AAR A.Co FTX Operation Supply Town -Snow Terror

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: A.Co FTX Operation Supply Town - Snow Terror
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training/Event
Date of Combat Mission: 25SEP22
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2230Z​

Mission OIC: First Sergeant Komar.T
Mission Controller: First Sergeant Komar.T

Number of Attendees: 62
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Captain Dread.M
Captain Mix.C
First Lieutenant Rollins.R
Second Lieutenant Smithson.R
First Sergeant Komar.T
Sergeant First Class Gilnack.D
Sergeant First Class Strider.R
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dalton.D
Staff Sergeant Hermes.S
Staff Sergeant Becks.J
Staff Sergeant Zimm.L
Staff Sergeant Sotelo.R
Sergeant Davis.AK
Sergeant Canuck.J
Sergeant Meyer.T
Sergeant Avery.D
Corporal Longmen.D
Corporal Reign.A
Corporal Terlizzi.A
Corporal MacLaren.A
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Thrawn.N
Specialist Dornbierer.J
Specialist Jones.F
Specialist Helms.J
Specialist Zulu.P
Specialist Stenberg.P
Specialist Hampton.D
Specialist Plainview.N
Specialist Zimm.E
Specialist Dietz.H
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Baldrick.J
Specialist Koosie.D
Specialist Ahreth.J
Specialist Caldreas.B
Specialist Griffin.B
Specialist Messer.B
Specialist Whaley.H
Specialist Smith.V
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Northway.C
Specialist Mueller.H
Private First Class Newman.A
Private First Class Willis.B
Private First Class Webber.R
Private First Class Anderson.P
Private First Class Guillermo.C
Private First Class Dupell.G
Private First Class Martinez.X
Private Crow.J
Private Burgin.J
Private Silvis.B
Private Hellious.T
Private Lashley.E
Private Maca.D
Private McGee.C
Private Knapp.D
Private Buller.M
Recruit Cantrell.J
MELOA CPL.Smith.N

 

[Komar.T]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Commander Team 2
Element Leader: First Sergeant Komar.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: First Sergeant Komar.T


Pros:

• Everyone had a good time
• great turn out
• fantastic communication and execution of the game plan
• Lessons learned for future training

Cons:

• unfortunate slight unbalance not by design.

 

[Longmen.D]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Delta 2 Fireteam
Element Leader: Cpl.Longmen.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Plainview
Cpl.Smith.N: MLOA

Pros:

• Fantastic communication
• Fireteam was highly effective
• Held as forward combat without high casualties

Cons:

• Long flank was a gamble - Frontal won the day (Nit pick)
• None

 

[Zimm.L]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: German FTL 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Zimm.L
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Davis.AK
Corporal Reign.A
Specialist Hampton.D
Specialist Zimm.E
Private First Class Webber.R

Pros:

• Fantastic communication
• Fireteam was highly effective
• Held as forward combat without high casualties
• Fireteam was very flexible

Cons:

• Nothing

 

[Avery.D]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Alpha Section FTL2
Element Leader: Sergeant Avery.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Avery.D,
Specialist Dornbierer.J,
Specialist Jones.F,
Private First Class Newman.A,
Private Crow.J


Pros:

• was able to set up nods very fast
• everyone listened to orders and worked well with everyone

Cons:

• could not push the enemy defense and was bogged down
• spent too much time setting up nods and was not able to get the front ready for enemy attack

 

[Strider.R]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Lead Tank Commander Team 2
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Strider.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Strider.R
Captain Dread.M
Specialist Messer.B

Pros:

• Good Concept as always!
• Was hard from both sides, but with coordination and communication it all came together
• Communication was excellent between all in command
• Tanks did everything asked of them and performed spot on

Cons:

• Tank call outs between tanks could be a Little better, however is a very minor gripe with this FTX

 

[Smithson.R]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Commander Team 1
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Smithson.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Staff Sergeant Sotelo.R
Captain Mix.C
Specialist Smith.V
Corporal Terlizzi.A
Staff Sergeant Becks.J
Sergeant Avery.D
Corporal MacLaren.A
Specialist Dietz.H


Pros: Glad everyone had good time. Good design

Cons: Teams out of balance 33 vs 28

 

[Sotelo.R]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Lead Tank Commander Team 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Sotelo.R
Private First Class Dupell.G
Private First Class Martinez.X

Pros:

• Tankers executed most gunfights well, with small decencies that are attributed more to lack of practice rather.

Cons:

• Infantry felt very noncohesive with the overall game plan, leaving a lot of gaps in the battle line and unable to assist armor when we were pinned down and needed help.

