Able Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Cargo Recovery - 25OCT26

Herber.R · Monday at 1:51 AM

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Cargo Recovery
Game: Hell Let Loose Vietnam
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 25OCT26
Time of Combat Mission : 20:15 PM EST
CRCON STATS

Macpherson.C · Monday at 1:55 AM

Element Callsign: US Commander
Element Leader: Major Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Macpherson.C

Pros:

Amazing attendance, really appreciate everyone who came out!
Fantastic from my leaders who spent time to plan and put it into action
Very competitive throughout the whole Op

Cons:

None

Kenton.W · Monday at 2:02 AM

Element Callsign: US Echo Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Doss.T
Private First Class Furches.W

Pros:

Thought the operation design was very good. Really enjoyed the narrative opord and the amount of effort put into building this one
Great communication in squad and on the team
Shout out to Doss for 61 revives!

Cons:

We got a little spread out towards the end which could have cost us the point
Not sure what happened in the very beginning with the pilot being killed immediately.

Walden.M · Monday at 2:04 AM

Element Callsign: Tank 1 {Allies)
Element Leader: Spc.Walden.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPT.Swanson.B
Spc.Hendrix.J

Pros:

Guys had lots of fun in the Tank tonight
Great positioning for defense and repair stations
Good communication between tank and infantry
great use of AT and tanks to take out enemy tanks

Cons:

realize when infantry support is gone and no support available to defend the tank

Cantrell.J · Monday at 2:04 AM

Element Callsign: US Charlie Mortar Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Cantrell.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Blade.B
Corporal Williams.S

Pros:
Communications was good
we managed to stop the Enemy at the end when they tried to get around us and set up two tunnels next to us

Cons:
Could have used more call out / fire missions

Muller.AS · Monday at 2:05 AM

Element Callsign: Alpha 1
Element Leader: SGT.Müller.AS
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Austin.C
Mangrum.B
Cameron.J
Bauvil.C

Pros:
Great team coordination, 10,000 support points, great attack and pressure

Cons:
Ok rules, Ok on defense, Pilot was killed before US could rescue

Donk.B · Monday at 2:11 AM

Element Callsign: NVA Alpha Squad
Element Leader:
Sergeant Donk.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Specialist Scratch.J
Private First Class Bouzer.M
Private Todd.J
Specialist Sanders.J
Specialist Lavey.G

Pros:

Dynamic OP
Fun flanks
Squad did very well with opening

Cons:

Damn tank stumbled on our critical tunnel
Still trying to get a feel for when to sneak and when to shoot
Go live on the slide was confusing, think it said 10 minutes but it also said 1:15 in game clock.

Avery.D · Monday at 2:12 AM

Element Callsign: Love Squad / Bravo Platoon
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Avery.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Pros:

Was fun
Cool idea for an Op

Cons:

VIP missions always have the VIP die during the Op
Wished all of 3rd platoon can work with each other

Burgess.S · Monday at 2:27 AM

Element Callsign: NVA Alpha 2
Element Leader: Specialist Burgess Sean
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Fenrir. J
Specialist Humphrey. S
Private First Class Noren. M
Private First Class Vargas. C

PROS:

Everyone in the Section had a great time and thought the FTX was great!
Communication in Command Chat was Clean Clear and Concise
Operation Planning and Effort was greatly appreciated

CONS:

No call out for the VIP Arriving till last minute and we engaged the VIP (Was told it was LIVE soon as MAP FLIP) We took that as Set-Up Phase but all go.
Felt as if the Team died out towards the end of the Fight

SIDE NOTE:

Thank you for all the effort put into this Operation, this is the Standard!!!
Can we make a Operation Baggage Train but in Vietnam?

Freeman.S · Monday at 3:02 AM

Element Callsign: Platoon Lead
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Freeman.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Only myself, however I'm not easy to manage.

Pros:

Very fun OP, thanks to A Co. Company staff for putting it together.
Very good command strategy for the USA side, Mac for coordinating SL's and planning, excellence in execution from Squad Lead
Great job from Walden, USA Tank squad, huge battlefield impact.

Cons:

Opord wasn't followed by all troopers and "scenario pilot" was killed multiple times, although verbally warned multiple times

Hermes.S · Monday at 3:17 AM

Element Callsign: United States - River Rats / Air Cav
Element Leader: Corporal Hermes.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Komar.T - RET
First Sergeant Webber.R - RET
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Sokol.Z - RET
Corporal Baldrick.JR

Pros:

So many compliments on the organization and execution of the FTX. Not only did you deal with a high turnout flawlessly, it was quick and efficient. That is how every OP/FTX should go.
Every had high compliments of the Narrative OPORD
Thank you for the support
Tons of fun trying to be sneaky and river rat from the south (fail)
1/3 hot drops via heli were successful - lots of fun trying
SO CLOSE to rescuing the pilot (not including Fenrir's kill of the pilot two minutes in)
Heli drops were a blast trying to make work
Defense was strong - but not at all easy

Cons:

River rats was not successful ( fun trying)
hotwashing with MAc

Hoover.T · Monday at 3:24 AM

Element Callsign: NVA - Golf (Bravo 1)
Element Leader: CPL.Hoover.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Steele.MW
PVT.Lorenzo.VA
PVT.McClellan.J
SPC.Freeze.T

Pros:
1.Good comms all around, never was guessing what was happening in the greater fight and my squad was always making sure I knew they understood and were executing orders. Both squad and team as a whole was working well together.

