AAR SQUAD | Operation "Northern Spear" 3-7 FTX 28 JUN 2026

Ryan.BF · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 OPERATIONS STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

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S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT[/B][/CENTER]

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7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


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Harpor.N · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: 1/1/A/3-7 Nightmares
Element Leader: Sergeant Nathan Harpor

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Harpor.N
Private First Class Saint.A

Pros

Got a few tank kills
Got a few vehicle kills
Got a fair amount of infantry kills
Wasn't too easy; we did get good contact.
Only lost 1 vehicle during the FTX.

Cons

No 3rd seat as a dedicated TC was a little tough. But we made it work

Germano.E · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: 1/2/B/3-7 MAD DOGS
Element Leader: Sergeant Eric Germano

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Bravo Team

Charlie Team

Pros

Everyone had a blast--comms, movement, violence of action, spacing were all on point. Troopers appreciated FTLs being given autonomy for their fireteams. We never got stuck with one idea or plan but stayed fluid and reactive. Good use of the M-ATVs in the second round, great suppression and support of the infantry.

Cons

Little sloppy at a couple of points during staging with map flips, naming, rushed staging time. Some mentioned the games could be a little longer, possibly increasing ticket counts--others had no complaints. In general, no complaints. Everyone did amazing and loved it.

Faulkner.D · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Hell Hounds
Element Leader: Private First Class Faulkner.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Longcastle.G
Private First Class Longshank.R
Private First Class Hawk.J
Private First Class Pider.H
Private First Class Siler.P
Private Graven.J

Pros

OP was good, movement was good and comms were concise throughout the section. FTL was good at giving commands and didn't have too much downtime. Organized well on the section level

Cons

Need to be more reactive to the aggressiveness of OPFOR. Whole section thinks the matches were too short and that we were a bit clustered up as a team.

Knight.H · Jun 28, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Dragon Red HQ

Element Leader: First Lieutenant Knight.H

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Holmes.GS
Specialist Price.W

Pros

Great Communication
Great Coordination with armor and air assets
We won the game

Cons

None

Brown.G · Jun 29, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Dragon-2
Element Leader: Specialist Brown.G / Corporal Cold.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kokov.IS
Corporal Cold.J
Corporal Lothar.S
Corporal Barbosa.M
Specialist Brown.G
Private First Class Maust.W
Private Redford.G

Pros

Command radio was good on the second round, proper etiquette was observed
Turnout was beautiful, always good to see 80+ people join in on Operation/FTX
Frontline FOB was always supplied, making combat sustainment less of an issue.
Lots of assets was mobilised

Cons

Too much assets was mobilised
AO was small compared to the number of assets and active combatant, making every moment of the FTX intense firefight, which made communication and coordination a small nightmare
Rounds were too short, and the ticket limit was way too small (125).
Unit tactic need some work

Suggestion:

A larger AO to fight on: with a full 80 man team (with only 7cav members), we should be able to fight over a whole RAAS map.
More condensed sections: we had a few non full squad on the field, and it would have helped to fill them to capacity, allows for more veteran members to show the ropes to the newer guys (our section was good on that front)
No limit on ticket: I sign up for a full hour of fight, I expect a full hour of fight. First round was done in about 15 minutes, it felt like we had more briefing time than fight time.

De Grassi.F · Jun 29, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: 4/1/A/3-7 - Fenrir's Vengeance

Element Leader: Specialist De Grassi.F

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Kuthy.D
Private Romanowski.C

Pros

Nice coordination between elements
no empty or dead moments

Cons

Overlapping comunications
low number tickets

Mulholland.J · Jun 30, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: 2/2/A/3-7 Jaegers
Element Leader: First Sergeant Mulholland.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Mulholland.J
Sergeant Lemon.D
Corporal Adams.P
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Van Rooyen.J
Private First Class Hawk.J
Private Allen.M

Pros

Great turnout. 80 Players was great to see.
Our new guys fought the good fight regardless of losing. They showed up and knew they were at a huge disadvantage from the start by looking at the team list.
Only Lost 2 total IFV's
Even with a loss, we will get better. If this is our starting point, we have some very good stuff to look forward to.

Cons

The section of 7 has less than 2 weeks experience in Squad minus the SL. Some troopers didn't know the key binds for voice or what a HAT/LAT is.
I had to lead an IFV and 5 infantry together instead of splitting them like we do now. This was a pretty big issue.
Our side had over a dozen brand new players. They should have been spread around to veteran sections to watch and learn how we do FTX's.
The other team was stacked. I raised my concerns multiple times with no response.

Wolfe.MY · Jul 1, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: 3/1/B/3-7 Dragon 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Wolfe.MY

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Blanton.W
Private First Class Heinz.G
Private First Class Clarke.M
Private First Class Uri.K
Private Bryan.T

Pros

enjoyed the FTX
loved hunting tanks
being a QRF was fun

Cons

too many map flips, got confusing
some enjoy more PVE over PVP
some comms could of been better

Riggs.F · Jul 1, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Spear

Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Riggs.F

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Oleary.S

Pros

Good engagements.

Cons

Rounds were too short.

Rhodes.R · Jul 1, 2026

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: A/2/B/3-7
Element Leader: Sergeant Rhodes.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Rhodes.R
Specialist Burdass.J
Specialist Dupree.N
Specialist Fox.C
Corporal Lahti.R
Specialist Raposa.M
Private First Class Johnson.JR

Solids:

We tried really hard
We are going to be spending the next few months locking the fuck in, and improving. Next time we go to an FTX, we will be ready to rock.

Improvements:

Comms were a bit confusing
We were slow to react to contact and take positions

McKinley.S · Jul 3, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Argali HQ
Element Leader: McKinley.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Grayson.J

Pros

excellent teamwork in the unit, saw some real good stuff happening

Cons

lot due to stacking events causing delays and communication errors

Pannel.D · Jul 4, 2026

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

Element Callsign: Argali Red HQ
Element Leader: Captain Pannel.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Moe.J

Pros

Good clean concise command coms
A really good show of combined arms
Amazing teamwork all around

Cons

none

Rutkowski.P · Jul 7, 2026

S1 Locked.

Rutkowski.P · Jul 7, 2026

S1 Operations Processed.

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AAR SQUAD | Operation "Northern Spear" 3-7 FTX 28 JUN 2026

Ryan.BF

Harpor.N

Germano.E

Faulkner.D

Knight.H

Brown.G

De Grassi.F

Mulholland.J

Wolfe.MY

Riggs.F

Rhodes.R

McKinley.S

Pannel.D

Rutkowski.P

Rutkowski.P