AAR [HLL:WW2 PC] EXFOR FNF 23OCT2026

[Roderick.S]

Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: EXFOR FNF 23OCT2026
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 23OCT2026
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359z
Mission OICs:
Mission Controller: Sergeant Giglio.M & First Lieutenant DAmico.J
CRCON STATS​

Number of Attendees: 44
Captain Sotelo.R
Captain Swanson.B
First Lieutenant DAmico.J
Sergeant Banfield.H
Sergeant Fox.F
Sergeant Giglio.M
Sergeant Moff.N
Sergeant Riley.D
Sergeant Vonk.K
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Hoover.T
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal Rasmus.M
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Walker.TR
Corporal Walton.D
Specialist Anthony.M
Specialist Bauvil.C
Specialist Buscemi.A
Specialist Corn.D
Specialist Devine.D
Specialist Donald.J
Specialist Eri.C
Specialist Gruen.G
Specialist Ingram.M
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Owlson.P
Specialist Rush.J
Specialist Scratch.J
Specialist Simmons.T
Specialist Sine.J
Specialist Smith.ER
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Walden.M
Specialist Walls.O
Specialist West.T
Private First Class Austin.C
Private First Class Schumaker.J
Private First Class Vargas.C
Private Bas.D
Private Cook.F

 

[Roderick.S]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Rush.J]

Element Callsign: AB-Charlie Squad
Element Leader: CPL.Rasmus.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PVT.Cook.F
SPC.Donald.J

Pros:

• Good comms
• AB flexed well
• Good job hunting spawns

Cons:

• Night map
• They kept counter-flanking our counter-flanks

 

[Buscemi.A]

Element Callsign: Blue Team SL 3
Element Leader: SPC.Ingram.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Bazzle.J
PFC.Austin.C

Pros:

• We worked very well together.
• Communication was great.

Cons:

• We unfortunately lost due to an overwhelming flank.

 

[Walker.TR]

Element Callsign: Green 3 (Allies Fox)
Element Leader: CPL.Walker.TR
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Bauvil.C
SPC.Milkovic.D


Pros:

• Very smooth start, well coordinated and quick
• Good flexing to get garrisons up quickly and proactive supply drops by troopers

Cons:

• Lost gunfights
• Outflanked early and were never really able to establish a cohesive line.

 

[Schumaker.J]

Element Callsign: Red Team SL-1 (The Meat grinder)
Element Leader: PFC Schumaker.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Owens.J


Pros:

• A lot of positivity was felt throughout the event, regardless of whatever situation we were in
• People were openly communicating throughout the event, and it was felt through my squad which helped us reposition as needed
• Red Team meat grinder did exactly that, we provided a lot of pressure and had great push and communications within the unit
• It was awesome to see the cross rating and having tankers fill our infantry billets, it helps out a ton and helps work on team cohesion!

Cons:

• We were very slow as a team to respond to other squads callouts for fallbacks and infantry response to tanks/point defense.
• We built garries ~180M from the point which led to us having to trek across open fields to get to the point, if we had built them farther out and built the defense garries closer to point it would have allowed us to redeploy directly on to the point for fast response.
• They outflanked us for a majority of the match, we had a lot of focus on north, and had poor response to the southernly flank.

 

[Rasmus.M]

Element Callsign : Airborne Team
Element Leader : Corporal Rasmus.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element :
Corporal Rasmus.M
Sergeant Riley.D
Specialist Gruen.G
Specialist Rush.J
Specialist Donald.J
Private Cook.F

Pros :

• We tried our best to counterflank, hunt garrisons and establish flanking pressure on the offensive point.
• EXFOR is really enjoyable and I had a great unit to work with.
• Shoutout to Gruen who spotted a lot of tanks, supply trucks and garrisons, overall good placements, worth noting.
• Our team was well organized and ready to start at the top of the hour like always.

Cons :

• No real cons.

Notes :

• They were really good at placing garrisons with minimal supplies (supports) and halftracks, even if we destroyed a lot of them they were fast at reestablishing them.
• They placed well their MGs to cover open areas and avenues of approaches on defense.