2. Scenario and Narrative OPORD clearly had passion and effort put into it and it paid off because it was GREAT, one of the best Operations I've attended.
Really glad it got the population turnout that it did as it needed and deserved it.

3. Squad had fun, little negatives. Both sides put up a great fight and seemed fairly well balanced.

4. US showed some fantastic use of helicopters and hot drops I had never seen before. Was quite the sight to behold!

5. Seriously, my squad did great! I really enjoyed playing with you guys, thanks for the fun time!

Cons:
1. Nothing, it good fun all around!

Conner.D · Monday at 4:42 PM

Element Callsign: NVA - Mortar 1
Element Leader: 1LT Conner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL Owens.J
PVT Rogers.F

Pros:
Well-planned and executed FTX, each phase flowed well and transitioned well
Proved the value of helicopters as we tried to determine if personnel were being dropped, garrisons being established, etc. behind our lines
Calls for fire were plentiful and seemed effective
Both sides responded well to attacks/counter-attacks
Proved the value of having interior lines, a horseshoe-shaped perimeter where, especially on MEDEVAC station, US forces were able to rapidly shift and respond to NVA attacks

Cons:
Some confusion about the VIP, recommend having them in an enemy uniform that is different than other enemy uniforms to make them stand out to avoid the ease of "icon identification" and have it more difficult for friendly forces to locate to add to realism and create a fog of battle
Pre-planned mortar positions were good, but should consider the range beyond the objective (ex. plan for mortar fire to extend about 150m beyond the objective to isolate it)

Hellious.T · Monday at 11:28 PM

Element Callsign: USA Squad 3
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Herber.R
Specialist Armstrong.AL
Private First Class Haag.N

Pros:

Guys had fun, performed the suicidal functions as requested on assault phases
Coordination and command comms were nice and simple, very little cross talk
Potentially do this again but more escort

Cons:

Vietnam game set makes it difficult to totally clarify who should not be shot

Wisniewski.A · Tuesday at 12:45 AM

Element Callsign: NVA Platoon A Leader
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Wisniewski.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Matthews.A
Specialist Bauvil.C
Specialist Smith.ER

Pros:

Narrative for the OP was solid and turnout was amazing to see
As platoon commander, it was great to see that squad leads within my platoon knew their assignments and were placing move marks for where they needed to be prior to being told
Platoon QRF squad did an excellent job following orders and filling in where they were needed

Cons:

Toward the end of our assault, NVA command comms got fairly quiet
NVA failed to keep new spawns coming after a certain point, seemed to rely on the same blue zone garrisons far too much
VIP was killed early and forced the end of the phase before it was won by the other side, need to find a way to mitigate that.

Emerson.D · Tuesday at 7:00 AM

Element Callsign: NVA Red Recon
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Emerson, Dan
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Quake, Benjamin

Pros:

Utilized Flares and optic force multipliers
Maintained disciplined communications and markers throughout
Withheld enemy Troop advancements while severely outnumbered

Cons:

Late to the AO due to waiting on vehicle respawns causing a shift

Roscoe.N · Wednesday at 12:01 AM

Element Callsign: NVA Blue Recon
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Roscoe.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Fox.F

Pros:

Hard fought match with close calls throughout, great gameplay from both sides of the battlefield!
The OPORD was well designed and the ROE for the match was different and fun. Not too many rules added which is always nice and just enough to make it new and insteresting. Great job A-CO!

Cons:

Command chat chatter at the last 30 minutes was near non existent on the NVA. In rebuttal to me saying this, the excuse was "it was a long match, after 1 and a half hours its tiring, etc" which is absolutely not an appropriate response. We operate in a game where matches last 1 1/2 hours consistently. This FTX is not the first time a game has gone the full distance.
I was unaware as a recon team if I could travel into locked territory or not, which I wish was stated clearly on the OPORD. I should've asked in preplanning if my team was allowed. Maybe in the future adding a line for recon team ROE would be helpful, and also simply asking would have worked as well, so I too am partly to blame.
In regards to the enemy VIP, having the friendly team commander sitting right next to the VIP could help. "Don't shoot the enemy next to the Commander."

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Able Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Cargo Recovery - 25OCT26

Herber.R

Macpherson.C

Kenton.W

Walden.M

Cantrell.J

Muller.AS

Donk.B

Avery.D

Burgess.S

Freeman.S

Hermes.S

Hoover.T

Conner.D

Hellious.T

Wisniewski.A

Emerson.D

Roscoe.N