Operation Mountain Echo 19SEPT26 AAR

[White.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Name of Combat Mission: 19SEPT26
Game: Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
Server Hosted on:
Date of Combat Mission: 19SEPT26
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0100Z
Mission OIC: Sergeant Major White.C
Mission Controller: Sergeant Major White.C
Secondary Mission Controller:
Number of Attendees: 56

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Macpherson.C
Captain Swanson.B
First Lieutenant DAmico.J
First Lieutenant Elliker.K
Second Lieutenant Freeman.S
Sergeant Major White.C
First Sergeant Herber.R
Master Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Staff Sergeant Beauchamp.R
Staff Sergeant Felton.J
Staff Sergeant Kenton.W
Staff Sergeant Matthews.A
Staff Sergeant Rhoden.J
Sergeant Cantrell.J
Sergeant Donk.B
Sergeant Fox.F
Sergeant Riley.D
Sergeant Rogers.RM
Sergeant Tyszka.C
Corporal Angels.N
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Harris.W
Corporal Hermes.S
Corporal Shults.M
Corporal Stephens.J
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal West.R
Corporal Williams.S
Specialist Bauvil.C
Specialist Burgess.S
Specialist Buscemi.A
Specialist Drum.C
Specialist Haden.E
Specialist Hendrix.J
Specialist Kertz.W
Specialist McCann.C
Specialist Pepper.A
Specialist Perrier.J
Specialist Rush.J
Specialist Sanders.J
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Suplee.B
Private First Class Goose.B
Private First Class Harvey.L
Private First Class Hunt.R
Private First Class Snow.G
Private First Class Vargas.C
Private Austin.C
Private Crider.K
Private Ginsburg.M
Private Haag.N
Private Schumaker.J
Private Tursky.S
Recruit Todd.J

 

[White.C]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Swanson.B]

Element Callsign: I dont know?
Element Leader: Captain Swanson.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Perrier.J


Pros:

• Happy we got to play both side in that operation. I love both factions and 45 minutes on each was perfect.
• Insertion concept was cool. Not easy, but cool.
• I was suppose to be SL but I decided to be medic to help on the point, I figured it was important. Got 36 revives total! Happy with that! Thanks SPC.Perrier.J for taking over my SL role and letting me play medic.
• Zone was great for the low amount of troopers we had on each side.

Cons:

• Lots of rules broken left and right. Nothing was very impactful but when you add those up, its anoying.

 

[Kenton.W]

Element Callsign: Baker Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Kenton.W

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Beauchamp.R
Corporal Ellison.C
Specialist Stout.S
Private First Class Snow.G

Pros:

• Had a really fun time with my squad.
• Great communication in squad.
• Loved the helicopter inserts and the 'king of the hill' aspect of this operation. Very fun point to fight over.

Cons:

• Lots of confusion over the ROE which led to a lot of rule breaking.
• Communication in the command chat was very disjointed at times and it felt like we never had a solid strategy.

 

[Rhoden.J]

Element Callsign: How
Element Leader: SSG Rhoden.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
-SPC.Kertz.W
-RCT.Ginsburg.M
-RTC.Todd.J
-SGT.Riley.D
-CPL.Shutls.M


Pros:

• Second HLL:V Operation!
• Insertion with helicopters was fun
• Good comms
• Fun times

Cons:

• Clarity of ROE
• Sticking to ROE

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[Felton.J]

Element Callsign: Best Recon ,idk
Element Leader: Me
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element : Major Macpherson.C

Pros- Fun

Cons- Slow to start, rules not clear

 

[Schumaker.J]

Element Callsign: Mortar squad?
Element Leader: Private Schumaker.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Suplee.B
Private Masters.A

Pros:

• Ton of fun, met some new people and everyone had a positive attitude!
• Great communication within the team
• Helicopter inserts added a lot of realism and required a lot of coordination on the fly

Cons:

• Rules changed a lot during the operation, more clarity at the start and specificity would be a great add1

 

[Freeman.S]

Element Callsign: US Squad 2
Element Leader: 2LT.Freeman.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
2LT.Freeman.S
1LT.Angels.N
PVT.Austin.C
CPL.Bazzle.J


Pros:

• CRCON messages were effective during OP for coms
• Liked playing both sides of the match during one OP
• Good coordination on attacks on our side

Cons:

• OPORD was a bit confusing and changed very early in the match
• ^^ Above changes likely caused confusion and most of the AO restrictions weren't followed through the match, both teams at times.
• Chaotic US command squad comms - was pretty
• Certainly felt at times like I was being shot through 500 bushes.

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Infantry squad
Element Leader: First Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Master Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Private Haag.N
Specialist Bauvil.C
Private First Class Snow.G
Corporal Sokol.Z

Pros:

• Fun concept

Cons:

• Not sure why the OPORD had next to no information on it.
• ROE needs to be outlined, discussed, and understood by ALL SL's
• We switched from HLL to HLLV, there isn't much that has changed so unsure why OPORD's are faltering and ROE's are not being enforced.

