C/2-7 FTX - Operation Mac Arthur - 10OCT26

[Mueller.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Mac Arthur
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 10OCT26
Time of Combat Mission : 2300Z
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Mission OIC: Colonel Cameron.J |Major Cree.T
Mission Controller: Major Cree.T
Number of Attendees: 75
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

1. Colonel Cameron.J
2. Major Cree.T - MAJ_Cree_T
3. Major Macpherson.C
4. Captain Lucas.A
5. First Lieutenant Conner.D - Ace McDuffer
6. First Lieutenant DAmico.J
7. First Lieutenant Elliker.K
8. First Sergeant Herber.R
9. First Sergeant Mueller.H
10. Second Lieutenant Freeman.S
11. Second Lieutenant Kross.R - MERMID0N
12. Second Lieutenant Sibley.K
13. Staff Sergeant Beauchamp.R
14. Staff Sergeant Dozer.JW
15. Staff Sergeant Finnegan.C - Pyrojea
16. Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
17. Staff Sergeant Kenton.W
18. Sergeant Banfield.H
19. Sergeant Fox.F
20. Sergeant Moff.N
21. Sergeant Tyszka.C - weksol
22. Corporal Baldrick.D
23. Corporal Doss.T
24. Corporal Formola.J - jform23
25. Corporal Hermes.S
26. Corporal Phere.C - Hexsin_Phere
27. Corporal Shults.M - built_muzzle82
28. Corporal Sorrel.M
29. Corporal Stephens.J - Bengals4LYFE-_-
30. Corporal Wagner.D
31. Corporal West.R
32. Specialist Bauvil.C
33. Specialist Blade.B
34. Specialist Burgess.S
35. Specialist Buscemi.A
36. Specialist Cleetus.B - CleetusTX
37. Sergeant Donk.B
38. Specialist Drum.C
39. Specialist Lavey.G
40. Specialist Haden.E - SabatonWolfe
41. Specialist Hendrix.J - benelli_blaster
42. Specialist Kertz.W - ValkTheRatMan
43. Specialist Kuhlmann.B
44. Specialist Miller.F - x7thcav_MillerF
45. Specialist Perrier.J
46. Specialist Powell.R - RedAsgardian728
47. Specialist Sanders.J
48. Specialist Scratch.J
49. Specialist Stout.S
50. Specialist Summers.JD - ferny-convert - Summers
51. Specialist Thompson.S - Seraphim4077
52. Specialist Walden.M
53. Private First Class Austin.C
54. Private First Class Beagles.K
55. Private First Class Bouzer.M
56. Private First Class Brosh.B
57. Private First Class Hale.A
58. Private First Class Haley.C - Bassfishermen22
59. Private First Class Hall.C - hall.c
60. Private First Class Harvey.L
61. Private First Class Lindner.S - IamBecomeDTH
62. Private First Class Moody.M - MinicMoody
63. Private First Class Noren.M
64. Private First Class Tanner.L
65. Private First Class Tursky.S - ZERO Sim0n
66. Private First Class Hunt.R - MarineEMT0621
67. Private First Class September.C
68. Private First Class Vargas.C
69. Private Crider.K - crider.k
70. Private Ginsburg.M
71. Private Lorenzo.VA
72. Private Steele.MW
73. Private Todd.J
74. Private Whitaker.R - Wagyu Cowboy
75. Recruit Most.R - ruggedanddumb

 

[Freeman.S]

Element Callsign: NVA Squad 2 / Rocket Squad
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Freeman.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Austin.C
Private First Class Tanner.L
Major Macpherson.C
Private First Class Harvey.L
Private Todd.J




Pros:

• Easy to understand OPORD and rules and ROE restrictions were very clear.
• Got to play with members of same Company, big giant plus.
• Good turnout from "cadre"
• Exciting game

Cons:

• Briefing was a bit chaotic with folks not being able to connect to discord, OIC's unable to coordinate.
• Comms official wasn't very official

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: NVA Commander
Element Leader: Colonel Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Cameron.J


Pros:

• OPORD was straight forward and easy to brief
• Comms were clean and clear

Cons:

• Offensive game mode made it a little unbalanced when the vehicles were off of the hardcap
• Some of the hot micing during rally got out of hand

 

[Cree.T]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Sanders.J]

Element Callsign: Love Squad/Fox Squad
Element Leader:
Specialist Sanders.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Doss.T
Private First Class Vargas.C
Specialist Stout.S
Private First Class September.C

Pros:

• Fantastic team work for Love squad/Fox Squad
• Rocket and AA guns were on point, made a huge difference in the battle
• Flexibility was perfect from the squad, moving as requested and adapting to the situation at hand.

Cons:

• Comms at times got a little confusing for me, but that is something I need to personally work on.

 

[Kenton.W]

Element Callsign: Fox Squad NVA
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Fox.F
Specialist Buscemi.A
Specialist Perrier.J

Pros:

• Squad had a good time, got to practice orchestrated assaults
• Enjoyed the limited asset challenge with not having tanks
• Communication was clean in the squad

Cons:

• Offensive is always difficult to balance correctly for private operations/FTX's
• I think it would have been a little better fighting through all of the objectives, but I understand US needed the time to build up their defenses.
• Rally setup needs some work

 

[Dozer.JW]

Element Callsign: US PD2
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Dozer.JW
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Private First Class Hale.A
Private Ginsburg.M
Private First Class Tursky.S

Pros:

• Good FTX and OPORD
• Enjoyed playing
• Squad element effective

Cons:

• Needed designated mech infantry
• Command chat coms could be cleaned up
• Retrograde defense was disorganized

 

[Conner.D]

Element Callsign: Helo 1
Element Leader: 1LT Conner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: n/a


Pros:

• The initial air deployment and setup went well, the manifests put people in the right spot quickly and efficiently
• Second run-through had better command comms, but that's not saying much
• "Sensors" worked well (radar garrisons, OPs, etc.)
• May task organize differently-commander should be an SL, while the commander role should be the XO or 1SG providing support to the commander, who is commanding the troops.

Cons:

• Sensors worked well BUT we didn't react to what we were seeing
• We got away from tanks and infantry working together and it showed
• We didn't tie in our defensive positions which allowed gaps

Moving forward the training plan will include building defenses on VN terrain and basic skills, to include marksmanship; better utilization of air assets; and combined arms maneuver.

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: NVA Squad 4 / Rocket Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Lucas.A
Sergeant Donk.B
Specialist Walden.M
Private Whitaker.R



Pros:

• Easy to understand OPORD and rules and ROE restrictions were very clear.
• Got to play with members of same Company, more of this in the future please, also making it very "same company" allows development across platoons
• Command comms were clear relatively little to no confusion or loss of structure
• Room for learning and combat effectiveness both sides

Cons:

• Some disruptive effects occurred at the start of comms official
• Some of the structure and attendance could have been handed off to other staff members and potentially saved some headache for the leadership running the operation

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Operations Processed.