Op White Orchid 05 - 2025/07/26

Situation

~~[WIP~~Following -our ~~standby]~~successful disruption of cartel and paramilitary mobility during the previous operation, both sides have made moves to fortify their positions. With the cartel’s loss of two dirt airstrips and the military’s loss of its primary airstrip in the northeast, the Chucomayo army has begun rapidly expanding a civilian airstrip in the southwest, well behind their current defensive lines. Intelligence indicates extensive fortifications, vehicles, logistics hubs, and building materials are being brought in to convert the airstrip into a major staging point. Due to it's location, our objective is not to hold the airfield but to conduct a raid, inflicting maximum destruction on military infrastructure, logistics nodes, and fortifications to disrupt their supply lines and slow their operational tempo.

Simultaneously, diplomatic tensions have shifted. During the events at OBJ Hush, we were misled by Emiliano, which led to a near-fatal misstep involving Colombian intelligence assets investigating cartel and presidential corruption. This incident has led to a formal intelligence-sharing agreement with Colombian intelligence agencies, who have supplied actionable intel and requested our support in raiding a cartel-operated prison to rescue the captive politician Ricardo Montoya. Montoya’s rescue is expected to bolster goodwill and enhance future cooperation with Colombia, opening access to deeper intelligence streams.

Further, Colombian SIGINT has confirmed the cartel’s President, Mateo Mendoza-Rivera, the puppet leader directly controlled by the cartel. He is believed to be located in a safehouse within the town of Caucasia, which also hosts a major Chucomayo military headquarters. Capturing or neutralising this HVT will cripple cartel influence and erode their political capital allowing civilians of Chucomayo who disagree with the cartels influence to take power and turn the tables.

Acknowledgements

Refer to the situation report for detailed information on known factions and identification.
Civilian population are neutral to our activities, though it is likely members of the cartel are among the population.
Police, while government-funded and cartel-controlled, appear to heavily support the local population. While not overtly hostile, they are unlikely to assist us in anyway and will most likely report our positions if detected.
Columbian intelligence operatives have been operating in the region against the cartel. We haven't been read into their ongoing operations or locations, keep an eye out and check fire against operatives and/or teams that may be in the region.

Commanders intent

The current phase of Operation White Orchid focuses on exploiting actionable intelligence—especially through vehicle tracking—to locate and eliminate all viable high-value targets (HVTs) within the Chucomayo Cartel’s leadership and military structure. Our objective is to strike with speed and precision, using real-time intel to disrupt cartel command-and-control and dismantle critical leadership elements before they can recover or mount a coordinated response.

Our approach will exploit the cartel’s overconfidence and operational overstretch, ensuring that every engagement compounds their disarray. Civilian impact will remain minimised, but we anticipate resistance as cartel forces retreat toward bigger population centres and attempt to shield their leadership.

The end state is a battlespace shaped for decisive follow-up operations against the remaining leadership cadre, with cartel command fractured and unable to re-establish cohesive control.

Tasking(s)

Map - Overview

Area of Operations - Alpha | Bravo

40 Commando

[OBJ Charter] Dismantle the military fortifications recently constructed on the civilian airfield
[OBJ Sunshade] Assist 2PARA with dismantling the cartel outpost, if its still intact
[OBJ Edict] [HVT] Raid the safehouse, locate and extract the puppet President "Mateo Mendoza-Rivera"
[OBJ Summit] Assist 2PARA in clearing the unsecured parts of the town

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

[OBJ Oath] [HVT] Raid the prisons systems then locate and extract the Colombian politician "Ricardo Montoya"
[OBJ Sunshade] Dismantle and secure the cartel outpost
[OBJ Summit] Assault the town and secure the military headquarters atop the hill

Royal Tank Regiment

[OBJ Charter] Assist 40Cdo in assaulting the airfield
Clear through checkpoints to the north of OBJ Sunshade, request infantry support when necessary.
[OBJ Sunshade] Assist 2PARA in dismantling the cartel outpost

Joint Aviation Command

[OBJ Charter] Insert 40Cdo to a designated HLS south east of the objective
[OBJ Oath] Insert 2PARA to a designated HLS nearby the objective or onto a building within the prison

Markings - AO Alpha

Objective / Target	Marker	Markings
Cartel prison, Colombian politician (HVT)	OBJ Oath	Image
Cartel old outpost	OBJ Sunshade	Image
Chucomayo 'puppet' President (Arrest)	OBJ Edict	Image
Chucomayo military headquarters	OBJ Summit	Image

Markings - AO Bravo

Objective / Target	Marker	Markings
Newly retrofitted military airfield	OBJ Charter	Image