AAR AAR | Archipelago Reclaim

McGill.A

Sergeant

Active Duty

1/C/1-7 SL/ASL

S3 Staff

Local time

6:06 PM

127

56

• Aug 23, 2026

• #1

7th Cavalry Regiment
Operation Archipelago Reclaim (Phase 1) | 22AUG26​

Event: Operation Archipelago Reclaim (Phase 1)
Date: 22AUG26
Game: Arma Reforger
Server: =7Cav= Training Server 1
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300
Window (Zulu): 2300Z - 0230Z (counted from 2200Z staging)

Mission OIC BLUFOR: Major Hilberg.A
Mission Controller(s): Corporal McGill.A, Specialist Sawyer.H, Master Sergeant Willson.JA, Second Lieutenant Mobius.T

Number of Attendees: 45

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Hilberg.A
First Lieutenant MacMillan.M
Second Lieutenant Mobius.T
Warrant Officer 1 Bloggins.R
First Sergeant Westcott.R
Master Sergeant Borenstein.B
Master Sergeant Mazinski.H
Master Sergeant Willson.JA
Staff Sergeant Lee.H
Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Staff Sergeant Smith.DM
Sergeant Clegg.M
Sergeant Giordano.C
Sergeant Howe.T
Sergeant Mackey.A
Corporal Bolte.D
Corporal Grey.T
Corporal Johnsen.M
Corporal Lucander.P
Corporal McGill.A
Corporal Pearl.F
Corporal Reddick.A
Corporal Russell.JG
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Xinos.T
Corporal Zaren.T
Specialist Brad.T
Specialist Coner.J
Specialist Doodeck.C
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist Max.G
Specialist McKinley.K
Specialist Miranda.M
Specialist Rayner.N
Specialist Sawyer.H
Specialist Tremblay
Specialist Weather.J
Specialist Woodford.F
Private First Class Neubauer.P
Private First Class Nguy.B
Private First Class Pepper.A
Private Hollywood.C
Private Molitor.K
Recruit Helton.S

 

MacMillan.M

1st Lieutenant

Active Duty

C/1-7 HQ

S3 Staff

Local time

1:06 AM

553

329

• Aug 23, 2026

• #2

Element Callsign: Bandit 1
Element Leader:First Lieutenant MacMillan.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Smith.DM
Corporal Xinos.T
Specialist Max.G
Staff Sergeant Lee.H
Corporal Zaren.T
Private Molitor.K

Pros:

• Squad was stacked, worked well together
• Pacing of the op was good, contacts felt smooth. GMs made a great scenario
• Excellent bridge defense
• Platoon was ready to go pretty quickly at mission start.

Cons:

• Miscommunication on buildings being cleared by bandit 3.
• Had to cross lanes a few times.
• Convoy got stuck

 

Pearl.F

Corporal

Discharged

Local time

7:06 PM

266

153

• Aug 23, 2026

• #3

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit 7
Element Leader: Pearl.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
N/A

Pros:
Teams did good.
Great hand offs and reports.
A lot of running.

Cons:
None

 

Mackey.A

2nd Lieutenant

Active Duty

2/C/1-7 HQ

S7 Lead/Senior

Local time

7:06 PM

1,405

1,450

• Aug 23, 2026

• #4

Element Callsign: Bandit 4
Element Leader:Sergeant Mackey.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Mackey.A
First Sergeant Westcott.R
Master Sergeant Borenstein.B
Corporal Lucander.P
Specialist Kron.D



Pros:

• Squad punched way above its weight in terms of effects for its size.
• Fantastic SBF positions and solid plan from Hilberg. I was tracking where I was needed and what needed to be done during all phases of the operation.
• Rolled up on a checkpoint as the lead element of the convoy, got my trucks on line and suppressed while a squad conducted a strike right. I was a thing of beauty that we should execute on more often.
• Good usage of TRPs and fire commands from the gun team leaders /AGs.

Cons:

• A plethora of map markers on our positions from the AI.

