AAR Operation False Start

[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: 05 FEB 22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200z
Mission OIC:
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Mix.C

Number of Attendees:

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action: 43

Captain Rob.Y
Captain Budd.D
First Lieutenant Bunnell.M
First Lieutenant Rollins.R
First Lieutenant Mix.C
First Sergeant West.B
First Sergeant Michelson.A
Staff Sergeant Hayden.A
Staff Sergeant Sven.S
Sergeant Zimm.L
Sergeant Hermes.S
Sergeant Williamson.J
Corporal Henson.K
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Jarvis.EJ
Corporal Rhone.T
Corporal Beauchamp.M
Corporal DAmico.J
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Bearden.C
Corporal Nehez.J
Corporal Velasquez.J
Specialist Riker.J
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Cameron.J
Specialist Hampton.D
Specialist Solo.H
Specialist Kim.Y
Specialist Canuck.J
Specialist Lee.R
Specialist Conway.B
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Schribes.R
Specialist DeVriend.M
Specialist Norman.B
Private First Class Bizutto.A
Private First Class Ahreth.J
Private Robertson.S
Private Carrington.D
Private Grinch.E
Private Actua.L
Private Milton.S
Private Smith.V

Please contact the mission controller if your name has mistakenly been left off of this list

 

[Rob.Y]

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

Element Callsign: fireteam leader
Element Leader: Captain Rob.Y

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Rob.Y
Corporal Bearden.C
Specialist Canuck.J

Pros:

• Squad crushed
• good use of tactics
• squad got after

Cons:

• Having recon focus mid point is important
• Maybe 20 min?

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Team 1 - SL1
Element Leader: Sergeant Hermes.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
FTL 1 - Sergeant Zimm.L
FTL 2 - Specialist Solo.H

Pros:

• Excellent and immediate discipline in regards to redeploying when called upon.
• Great assault on points - 3/4. GG
• Truck leaving on time each round
• FULL infantryTruck arriving at boundary each time successfully with time to spare
• Great work between both fire teams.
• Appreciate the drill concept. Perhaps a little 'header' declaring that for those that may have been expecting something else.
• 3/4 W

Cons:

• Losing men mid-game to rebalance teams
• Stopping the main assault truck en route to mid-point: costs valuable time. The truck will not run you over as long as you're not turning.
• All supply-men immediately dropping supplies. All roles with a hammer (5 of them have a hammer) should help build.
• Read the map: Garri placements.
• The truck will always need to leave by 1-minute: Don't miss the bus or complain if you do. Yes, 5 seconds can potentially make or break a situation.
• I understand balancing limitations however I hate playing against some of my own guys.

 

[Hayden.A]

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

Element Callsign: Team 1 SL
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hayden.A

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
1LT.Rollins.R
CPL.Nehez.J

Pros:

• Great communications within the fire team.
• Great role swapping throughout
• I think the idea of the operation was necessary if we're going to continue scrimming and was glad to see it implemented.

Cons:

• A bit slow. Feels like we didn't do much.
• Rounds too short to be engaging.

 

[Rhone.T]

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

Element Callsign: fireteam leader
Element Leader: CPL.Rhone.T

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Ackleson.K
CPL.Velasquez.J
SPC.Fields.M
PVT.Robertson.S

Pros:

• Great Squad comms, everyone brought their A-game
• Good maneuvering, good SBF

Cons:

• Having recon focus mid point is important
• Troopers thought that 15 minutes was a bit too short - would rather half hour
• Squads need to clear their damn sectors

 

[Zimm.L]

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

Element Callsign: Fireteam Leader Team 1 Comm 1
Element Leader: Sergeant Zimm.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Zimm.L
Specialist Riker.J
Specialist Hampton.D

Pros:

• Good comms
• Great Squad, FT
• one node per squad is perfect

Cons:

• Stopping the attacking truck for people to jump out
• not enjoyable as an op
• short time for the matches too

 

[Jarvis.EJ]

Element Callsign: fireteam leader
Element Leader: Jarvis.EJ | Beauchamp.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Beauchamp.M
Bizutto.A
Jarvis.EJ
Milton.S



Pros:

• Squad worked well together
• good use of communication
• Great defense on Dugout

Cons:

• 15 minutes not working or fun.
• 30 minutes 2 sessions for 1st hour | regular match the second hour
• Want to have more regular gameplay, felt like that wasn't explained to well right off the bat.

 

[Jinto.H]

Element Callsign: team 2 Armor
Element Leader:

Corporal Jinto.H

7cav.us

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Specialist Lee.H

7cav.us

Reservist Ahreth.J

7cav.us

Pros:

• Great Squad

Cons:

• i was yelled at stating i am not in the chain of command to be quiet. (i was just stating to my SL that a drop had dropped behind our lines and to relay this to our commander, he stated his game crashed.) (HIGHLYY DISREPECTFUL!)
• The com set-up!

 

[Solo.H]

Element Callsign: fireteam leader
Element Leader: Specialist Solo.H

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Grinch.E
Private Actua.L

Pros:

• Effective use of role swapping
• 15 minute run time is good for the simulation of the OP's intention
• Good call outs and positioning within the squad

Cons:

• By chance, I felt the maps favored team 1, three times in a row
• Having a small in-game squad made me feel more limited in what I could accomplish
• Having less than 50v50 does change the dynamic more in favor of who caps first because of a lack of manpower for a counter assault
• Needed maybe a little more direction from the team SL
• Garrison placement felt ad hoc and suboptimal

 

[Smith.V]

Element Callsign: Tank Commander
Element Leader: Private Smith.V

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Thrawn.N

Pros:

• Good practice for scrimmages.
• Strong tank internal and team communication.
• Fun tank battles.

Cons:

• Fifteen minutes was not long enough for teams to develop a push (hopefully one that takes advantage of friendly armor).
• Limited player count and time constraints dramatically changed the game meta; training specifically to get on point as quickly as possible is great but there was limited training value after the initial push.

 

[DAmico.J]

Element Callsign: Team 1 - SL1
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Rhone.T
Corporal Beauchamp.M
Recruit Carrington.D
Specialist Conway.B
Pros:

• Good turnout (much better than past attempts at this same style of operation)

Cons:

• Need more practice driving trucks
• When issues occur (such as losing a squad lead or commander), we need to adjust strategy accordingly, especially if they were fulfilling a critical role (i.e. backup garrison)
• Other squads leads need to take the initiative, be aggressive, and actively seeking out things we need (flanking garrisons, rebuilding defensive garrisons)

Other notes:

• With small operations like this, maybe it would be better to just have everybody use in-game coms. Many tournaments are based on small teams, seeing as it's hard to field a full team of 50 people for any clan. Food for thought.
• Operations structured in this manner are always going to make it difficult to get large turnout. Perhaps SLs could explain the intent of this operation to their troopers throughout the week. Those who are interested in playing to the meta of the game or just playing at a higher level will be drawn towards these practices as a result. SP is the best time to get troopers attention about events going on the 7th, especially for newer people who don't know how to navigate the forums.

 

[Derry.B]

LOCKED

 

[Derry.B]

S1/ Operations Processed

 

[Kinser.E]

S1 OPERATIONS AUDIT COMPLETE