AAR SQUAD | Operation "Dragonfall" | B/3-7 Company FTX | 27SEP26

[Fisch.Z]

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


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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Dragonfall
Game: Squad
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= S3 Operations
Date of Combat Mission: 27SEP26
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000z-2200z
Mission OIC: Lieutenant Colonel Ryan.BF
Mission Controller: Major Fisch.Z, Staff Sergeant Sutterfield.B, Sergeant Harpor.N

Troopers who attended 60 minutes or more (61):
Lieutenant Colonel Ryan.BF
Major Fisch.Z
Captain McKinley.S
Captain Hatchet.WX
Second Lieutenant Moe.J
Second Lieutenant Alam.D
Sergeant Major Barr.D
Staff Sergeant Sutterfield.B
Staff Sergeant Riggs.F
Staff Sergeant Cobel.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Moskal.C
Sergeant Harpor.N
Sergeant Germano.E
Sergeant Cold.J
Sergeant Samson.C
Warrant Officer 1 Kessik.L
Corporal Hennessey.R
Corporal Morgan.E
Corporal Malave.N
Corporal Brown.G
Corporal Kaiser.R
Corporal Alexander.N
Corporal Henderson.B
Corporal Lothar.S
Corporal Nichols.J
Specialist Larkin.A
Specialist Jiang.J
Specialist Garmire.P
Specialist Raven.V
Specialist Hathcock.C
Specialist Jerkins.R
Specialist Commons.N
Specialist Price.W
Specialist Cole.DP
Specialist Mahfoudh.K
Specialist Max.G
Specialist Bryan.T
Specialist Pider.H
Specialist Miller.M
Specialist Burgess.S
Specialist Longcastle.G
Specialist Allen.M
Specialist Kazoo.C
Specialist Siler.P
Specialist Maust.W
Private First Class Hestia.M
Private First Class Harvey.L
Private First Class Millamber.P
Private First Class Otter.D
Private First Class Boon.A
Private First Class Reyes.S
Private First Class Hudson.L
Private First Class Lanza.J
Private Tsou.R
Private Gonzalez.M
Private Peper.J
Private Clark.S
Private Kacey.T
Private Weber.W
Recruit Chaparro.J
Recruit Nowak.K

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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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[Samson.C]

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

Element Callsign: 3/2 Werewolves
Element Leader:
Sergeant Samson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Samson.C
Corporal Henderson.B
Specialist Jerkins.R
Private First Class Reyes.S

Pros

• Overwatch was a good change of pace
• Comms and movements were good

Cons

• Not a lot of shooting unless you were the gunner
• Low turnout for the Section limited out capabilities
• 1 Squad being out of uniform threw us off a bit
• Too much Blue on Blue at the last stand

 

[McKinley.S]

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

Element Callsign: Cadre 1
Element Leader: Captain McKinley.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain McKinley.S
Recruit Chaparro.J
Specialist Cole.DP
Specialist Siler.P


Pros

• Great FTX
• Loved the introduction video
• Comms were on point even though we haven't played a lot together
• Felt like we gave B.Co a good challenge

Cons

• Slight lag issue

 

[Cold.J]

Element Callsign: 3/1 TigerSharks
Element Leader:Sergeant Cold.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Harvey.L
Specialist Maust.W
Private Clark.S
Specialist Bryan.T
Private First Class Boon.A

Pros

• Fun sp
• Hard-fought and difficult
• Good amount of objectives for 3/1

Cons

• Command comms were a mess/ to loud
• infinite cadre spawning
• Seems like half of the event was just tossed to the side.

 

[Brown.G]

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

Element Callsign: 2/1 Makos
Element Leader: Corporal Brown.G

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kaiser.R
Corporal Lothar.S
Corporal Malave.N
Specialist Larkin.A


Pros

• Section performed well during recon, objectives were scouted and targets were destroyed
• Section suffered minimal casualties (only 1 full MASCAS on a freak encounter) during the FTX
• Section cohesion and morale held up despite the complicated circumstances

Cons

• All 2/1 troopers were frustrated by the FTX, the initial first objective was enjoyable to tackle and the trooper liked that, but after that, 2/1 had to march and drive nearly 3-4km all across the map to get to position, a good 60% of the OP was just movement.
• Operation concept was good, but execution was poor. We were supposed to have around 4 distinct phase, instead we hit a roadblock on the second Objective. The FTX felt like the team was trying to take a hill for around 1h15min. GM need to work on better adjusting the difficulty on the fly.
• Command Net was nightmarish to listen to: too many voices at once, most of the time the person speaking was hardly in our AO/relevant for us, people with very loud and distracting sound in the background. I firmly believe it is time to find a better solution for our Command Radio Communication. SGT.Germano.E has made a proposal that we could start working from

 

[Germano.E]

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

Element Callsign: 1/2 Mad Dogs
Element Leader: Sergeant Germano.E

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Bravo
Specialist Kazoo.C FTL
Specialist Commons.N
Private First Class Otter.D
Private First Class Millamber.P

Charlie
Corporal Hennessey.R FTL / 2IC
Private First Class Hudson.L
Private First Class Lanza.J
Private Gonzalez.M


Pros

• Troopers had fun
• Good comms, movement, coordination within squad
• Great air support and CAS strikes

Cons

• Kitted out for close-range, but not fully able to take advantage of coordinating with Cerberus as SBF (see below re: command comms)
• MEI uniforms for recon were confusing, resulting in unnecessary friendly fire. Recommend explicitly highlighting friendly uniforms in breifing
• Command net comms were cluttered and disorganized. Recommend prioritizing direct comms for sections and reserve higher numbered squads (10, 11, etc.) for platoon and company personnel for open broadcasts, effectively keeping inter-squad coordination (and commander for 0) on direct comms. Respectfully linking a command net proposal referenced by Brown.G here.

 

[Cobel.J]

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

Element Callsign: Saber
Element Leader:Staff Sergeant Cobel.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Cobel.J
Staff Sergeant Riggs.F
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Moskal.C
Specialist Burgess.S
Specialist Allen.M
Specialist Pider.H
Specialist Longcastle.G
Specialist Miller.M
Private Peper.J

Pros

• Good communications within the section
• Every had fun
• Opord was very good.

Cons

• Section was split up in Fire teams on different locations