Combat Support Roles - United Task Force (UNITAF) - Arma 3

Combat Engineer
Tier I Combat Support Role

A combat engineer (also called a sapper) performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. The combat engineer's goals involve facilitating movement and support of friendly forces while impeding those of the enemy. Combat engineers build fighting positions, fortifications, and roads. They conduct demolitions missions and clear minefields using specialized vehicles. This may include the construction and breaching of trenches, tank traps and other fortifications; bunker construction; bridge and road construction or destruction; laying or clearing land mines; and combined arms breaching.

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Mortarman
Tier I Combat Support Role

The Mortarman offers up a specific type of artillery support that is organic to infantry units due to its ability to be man-carried along with the grunts. Mortars provide integrated indirect fire support to the infantry, with quick response times, the ability to bring fire safely to within close range of friendly forces, good accuracy and range, and solid terminal effects.

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SUAV Operator (Reconnaissance)
Tier I Combat Support Role

A RQ-11 Raven operator executes the takeoff and landing phases of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, in this case the RQ-11 Raven - a small hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV). They are also an integral part of all mission planning, takeoff and landing sequences, and coordination aspects of SUAV flight.



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Support Engineer
Tier II Combat Support Role

The support engineer is a generalised role providing all manner of support requirements to front-line troops, but is typically detached from convential units, it is usually attached to a support detachment or headquarters element. Typical roles are: explosive disposal, building and construction, maintenance and repair, re-fueling and re-arming, logistical re-supply operations by land, sea or air - as well as the construction and planning of defensive structures. By this virtue, the Support Engineer must have experience in all of these things.

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Field Artillery Cannoneer
Tier II Combat Support Role

As a cannoneer you'll be operating a 155mm Howitzer Battery, long-range fire support that can act as a massive force-multiplier to the troops it is supporting on the ground. An infantry platoon supported by a battery of 155mm Howitzers has far, far more firepower at its fingertips than a Company (four platoons) of enemy infantry without artillery support.

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EOD Specialist
Tier II Combat Support Role

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, is the preeminent tactical and technical explosives expert. With advanced training and critical skills needed to disable and defeat explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction. Assisting leadership in the preparation and use of advanced robotics, dispose of hazardous objects, and perform missions in support across all environmental conditions.

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Logistics Support Chief
Tier III Combat Support Role

The Support Chief oversees the provision of all manner of support requirements to front-line troops from outside the area of operations, typically detached from convential units, a number of Engineers and Supporting roles report to the Support Chief to enable building and construction, maintenance and repair, re-fueling and re-arming, logistical re-supply operations by land, sea or air - as well as the construction and planning of defensive structures. The Support Chief does not have authority in the area of operations, only outside of it and therefore follows the direction of the Senior Ground Commander.

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UAV Operator (Attack/Reconnaissance)
Tier III Combat Support Role

A MQ-11/9 operator executes the takeoff and landing phases of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Attack UAVs, in this case the RQ-11 Raven - the MQ is a full sized, fully attack capable remote weapon system. They are also an integral part of all mission planning, takeoff and landing sequences, and coordination aspects of SUAV flight.



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UAV Operator (Reconnaissance)
Tier III Combat Support Role

A Global Hawk operator executes the takeoff and landing phases of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Attack UAVs, in this case the Global Hawk - the GH is a full sized high altitude UAB platform. Operators are an integral part of all mission planning, takeoff and landing sequences, and coordination aspects of UAV flight.



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Fire Support Chief
Tier III Combat Support Role

The Fire Support Chief is in charge of directing and controlling the deployment of Field Artillery batteries, Mortar Pits and associated logistics and ammunition handling of Field Artillery Assets. The Fire Support Chief leads the units Mortarmen or Cannoneers, and communicates with the ground combat elements forward Observers in order to provide timely and accurate Fire Support, as required by the ground commanders. For that reason, Fire Support Chiefs should be experienced in the assets, weapons and procedures.

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SF Sapper
Tier IV Qualified Combat Support Role

The SF Sapper is similar to a regular infantry combat engineer, except that they are also SF Operators as part of a special operations team. As the principle expert within the team on the employment of demolitions, defusing of explosives or IEDs and the employment of unconventional weapons as well as the maintenance of the team’s vehicles. Some SF units also carry their own SUAVs, ground or airborne autonomous unit, to which the Sapper also operates. Like other special operations roles, when not operating in their specialty the SF Sapper is still a SF Operator, tasked with performing the most complex, classified, and dangerous missions directed.

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