AAR HLL Operation Shears

[Mix.C]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Shears
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 15Jan22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359Z
Mission OIC:
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Mix.C

Number of Attendees: 50

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

Captain Rob.Y
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
First Lieutenant Mix.C
First Lieutenant Rollins.R
First Lieutenant Moore-Allen.D
Sergeant Major Terlizzi.A
First Sergeant West.B
Sergeant First Class Little.D
Staff Sergeant Huber.B
Staff Sergeant Sotelo.R
Staff Sergeant Hayden.A
Staff Sergeant Wolf.G
Staff Sergeant Strider.R
Staff Sergeant Gilnack.D
Staff Sergeant Sven.S
Sergeant Rhodes.R
Sergeant Zimm.L
Sergeant Hermes.S
Sergeant Gibbs.B
Sergeant Smith.N
Sergeant John.K
Corporal Bearden.C
Corporal Dubois.F
Corporal Velasquez.J
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Bacon.C
Corporal Reign.A
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Longmen.D
Specialist Riker.J
Specialist Konn.G
Specialist Lemon.D
Specialist Marinelli.M
Specialist Varnado.J
Specialist Foster.N
Specialist Kilo.M
Specialist DeVriend.M
Specialist Smithson.R
Specialist Beat.S
Specialist Cameron.J
Specialist Babcock.R
Specialist Bargo.J
Specialist Carr.R
Specialist Hendrix.T
Specialist Lee.R
Specialist Donato.E
Private First Class Thrawn.N
Private First Class Holiday.T
Private First Class Bizutto.A
Private First Class Tosti.J
Private First Class Bizutto.A


Corporal Kim.Y (currently in reenlistment process)

 

[Rob.Y]

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

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Captain Rob.Y

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Rob.Y

Pros:

• Really fun op well orchestrated on discord
• Squad preformed exceptionally well
• comms and kinks all worked out
• Won the match

Cons:

• I goofed on a ruleset my bad sorry folks...

 

[Beat.S]

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

Element Callsign: Allies FTL1
Element Leader: SPC.Beat.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Bizutto.A
Corporal Ackelson.K
Sergeant John.K
Sergeant First Class Little.D
First Sergeant West.B

Pros:

• Good first OP back
• Good turnout
• Really good squad comms
• Squad members followed orders to the T

Cons:

• Hill 500 allies attack is awful
• Needed armour support attacking

 

[Terlizzi.A]

Element Callsign: Recon German
Element Leader: Sergeant Major Terlizzi.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Terlizzi.A
Corporal Bacon.C

Pros:

• Took best offensive on Germans
• Squad preformed exceptionally well
• Comms good
• Captured first node

Cons:

• no real cons

 

[Zimm.L]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Shears
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 15Jan22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359Z
Mission OIC:
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Mix.C

Number of Attendees:4


7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action: German Comms 1
Sergeant Zimm.L
First Lieutenant Moore-Allen.D
Corporal Dubois.F
Private First Class DeVriend.M

PROS:
Great comms with FT and Squad leads
Great defense from our side
Great offensive from the enemy


CONS:
thought the enemy went out of bounds in the D line but not sure. should be clarified in the OP board

 

[Strider.R]

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

Element Calls Sign: Ally - Dog Squad Armor TC
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Ross Strider

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
1LT Rollins.R
CPL Bearden.C


Pros:

• Good Fun concept
• Good defense by our side, nearly as good offense on axis
• First OP happy to back in it

Cons:

• Give defending team an edge to allow for more variety in play
  • note, if do this maybe reduce number of nodes? Not sure how the balance would work

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Axis S1 - SL
Element Leader: Sergeant Hermes.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Reign.A
Specialist Norman.B

Pros:

• Excellent 'squad' communication
• Immediate and appropriate markings by all FTs
• Tank - Infantry communication improved and was effective.
• Good reminders from CMDR

Cons:

 

[Smithson.R]

Element Callsign: Axis SL2
Element Leader: SPC.Smithson.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
FTL. SSG.Wolf
FTL. SPC.Babcock

Pros:

• Great comms
• Squad preformed very well
• Very nice display of COC
• Good team moral

Cons:

• Exact rules needed a little more emphasis (for me)

With kind regards,

SPC.Smithson.R

 

[Cameron.J]

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

Element Calls Sign: Allies Recon
Element Leader: SPC.Cameron.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SSG.Sven.S



Pros:

• Really cool concept
• Comms were smooth

Cons:

• The middle point is always really tough
• Ping was high for EU players

 

[Konn.G]

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

Element Calls Sign: Allies Comms 2 FTL 1
Element Leader: SPC.Konn.G

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Lemon.D
CPL.Velasquez.J
PFC.Holiday.T



Pros:

• Cool concept
• Great comms through all levels
• Great defense from both FT of Rhodes Squad, nice attacks from the Germans

Cons:

• My FT was defending the whole game, it was a bit monotonous
• Extremely late for EU players (OP finished at 4AM)

 

[Babcock.R]

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

Element Callsign: Axis FTL 2-2
Element Leader: Specialist Babcock.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Bargo.J
Staff Sergeant Huber.B
Specialist Lee.R

Pros:

• Great communications within the fire team.
• Worked well with the rest of the squad
• Squad performed exceptionally well

Cons:

• Really struggled to find the nodes near the end. Never found the last two

 

[Smith.N]

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

Element Callsign: Axis FTL 2-1 (George)
Element Leader: Sergeant Smith.N

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Sergeant Smith.N
Corporal Longmen.D
Specialist Carr.R
Specialist Riker.J
Specialist Hampton.D
Specialist Hendrix.T

Pros:

• Great Op, great concept
• Good comms management and position control
• Squad operated with perfect harmony

Cons:

• N/A

 

[Mix.C]

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

Element Callsign: Allied Commander
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Mix.C

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

Pros:

• Discord worked out with minimal drama
• First event of the year in the AO. Good to be back at it
• Held our last two nodes against incredible odds
• Seems almost everyone had fun
• Decent turnout

Cons:

• Ruleset needs tweaking both for clarity and to avoid stalemates
• Tough draw of points for the Allies mad for a stagnant and possibly frustrating game.
• Multitasking as both OIC and a team commander divided my attention more than I would have liked. Briefing suffered as a result
• Use of Tac 2 is rough on EU guys.

 

[Kinser.E]

Locked!

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 Operations Clerk Assigned: Zabuden.R

 

[Zabuden.R]

S1 PROCESSED/COMPLETE

 

[Garcia.SM]

S1 OPERATIONS AUDIT COMPLETE