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Allied Logi
Element Leader: Captain Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Sotelo.R
Corporal Wagner.D
Specialist Owlson.P
Private Bas.D

Pros:

• Good fights in our sectors
• Great response to the shifting enemy attacks
• Command comms were very smooth, even with the hectic/chaos going over

Cons:

• This map has always been our weaker side, stuff to work on still

 

[DAmico.J]

Element Callsign: Green Team
Element Leader: First Lieutenant DAmico.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Fox.F
Sergeant Vonk.K
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Hoover.T
Corporal Walker.TR
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Bauvil.C
Specialist Walls.O

Pros:

• We had a really good initial push and placed ourselves well, contesting all the correct areas. The initiative was pretty much a wash, and we contested the center point for a long time, going toe-to-toe with them for more than 15 minutes on the initial capture.

Cons:

• We got outshot pretty decisively. When that is happening, you need to slow down, peak corners, and play tactically. Once you've been out-positioned, you need to trade some blows back and forth the enemy and grind it out until you get a few wipes. Then rush in and take the enemy OPs. Easier said than done, but it's what needs to happen.
• Not being allowed to bring our third tank is a big deal, and it really hinders the things have built here. It's the biggest drawback of these events--having to rely on our opponents to bring the proper numbers and teams.
• As the match devolved, gaps started forming and people stopped forming up the line. I got outflanked from multiple directions all night because of the big gaps we had in our lines. Spreading out doesn't do you any good if you don't have someone covering your flanks enough to actually accomplish anything.

 

[Walden.M]

Element Callsign: Tank 2
Element Leader: SPC.WALDEN.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.SIMMONS.
CPL.JINTO.H

Pros:

• People still had lots of fun.
• Had good early start at match getting map control.

Cons:

• Could have played more together instead of being spread apart to much .
• Could of request more AT support from infantry to help take out tanks.

 

[Ingram.M]

Element Callsign: Blue Team - Leader
Element Leader: SPC.Ingram.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

SPC.Ingram.M - Team Leader

CPL.Walton.D - SL 1

SPC.Buscemi.A - SL 2

SPC.Stout.S

SPC.Scratch.J

SPC.Corn.D

PVC.Austin.C

CPL.Bazzle.J

SPC.Anthony.M

Pros:

• We worked well together focusing south of the AO.
• Communication was good with SL's and Command

Cons: We could never really get a foothold in the south.

 

[Hoover.T]

Element Callsign: US - George Squad (Green Team)
Element Leader: CPL.Hoover.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Guillermo.C
PFC.Walls.O

Pros:

• Team's opener was great, we got everything down as we planned out beforehand.
• Green team was well organized and we had very few times where there was no OP to spawn on between the 3 SL's.
• My squad worked well together and were very quick to follow orders.
• Team did great overall.
• Love the Cav!

Cons:

• Nothing major enough for me to mention. Mostly things about my own performace TBH.

 

[Smith.ER]

Element Callsign: Red Team - Dog Squad
Element Leader:Specialist Smith.ER
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Vargas.C
Specialist Devine.D


Pros:

• Great start to the match
• Always fun to play FnF's with the Cav!

Cons:

• Line needed some work, felt like the majority of the game had our team spawning off 1 or 2 garrisons, causing us to ball up and allowing the enemy to flank freely.
• Team roles seemed to kind of fall apart between red blue and green.
• Outgunned tonight, I know for myself a lot of that is rust and being use to a different playstyle in Vietnam.

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign:Red SL 1 - Team Leader
Element Leader: Sergeant Giglio.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Smith.ER
Private First Class Schumaker.J
Specialist Sine.J
Private First Class Vargas.C
Specialist Stripes.P
Corporal Owens.J
Specialist Eri.C
Specialist Devine.D

Pros:

• Good area control off start of match!
• Good cross AO attendance from Vietnam!
• i appreciate everyone's patience with me learning how to run these events.
• Great Flexibility between red team to defend and attack.
• Learned more about infantry's community and approach to a comp match!

Cons:

• Felt on my heels in infantry combat.
• Night map was a nice change,Had trouble seeing movement though as infantry personal at times.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Operations Processed.