 

[Elliker.K]

Element Callsign: US Squad 3
Element Leader: 1LT.Elliker.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• SGT.Rogers.RM
• PFC.Hunt.R
• PVT.Tursky.S
• PVT.Crider.K

Pros:

• Effective and concise squad communication
• Fun and engaging operation and not overly complicated
• SPC.Miller.JH (Commander) put together an excellent strategy when playing as the NVA. Two pronged attack with effective use of air support and artillery to weaken the point.
• Effective training material, especially for US (using helo insertions heavily)

Cons:

• Clarity of ROE, which would have led to more ROE compliance
• Command chat was not always concise and hindered in squad comms. Use marks on map effectively instead of making multiple call outs in command chat.
• Squad leaders need to let ONE person dictate general strategy (Commander), not try to lead from the back seat

 

[Burgess.S]

Element Callsign: Reaper Recon

Element Leader: SPC.Burgess.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: SSG.Matthews.A

Pros:

• Fun time playing with everyone
• Great communication within the Squad and Command during the OP
• WE LOVE THE CAV

Cons:

• OPORD was lackluster with minimal information
• ROE could have been clearer

 

[Rush.J]

Element Callsign: US Able/NVA Delta
Element Leader: SPC.Rush.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros:

• Very fun Op
• Good use of helicopters on US
• Good utilization of Tunnels as NVA

Cons:

• Comms were cluttered and a lot of times unhelpful
• ROE and AO were confusing at first but became clear as the match progressed

 

[Donk.B]

Element Callsign:TANK Commander USA 1st round,TANK COMMANDER NVA 2nd round
Element Leader:SGT.DONK.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.HARVEY.L


Pros:

• Appreciate the operation.
• Appreciate Miller going Commander last second and keeping up comms throughout the game.It forced me to go TC which is growing on me.
• I think the USA 1st team did a pretty good job getting a plan together in short time that allowed us to leverage those 10 minutes effectively.
• Shout out to Miller.JH, Freeman, Sanders, and Rush for coordinating for SLs to pop into the initial Helis and get garrisons up.
• After our loss on the NVA side between flips Hermes really set the tone and uplifted us from defeat. He re-iterated we needed good comms and to punch with concentration on this 1st attack. He championed combined arms which helped our tank be an asset rather than a box of tin. McCann and Harris were some welcome relief. Wagner held it down. Three buildables were built and we much appreciated.
• Harvey downed at least 2 Copters directly, and used psychological warefare to bring down the 3rd. He said he'd never shot one down in a game before, he sure fooled me.
• Harvey was positive and patient with my inexperienced TC-ing.
• On defense Felton had excellent callouts of Helicopter landings, he positioned his sniper Mac on the far side of the river and was able to pick off the landers as commander hit a choice bombing run, and we tankers splashed to clean up the remaining rif raf. Mac then took out the OP to top off a perfect execution.
• West Mortaring the Garrison on the NVA off the rip was key in our forces pushing through and occupying consquential ground.

Cons:

1. Go live the 1st round was not adhered to from my understanding of the rules. It really irked and confused us on the USA side.I think as others had said maybe more maps and slides to try and communicate what each rule meant. Re-iterate and leverage CRCON. Folks were fired upon before go live and we didn't know how to respond.
2. 2nd round from my understanding NVA also built some questionable spawns, I was frustrated with the 1st round so I didn't speak up. Fortunately they got wiped on the cap so much improved.
3. I may have Austin Powered the tank first round, which may have lost us the point, but there is no way admin cam could have seen it.

 

[Tyszka.C]

Element Callsign: Tyszka/weksol
Element Leader: SGT.Tyszka.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: NVA Side; Shultz | US Side; I cannot recall who was given to me as co-pilot


Pros:

• The OP was fun, no denying that, it's always nice to get everyone together and do an inter-unit operation.
• Communication between units was tight. Teamwork has improved since last inter-Cav operation.
• Seeing helicopter squads use themselves as troops for attacking.

Cons:

• The ROE was very vague and felt open to interpretation by both teams.
• Misunderstanding of active combat/engagement zones.
• Given a limit of 5 garry's the NVA has a minor disadvantage to the US. (A 6th one would help a lot)
• Understanding of tunnel networks and how they SHOULD be placed and used needs addressed.
• (My team) on the NVA side was NOT placing anti-air elements that I saw.
• (My team) I couldn't coordinate with the other helo logi officer in-game or on discord.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Mobius.T]

S1 Operations Processed

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Following troopers are ineligible for Ops Credit per 7CAV-DR-014

Sergeant Tyszka.C - Active 30 Day NFA
Corporal Hermes.S - Active 30 Day NFA
Corporal Wagner.D - MELOA
Recruit Todd.J - No Assignment of Squad or Graduation of Bootcamp at the time of OP