 

Giordano.C

Sergeant

Active Duty

2/A/1-7 SL/ASL

S3 Staff

Local time

7:06 PM

195

135

• Aug 23, 2026

• #5

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit - 5
Element Leader: Sergeant Giordano.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Pros:

• Operation was a lot of fun
• Predesignated targets allowed for quick and effective fires, no blue on blue!
• All elements kept vehicles to limit need for resupply runs in the field

Cons:

• Personally still unsure of the entirety that the 5 role plays

 

Clegg.M

Sergeant

Discharged

Local time

5:06 PM

370

181

• Aug 23, 2026

• #6

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

Element Callsign: Bandit 2
Element Leader: Sergeant Clegg.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Sergeant Howe.T
Sergeant Russell.JG
Sergeant Reddick.A
Specialist Woodford.F
Private First Class Pepper.A
Recruit Helton.S

Sustains:

• Movement, fireteam cohesion, violence of action, Reaction to contact, Movement to contact and CQB
• Radio Comms on Platoon Net on Point tonight, great squad to squad communication
• All troopers enjoyed the operation. Great job to S3 and the GM's, and great leadership tonight from 5, 6R and 6. Well done everyone.
• Helios and 7 got it done tonight, great job gents!

Improves:

• Lane encroachment was a minor issue tonight due to limitations of the terrain.
• On the receiving end of one blue on blue.
• Pace of action often lead to B2 being slightly over extended, however B4 was on point and provided mutual support to allow us to complete our objectives

 

Bolte.D

Sergeant

Active Duty

1/A/1-7 SL/ASL

RTC Lead/Senior

S5 Staff

Local time

7:06 PM

280

118

• Aug 23, 2026

• #7

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

Element Callsign: Helios-1
Element Leader: Sergeant Bolte.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Neubauer.P
Specialist Tremblay.J
Master Sergeant Mazinski.H

Pros:

• Great job tonight by the guys we did a lot of mortar and demo work tonight and towards the end setup and ambush point with anti tank mines.
• Integrated the guys into the Bandit squads to work directly with them and oversee getting the rearm done faster

Cons:

• Convoy got jammed at times

 

Coner.J

Warrant Officer 1

Active Duty

1/A/1-7 SL/ASL

S1 Lead/Senior

S7 Staff

Local time

4:06 PM

920

171

• Aug 24, 2026

• #8

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Raven-1
Element Leader: Specialist Coner.J

Pros:

• Comms with 6R we on point, Johnson was always keeping Raven updated with new LZ's as they opened.

Cons:

• Got Arma'd by the Raven, I tried to set the bird down so that I could give grid coords for a fire mission, with full collective down, the bird drifted forward and lost the main rotor blades to a rock. Thankfully I was recovered by 5. who escorted me back to Blufors position.

 

Grey.T

Sergeant

Active Duty

1/C/1-7 SL/ASL

Local time

4:06 PM

427

173

• Aug 28, 2026

• #9

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

Element Callsign: Bandit 3
Element Leader: Corporal Grey.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Wagner.D
Specialist Weather.J
Specialist McKinley.K
Specialist Doodeck.C
Specialist Ford.R
Private First Class Nguy.B
Private Hollywood.C


Pros:

• We cleared through the first objective hastily.
• The team worked well together
• Good work and communication with other squads (Clegg)

Cons:

• A trooper had a game glitch that resulted half of Alpha to die from a car crash on initial entry.
• Unfortunately the AO lacked contacts due to our superior heavy weapons teams when we swept through.
• Some points felt very cramped with a section clear
• It would be more effective for some troopers to stay within the same lane across the board (always having X team on a southern clear pattern). We crossed lanes multiple times which potentially took away targets from other groups and same with ours.

 

Rutkowski.P

Sergeant

Active Duty

1/C/1-7 SL/ASL

DEVCOM

RRD Lead/Senior

S1 Lead/Senior

S1 Staff

S2 Staff

Local time

1:06 AM

5,058

1,432

• Aug 28, 2026

• #10

S1 Locked.

 

Angels.N

Corporal

Active Duty

3/D/DEVCOM SL/ASL

S1 Lead/Senior

S1 Staff

MP Staff

Local time

7:06 PM

11,507

2,438

• Aug 29, 2026

• #11

S1 Operations Processed / Milpacs Updated