV Index: Moderate to low
- A mild cold front pushed over the Caspian Sea late yesterday and is currently set to bring around two inches of rain to Mary. Expect to see gradually deteriorating visibility conditions as wind and precipitation roll in from the northwest. Max wind speed is estimated to not exceed 20MPH.
- No current lightning is anticipated & no advisory is necessary.
- Sunset for this evening is set at 1955
Lighting/Visibility Factors:
- N/A (See above)
Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs) & Aviation Advisory Information
- All air missions and sorties across the Kirov area of operations are urged extreme caution & directed to only fly within designated low-risk air corridors.
- The presence of at least two 2K22 Tunguska, or SA-19 Grison self-propelled air defense systems has been confirmed to our northern outskirts, as well as to the southwestern area around Severkuldzha. With a range of up to 6km when utilizing active radar, and the ability to function without depending on active radar, several areas have been declared as limited flight/no-fly zones until these threats can be effectively located and neutralized.
Theater/Strategic-level News & Intelligence Updates, Activity, and Analysis
- UN WHITE's joint forces maneuver in the west has been gradually ramping up, as the 2nd Marines & 24th MEU have established several outposts between the newly established Camp HOPE (20 miles east of the outskirts of Ashgabat), and have begun village stability operations (VSO's) in support of the UN's relief and aid distribution efforts.
- The entire theater is suffering from a lack of Turkmen translators and establishing local contacts to bridge this gap has been limited thus far, so expect a delay in the availability of the information available from human sources, documents, and files that contain Turkmen. Russian interpreters have had the most success so far, but human source intelligence still remains very limited in scope and applicability.
- The decentralized leadership of the New World Turkmenia Youth Party (New World Turkmenia Party) appears to also extend to the New World Revolutionary Corps (NWRC), which will make any sort of "decapitation" focus against the leadership of either much less limited in effectiveness. There is still no indication that the New World Turkmenia Party will revert to the restriction of weapons owned or carried by any host country national, however, it is possible that they may yet still restrict them to only uniformed fighters, most likely as a means to further encourage those yet to side with the NWRC & their proxy militia groups. UN/US personnel will not and cannot risk imposing this restriction ourselves for fear of greatly exacerbating the potential volatility of stability and aid efforts throughout the country.
Local/Tactical-level News & Intelligence Updates, Activity, and Analysis
- Special ops were successful in conducting an assault on Objective CUMULUS, securing an airfield for use by coalition forces as we continue to expand across the southern edge of Mary's Southern Inhabited Shelf. Elements of 1st BTN have already been tasked there, and we should expect elements of A/Co to also augment operations in Severkuldzha.
- Several avenues of funding have been identified as means of finance for both the NWRC and militant forces, one of the most locally noteworthy examples is that of cannabis cultivation. You have probably passed by or even been downwind from some of these fields, usually, they're distinctively green in color with plants around head height. Currently, we are not taking ANY action against these farms, as it is suspected that the local populace also benefits from the cultivation of these plants. That said, INSCOM is seeking to plot as many of these fields as possible in order to gather a more accurate estimate as to how much the NWRC may be dependent on said cultivation for funds, as well as to monitor the fields for possible trafficking by locals who may be sympathetic to the NWRC cause.
- Aid distribution, relief efforts, and village stability operations (VSOs) in our current area of operations have had a positive effect on disrupting militant/NWRC activity in our immediate AO, most evidenced by the arrival of reinforcements from the north. Hence, the goal of the patrol today is to further disrupt the NWRC-backed militants and to prevent them from setting their feet under them as they continue to reel from our initial actions in the Kirov area.
Special Info/Patrol Objective-specific Intelligence
- Elements of 2nd PLT, A/Co were ambushed by militia forces near the town of Mata last week. While no significant casualties were sustained, it is becoming clear that the NWRC and local militants are coordinating to plan and execute more sophisticated attacks against coalition forces operating across the country. Additionally, evidence also suggests that hostile militants are actively building and deploying improvised explosive devices, and while no reported use of such devices has been confirmed in our area of operations yet, vehicle-bourne IEDs (VBIEDs) have become increasingly frequent in the fighting in and near the capital.