AAR C/2-7 FTX 23APR22

[Rob.Y]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation C/2-7 23APR22 FTX
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Tactical Realism 1
Date of Combat Mission: 23APR22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000Z
Mission OIC: First Sergeant Michelson.A
Mission Controller: Captain Rob.Y

Number of Attendees: 38

Lieutenant Colonel Emerson.D
Captain Rob.Y
First Sergeant Michelson.A
First Lieutenant Dread.M
First Lieutenant Hayes.J
First Lieutenant Mix.C
Second Lieutenant Mulholland.J
Second Lieutenant Sparrow.P
Staff Sergeant Becks.J
Staff Sergeant Kinser.E
Staff Sergeant Gibbs.B
Sergeant Nehez.J
Sergeant Ramirez.R
Sergeant Zabuden.R
Corporal Brown.G
Corporal Cameron.J
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Singhal.P
Specialist Anthony.A
Specialist Donato.E
Specialist Fagnant.A
Specialist Flanagan.L
Specialist Foster.N
Specialist Huff.B
Specialist Kilo.M
Specialist Kim.Y
Specialist Kinser.W
Specialist Lemon.D
Specialist Litvin.D
Specialist Longwell.S
Specialist Mack.E
Specialist Mullins.R
Specialist Simmons.B
Specialist Stenberg.P
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Voci.P
Private First Class Northway.C
Private Maddox.D
Private Sampson.S
Recruit Warren.G
Private First Class Cooper.N

 

[Kinser.E]

Element Callsign: Bravo - Allies
Element Leader: SSG Kinser.E

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Kinser.E
Specialist Longwell.S
Specialist Mullins.S
Specialist Kinser.W
Pros:

• Fun op,
• Great Execution's
• Held them off even when outnumbered

Cons:

• Grenade usage
• halfway through objective it got confusing
• Beginning of match was boring

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: Able- Allies
Element Leader: Corporal Cameron.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Dread.M
Corporal Brown.G
Specialist Kilo.M
Specialist Voci.P

Pros:

• Fun op
• Commander did a great job assigning duties to each squad
• Comms were excellent
• Held them off until outnumbered in phase 3

Cons:

• EndEx was a bit unclear

 

[Rob.Y]

Element Callsign: Both
Element Leader: Captain Rob.Y

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Rob.Y
First Sergeant Michelson.A
Specialist Lemon.D
Private First Class Northway.C
Recruit Warren.G

Pros:

• Fun op,
• Solid work from both platoons
• executed at a high level

Cons:

• phase three better to call endex rather than play out

 

[Sparrow.P]

Element Callsign: Allies Commander
Element Leader: 2LT. Sparrow. P

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
2LT. Sparrow. P

Pros:
Guys killed it
Captured the Halftrack two times and two halftracks
Fun Op

Cons:
Index was messed up

 

[Strider.R]

Element Callsign: Axis Alpha Section
Element Leader: SSG.Strider.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Mix.C
Private First Class Carrington.D
Private First Class Robertson.S
Corporal Jinto.H

Pros:

• Was a fun op
• we worked well together as a squad

Cons:

• Axis needed more garrison placements
• We kept having to watch for flanks from areas we couldn't go

 

[Becks.J]

Element Callsign: Baker - Axis
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Becks.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Nehez.J
Corporal Donato.E
Corporal Bearden.C
Specialist Stenberg.P
Private First Class Cooper.N

Pros:

• Overall fun FTX
• Good section communication
• Good use of battle buddies

Cons:

• SLs use initiative to plug gaps to help out commander (Ex. left, right, rear security). Keep an eye out where other sections are, if there is a gap, fill it or coord with other SLs
• Remember to use and update move/attack markers etc. Not only does it help troopers, but helps to let other SLs know what the other sections are doing.
• Disappointed to be on the attacking side again, though understand the reasons why

 

[Rhodes.R]

Element Callsign: Charlie - Axis
Element Leader: Sergeant Rhodes.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Rhodes.R (SL)
Staff Sergeant Gibbs.B
Corporal Henson.K
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Litvin.D
Specialist Lemon.D
Private First Class Palmer.N


Solids:

• We had fantastic intra-squad comms, Charlie squad was just killing it with callouts, communication, and keeping up with orders.
• It was an intense and blood pounding experience, everyone had a great time fighting on those tight streets
• Artillery was just absolutely rocking it, smokes were on point and prompt and made a massive difference
• Henson.K destroyed basically every structure he saw and then some; Palmer.N went above and beyond, being the best wingman any pointman could hope for; in his role as Medic, Litvin.D made sure no man was left behind and got me up something like 5 times, not mention everyone else; Thrawn.N was absolutely essential, smoking, backing us up, and grenading the americans into submission; Gibbs.B filled in for Lemon.D when he went down and provided valuable assistannce as a machine gunner and flanker; and of course Lemon.D sacrificed his spot in the squad to go run artillery, he saw what needed to be done and did it no questions asked.

Improvements:

• I think we could have used more strategic flexibility, there was a moment where we had to abandon some essential gains and pull back to the main road, which I think really set us back. The courtyard north of Haltrack's route was just absolutely essential.
• I personally could work on getting outposts up in new and strange places, giving our guys those routes and flanks makes all the difference in the world.
• I'm a bit disappointed that we ended up on the offense again since we had been training for the defense over the past two months but personnel problems make mortals of us all.

 

[Mulholland.J]

Element Callsign: German Commander
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Mulholland.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: First Lieutenant Mulholland.J


Pros: My guys did a great job even though we had trained to play as the Allies all month to destroy the HT not defend it. There were many, many medal worthy troopers.


Cons: We were under the impression the Allies could use satchels and mines so we played very different than we would have if we had known they could not destroy the half track.

 

[Hayes.J]

Element Callsign: Charlie - Recon
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Hayes.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Hayes.J
Lieutenant Colonel Emerson.D

Pros: Positive engagement from both Spotter and Sniper. We were able to hold up the enemy advance in all the north, center, and southern parts of the engagement zone.

Cons: Very limited northern flank, which made it hard to find avenues around the enemy. Was also a little miscommunication on what exactly the objectives were and what constituted victory for either side.

 

[Zabuden.R]

Element Callsign: Delta - Combat Engineers
Element Leader: Sergeant Zabuden.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Foster.N
Specialist Fagnant.A
Specialist Huff.B
Specialist Mack.E
Specialist Simmons.B

Pros: Effective placement of defenses along the convoy path prevented forward momentum of the Axis forces. Maintained fire superiority to prevent infantry advancement and the destruction of fortifications.

Cons: Phase 3 had no preparations, no garrisons, and resulted in a chaos. Spawn killing at HQs during Phase 3.

 

[Groves.A]

LOCKED

 

[Groves.A]

S1 Operations Updated