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AAR Operation Thunderdome 23OCT21

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Rob.Y

Rob.Y

Colonel
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2-7 HQ
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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Thunderdome
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 23OCT21
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900z
Mission OIC: Captain Budd.D
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Mix.C

Number of Attendees: 46

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Captain Budd.D
Captain Profenno.L
First Lieutenant Rob.Y
First Lieutenant Mix.C
First Lieutenant Cass.A
First Sergeant West.B
Staff Sergeant Sven.S
Staff Sergeant Preacher.A
Sergeant Hermes.S
Sergeant John.K
Sergeant Hayden.A
Sergeant Sparrow.P
Corporal Smith.N
Corporal Reign.A
Corporal Zimm.L
Corporal Virgil.S
Corporal Davis.AK
Corporal Beauchamp.M
Corporal Jarvis.EJ
Corporal Nehez.J
Corporal Bacon.C
Corporal Singhal.P
Specialist Huff.B
Specialist Brown.G
Specialist McMillan.S
Specialist Bearden.C
Specialist Jimenez.J
Specialist Taluto.P
Specialist Jacobs.H
Specialist Steel.N
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Donato.E
Specialist Finch.A
Specialist Longwell.S
Private First Class Rick.Y
Private First Class Riker.J
Private First Class Beat.S
Private First Class Harden.M
Private First Class Bargo.J
Private First Class Carter.L
Private First Class Petch.M
Private Kilo.M
Private Lee.R
Private Jenkins.R
Private Smithson.R
Recruit Thrawn.N


Please message me your FTL if you were left of the list


S3 Personal points to bring forward :
  • Just finding the right group to scrim with is really the heart of what we need.
  • Comms system was great, opening play was great, we did our best
 
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Budd.D

Budd.D

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ACD HQ
RRD HQ
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MP Staff
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Element Callsign: Big Bird (OIC)
Element Leader: Captain Budd.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Budd.D


Pros:
  • Excellent opening push
  • Excellent communications

Cons:
  • Garrisons were not placed efficiently
 
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Hermes.S

Hermes.S

Sergeant First Class
Active Duty
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Element Callsign: Black Horse 2
Element Leader: Sergeant Hermes.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Preacher.A
Sergeant Hermes.S
Corporal Davis.AK
Private First Class Riker.J


Pros:
  • Great communication withing squad
  • Immediate placement and setup of supplies and ATgun.
  • In our designated position we'll before.any contact.
  • Great suppression from the flank to slow down the front.
  • Solid communication between Sl, Ftl.

Cons:
  • Not being able to review the recorded video.
  • Getting hit hard and not seeing what they did or what we could do different.
  • Immediate artillery strike on all At gun placements. ***
  • Overwhelming odds or so it felt on the flank.
 
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Beat.S

Beat.S

Reservist
Discharged
Local time
10:29 PM
553
449
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
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7th Cavalry Regiment
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Element Callsign: Mad Dog 4
Element Leader: Private First Class Beat.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Donato.E
Private First Class Beat.S


Pros:
  • Learnt some interesting anti recon tactics (forward placed OP's en-route to artillery, emplacements on the side of crew positions 1 member on security)
  • Artillery silenced from min 5

Cons:
  • Got spanked
 
Smith.N

Smith.N

Corporal
Active Duty
Retired
Local time
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Beauchamp.M

Beauchamp.M

Reservist
Reserve
Local time
5:29 PM
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1,893
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7th Cavalry Regiment
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Element Callsign: Phantom 2
Element Leader: Corporal Beauchamp.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Beauchamp.M
Specialist Steel.N
Specialist Finch.A


Pros:
  • Communications between Command-SL-FTL

Cons:
  • 20thPZG Not in are league
  • FTL' s squads where stepping each other foot. To close together
  • The enemy had pockets to flank us on multiple points
 
Mix.C

Mix.C

Major
Active Duty
B/2-7 HQ
S3 HQ
RRD Staff
Local time
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Element Callsign: Phantom Actual
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Mix.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Mix.C


Pros:
  • Nodes sorted before go time
  • Decent start
  • Coms effective
  • Good discipline across the team
  • Fell back effectively which is hard to do
  • Competitive with our gunfights. Don't think we were outplayed on a one to one level
  • Great turnout, great attitude, very pleased with the rank and file troopers

Cons:
  • On a mission planning level, the fact that we signed up to fight 20PZG and ended up fighting Exodus was a huge issue. Not what we anticipated or wanted.
  • Start could be better. 10 seconds faster to the point would have made a difference
  • Failed to place effective arti at start of match. South side of the center point should have been one continuous explosion
  • Garrison placement was less coordinated than it might have been
  • Failed to defend effectively against attacks from the rear. Both defensive points fell to pushes from the rear
  • strategy for establishing red zone Garrisons needs work

Final thoughts:
While we obviously got a very different opponent than we signed up for, and while we were beaten pretty decisively, I think there is a lot of good here. With small adjustments in a few key areas and I think we could have been pretty competitive. The Cav guys can fight well on a unit level. If we refine some of our strategy and practice some key tactics I think we can make large jumps in our performance.
 
Singhal.P

Singhal.P

Corporal
Active Duty
1/C/1-7
Local time
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1,110
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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7th Cavalry Regiment
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Element Callsign: Mad Dog 2
Element Leader: Corporal Singhal.P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Singhal.P
Corporal Nehez.J
Specialist Huff.B


Pros:
  • Really good comms, not only in the Fireteam but on the Squad level as a whole.
  • Very good artillery rounds at the beginning of the match by CPL.Nehez.J. He killed 25 enemies in just a few seconds.
  • Both teammates were very effective and I could not have asked for more.
  • The Squad itself was very good, very tactical and we had really good players in it.
  • If the EXODUS had to train for 48 hours to defeat us in a Scrim, then that speaks volumes about the Tactical capabilities of the 7CAV.
  • Enemy artillery was silenced within 5-10 minutes of the match by our Sniper Team(s) while the enemies sent a Recon vehicle to do the job, which shows how much capable we were in the OP.
  • We devised an Offensive plan against 20Pzg. which was perfect. But even though we fought against EXODUS we quickly adapted to defend our Objectives. "We were not steam-rolled".
  • Everyone knew what they were doing even though we didn't plan for it.

Cons:
  • The "Deep Offensive" squad should have pulled back early and devised a new strategy to flank/attack as quickly as possible.
  • Could have used Combined Arms more effectively.
  • EXODUS!!!!
  • We need plan(s) against such Competitive clans.
  • Need to work on Defense.
 
Brown.G

Brown.G

Corporal
Discharged
Local time
11:29 PM
229
182
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7th Cavalry Regiment
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Element Callsign: Iron Forge
Element Leader: Specialist Brown.G

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Brown.G
Specialist McMillan.S
Private Lee.R


Pros:
  • Our tank did well despite AT being everywhere
  • Overall had fun

Cons:
  • Comms felt empty, Virgil did well, but we lacked direct comms with the infantry
  • 76 is broken as all hell
 
John.K

John.K

Corporal
Dishon. Discharge
Local time
5:29 PM
908
568
Profenno.L

Profenno.L

Sergeant First Class
Discharged
Local time
4:29 PM
1,253
926
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
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7th Cavalry Regiment
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Element Callsign: Mad Dog 3
Element Leader: Captain Profenno.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Profenno.L
First Sergeant West.B


Pros:
  • Individual efforts were nice
  • Sub-unit coordination was good

Cons:
  • General unit coordination was lacking
  • Communications losing value the more chains they go through
  • Bigger tactical issues
 
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