AAR Able Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Baggage Train - 28JUN26

Macpherson.C · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Baggage Train
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 28JUN26
Time of Combat Mission : 19:45 PM EST
CRCON STATS

Mission OIC: Major Macpherson.C, First Lieutenant Angels.N, First Sergeant Herber.R

Mission Controller: Major Macpherson.C, First Lieutenant Angels.N, First Sergeant Herber.R

Number of Attendees: 80

Colonel Cameron.J
Major Korfias.F
Major Macpherson.C
First Lieutenant Angels.N
Second Lieutenant Lewis.P
Sergeant Major White.C
First Sergeant Herber.R
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Staff Sergeant Felton.J
Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
Staff Sergeant Koalafied.C
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Scarselli.T
Sergeant Donk.B
Sergeant Emerson.D
Sergeant Hermes.S
Sergeant Maca.D
Sergeant Mair.B
Sergeant Matthews.A
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Berk.A
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Fox.F
Corporal Harris.W
Corporal Kenton.W
Corporal Muller.AS
Corporal Mustard.C
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Tilley.B
Corporal Wagner.D
Specialist Aly.M
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Armstrong.AL
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Baldrick.JR
Specialist Belanger.C
Specialist Cazeault.J
Specialist Corn.D
Specialist Cross.JA
Specialist Eri.C
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Hall.S
Specialist Hood.D
Specialist Ingram.M
Specialist Jefferzon.Z
Specialist Marcum.J
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Simmons.T
Specialist Stevenson.A
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Waffle.J
Specialist Walton.D
Specialist Yates.J
Private First Class Anthony.M
Private First Class Brakefield.W
Private First Class Bauvil.C
Private First Class Fenrir.J
Private First Class Freeman.S
Private First Class Garner.P
Private First Class Harris.KM
Private First Class Hobbs.C
Private First Class Humphrey.S
Private First Class Jaco.F
Private First Class Mac.K
Private First Class McCann.C
Private First Class Perrier.J
Private First Class Sly.R
Private First Class Walden.M
Private Burgess.S
Private Fabian.N
Private McDaniels.L
Private Nunley.J
Private Rat.L
Private Scratch.J
Private Stewart.C
Private Turner.Z

Uneligible for Operational Credit:
Corporal Feathers.A RET
Corporal Sokol.Z RET
Corporal Theo.H ELOA

Macpherson.C · Jun 28, 2026

Element Callsign:
Element Leader:
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Pros:

Cons:

Tilley.B · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Tilley.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Corn.D

Pros:

Great Movement, Good Leadership Comms, Team worked together great.

Cons:

No Negatives had a good time

Korfias.F · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: "Papa" Axis Commander
Element Leader: Major Korfias.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Korfias.F

Pros:

FTX went well. I think the larger scale worked well for this op. It was fairly chaotic at times, which made it fun.
Despite some hiccups early on the team meshed well and came together for the W.

Cons:

Comms were a bit hectic at times, but there was a lot of information to exchange

Hermes.S · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Felton.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

CON: Please keep platoon's together for FTXs. We have two weeks each month to mix and mingle the entire company. FTX IMO are for that over all picture which would place that emphasis on keeping platoons together.

Waffle.J · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Allied Squad 2 (Mike and George)
Element Leader: SPC.Waffle.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
FTL: SPC.Walton.D
CPL.Baldrick.D
SPC.Baldrick.JR
PVT.McCann.C

Pros:

The team flexed well into supporting roles
Solid Comms across the board
Squad was still able to place baggage train nodes even under fire

Cons:

On the defense, we were constantly outgunned, and once the enemy established themselves inside our baggage train zone, they stayed there
Most of my squad came from different sections, and they felt they would have enjoyed playing with familiar faces.

Aponte.A · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: Specialist Aponte.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Stevenson.A
Corporal Berk.A
Corporal Fox.F
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Austin.M

Pros:

Good comms
Fast reaction to enemy movement
Great surpression of tanks with smoke

Cons:

• Lack of outposts
• Not being able to cross the redline to hunt garrisons

Scarselli.T · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: DAWGS (Allied Tank)
Element Leader: CW2.Scarselli.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Walden.M
PVT.Nunley.J

Pros:

New dynamic using a narrower part of the map in place is good change of pace from moving all up and down the map.
- Way to iterate: Baggage train may be exchanged for manmade (and therefore destructible) fortifications. Forbid the use of SPGs if this is done.

Cons:

Issue: Not enough Friendly Forces to allow for decisive density anywhere. Split between the Baggage Train, OBJ, and other locations, FF were consistently undermanned everywhere. As Armor, we were left without dismounted escort far longer than we had it.
- Way Ahead: Narrow the scope of the match. Ignore the OBJ on paper, instead focus on destroying the Baggage Train.
Issue: Respawns were not close to OBJ. FF would take part or all of it, culminate due to casualties, and be overwhelmed by the counterattack.
- Way Ahead: Allow OPs in the OBJ. This will ensure constant dynamic fighting within the OBJ instead of the back and forth all and nothing occupations of both sides.

Matthews.A · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Baker - Allies
Element Leader: SGT.Matthews.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Brakefield.W
PFC.Humphrey.S
PFC.Fenrir.J
CPL.Sokol.Z (RET)
CPL.Feathers.A (RET)

Pros:

Everyone had a good time, solid kit selection, won their gunfights and had good reaction to contact.
Searched and destroyed enemy logistics will calm and methodical movement.
A fantastic initial push with speed and violence of action, won the initial gunfight.
Everyone had a great time in my squad!
Proud of the team, we went down swinging and thats a really good pro.

Cons:

Command comms (to me personally) were extremely cluttered which means I had to have the troopers under me repeat themselves multiple times.
Support was gradually lost for the offensive squads as they were recalled going towards defense of baggage train.

Muller.AS · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Allies Squad 4
Element Leader: Muller.AS
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Emerson.D
Quake.B
Bauvil.C
Gimson.M
Hobbs.C

Pros:

Command coms were solid
Team provided constant pressure on the axis baggage train
Satchels were on point, often taking out multiple nodes at once

Cons:

No matter how many times we destroyed their nodes, we never seemed to retake center point.
No other complaints, as my squad never assaulted the center point

Lewis.P · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: German Fox Squad - Node Defense
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Lewis.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Darko.M
Private Scratch.J
Private Stewart.C
Specialist Belanger.C
Private First Class Mac.K

Pros:

Section did very good to keep nodes built
Good cycling of support role from all members
Great work from the new members of A/2/A/2-7
Great callouts from other Germans on incoming enemy flow

Cons:

No cons experienced by German defense (fairly straightforward for us)

Felton.J · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Delta - Axis
Element Leader: SSG.Felton.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SGT.Hermes.S
CPL.Harris.W
CPL.Wagner.D
SPC.Aly.M
PFC.Perrier.J

Pros:

Everyone had fun
Squad ran like a well oiled machine
Love the simultaneous Attack/Defend that the nodes

Cons:

None

Mueller.H · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: AXIS Joker Squad
Element Leader: First Sergeant Mueller.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Cameron.J
Sergeant Major White.C
Corporal Kenton.W
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Marcum.J
Pros:

Had Fun
Good Concept

Cons:

Map

Hellious.T · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Allied Platoon Lead 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Me, Myself, I

Pros:

I like the op and I think variations of this could be effective in spreading the combat of an operation over a wide array of miniature combat zones offering smaller units the ability to have greater effect on the outcome
Battle scoring was close and seemed appropriate
The loss of the baggage train was devastating in effect so was a nice "supply lines" cut scenario
overall command comms were fine, couple dicey instances, probably fixable by using multiple discord outlets for comms
Axis moved well for infiltration
some things to look at for personal improvement for platoon leading

Cons:

Was responsible for the allied defense of the baggage train, defense fell off the map a few times and was slow to respond in getting the rebuild completed, not winning a lot of the gun battles. Personally should have called for backup sooner
Felt ineffective in the zone of conflict - either getting outflanked or not able to hold a position, a little thin for defensive

Donk.B · Jun 29, 2026

Element Callsign: Item Allies
Element Leader: Sergeant Donk.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Armstrong.AL
Specialist Ingram.M
Specialist Jefferzon.Z
Private First Class Jaco.F
Private First Class Freeman.S

Pros:

Squad did a great opening, got a full set of nodes, repair station, mines and three garrisons down before go live.
During the initial fight over mid, we communicated very effectively, took out two different supply drops from their commander, due to good call outs and positioning.
Guys had fun

Cons:

Donk should have ditched supply truck in the river, he would have then have had time to react when the midpoint were all in the wrong position in the truck and would have been able to move his OP more center to react and shift his own squad onto the critical ground more effectively. Seems like Plumber was able to get to the house overlooking the main blue road before we could get there.
Command comms, especially in the first 10 minutes were overwhelming for me. I basically had to take myself out of combat to get things straight, was just a marker boy at times.
Need to encourage my guys to use observes more frequently for tank call outs. When 3 pings are on the battlefield and command comms are in my ears, just discerning who's ping is who's is too much for me and requires a back and forth.

Yates.J · Jun 30, 2026

Element Callsign: Axis squad 3
Element Leader: Specialist Yates.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Fabian.N
Private Burgess.S
Specialist Hood.D
Private McDaniels.L
Specialist Cazeault.J

Pros:

Chaotic battle, Our squad was contesting the objective and had little idea of either baggae train state. Say this in a good way, good fights and just focused on the job
Simple objectives in theory led to focused troops, good fights, midddle objective was fun

Cons:

Unclear comms in leadership chat, to much chatter and not enough info. Hard to hear squad chat and lack of map knowledge, which may have also added to commander confusion and lack of mocing troops from one objective to another.
From other feedback seemed like defending baggae train was difficult for both sides, many points scored on node takedowns

Herber.R · Jul 1, 2026

Element Callsign: Allies Commander
Element Leader: First Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Herber.R

Pros:

FTX was good and chaotic as it was intended to be! Lots of good fights as well as good use of strategies and tactics.
Objective based OP's are almost always well received and play out to be a lot more fun than a typical vanilla match

Cons:

No plan ever goes as planned unfortunately
Command comms seemed to lack for the better majority of the match. wasn't until about 20-30 minutes left where calls were being made and comms opened up more.

Rutkowski.P · Jul 7, 2026

S1 Locked.

Rutkowski.P · Jul 7, 2026

S1 Operations Processed.

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AAR Able Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Baggage Train - 28JUN26

Macpherson.C

Macpherson.C

Tilley.B

Korfias.F

Hermes.S

Waffle.J

Aponte.A

Scarselli.T

Matthews.A

Muller.AS

Lewis.P

Felton.J

Mueller.H

Hellious.T

Donk.B

Yates.J

Herber.R

Rutkowski.P

Rutkowski.P