 

[Griffin.B]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Tank Commander Team 2
Element Leader: Specialist Griffin.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Griffin.B
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Thrawn.N


Pros:

• Great communication within the tank
• Good callouts from other tank crews as well as Infantry
• Great battle plan and even better response to the changing flow of battle

Cons:

• I need to remember to place tank pings as I see tanks. I caught myself forgetting a few times

 

[MacLaren.A]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Alpha Tank 3
Element Leader: Corporal Alexander MacLaren
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Kevin Ackelson,
Specialist Doug Koosie


Pros:

• Good plan
• Well designed FTX

Cons:

• Armour and Infantry comms need improvement. Need to work better together. Infantry keep small arms at off the armours flank, armour provide heavy fire to suppress MG's and other threats to infantry

 

[Dietz.H]

Element Callsign: Fox Section FTL2
Element Leader: Specialist Dietz.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Blade.B
Private Knapp.D
Private Buller.M


Pros:

• Fire team followed orders well
• Fun FTX
• Held assigned sector during game 2 until the nodes fell

Cons:

• Was not able to make much progress on offense in game 1

 

[Mix.C]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Delta 2 Fireteam
Element Leader: Captain Mix.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

First Lieutenant Rollins.R
Specialist Mueller.H
Sergeant Meyer.T

Pros:

• Good turnout
• Seems lessons were learned

Cons:

• Caught flat footed on D
• Leaving aside the successful hail Mary with the truck in round 2 (kudos to the other team), I suspect this op favored the defenders. With the Foy grids and the last grid on the Axis side off limits it is all but impossible for infantry to execute a flank on Artillery battery. That leaves just a couple of legitimate routs into the strongpoint and a bunch of open fields. Add to that that all the natural tools that might help counteract this advantage (recon, airheads, artillery) are off the table and I'd be willing to guess that once a defense is well set, battery is nearly always going to be successfully defended.

 

[Becks.J]

Element Callsign: Able Team 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Becks.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Stenberg.P
Private McGee.C

Pros:

• Loved the leaders O group Smithson conducted after the general scenario orders. Would even like to see something similar post FTX if time permits for the SLs.

Cons:

• Too much effort put in to conducting a flanking to attack nodes. Had we had more trying to conduct a frontal on the right it may have gone different.
• Lack of coordination between teams on right flank. I think had we sorted that out, we could have had a strong SBF while another team moved. Especially had we used the arty smoke rounds available.
• Similar to the last point, communication could be improved.
• Somehow I missed in the orders that we were flipping half way through

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: Bravo 2 fireteam
Element Leader: Private First Class Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Private Helms.J

7cav.us

Specialist Lashley.E

7cav.us

Specialist Northway.C

7cav.us

Pros:

• Great FTX allowed several elements of recently initiated SPs to be implemented in combined arms increased numbers environment
• Fireteam coordinated well in the rolls required, bullets in the multitude were put down range as intended on defense of the eastern edge
• The work conducted prior to the FTX by senior personnel paid dividends in action

Cons:

• I cannot think of any

edit: corrected link

 

[Canuck.J]

Element Callsign: Bravo 2 fireteam
Element Leader: Sergeant Canuck.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Canuck.J
Private First Class Willis.B
Private Silvis.B
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dalton.D


Pros:

• Great FTX design.
• My MG crew provided excellent fire support during all phases.
• Very good tactical preparation from our company leadership prior to FTX.

Cons:

• Wish the artillery was made viable as i have a couple people in my squad that like arty. Maybe allowing it after a certain time during offensive to help with pushes. Or for the defensive side, after they lose a certain part.

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Bravo 1 Fireteam
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hermes.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Zulu.P
Private Burgin.J
Private Maca.D

Pros:

• Excellent FT / SL / Command Communication
• Great team effort, all cogs in the wheel worked well
• Preplanned objectives, in the beginning, helped immensely. No confusion.
• Good coordination and FT support between FT's on the defensive line
• Our MG throwing 9K rounds without running out thanks to effective ammo drops
• While under fire, being able to flex multiple troopers to assist on a flank w/ success
• Outstanding blitzkrieg
• Constant heavy pressure with heavy smoke allowed the node line to be pierced
• Very effective preplaced garrison for the assault on Foy.
• Everything you could expect in an FTX, great work
• heavy discipline on task-oriented jobs

Cons:

• Would have liked to have fought defensively in Foy.

 

[Terlizzi.A]

Element Callsign: Alpha (US)
Element Leader: Corporal Terlizzi.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Terlizzi.A
Recruit Cantrell.J
Specialist Baldrick.J
Private First Class Anderson.P

Pros:

• Squad followed all orders given, even the tough calls
• Looked like most of Alpha made the FTX
• Troopers walked away with a better sense of what needs to be worked on

Cons:

• Plan for 1st US assault stalled
• not enough defensive support on node defense once enemy penetrated our lines

 

[Whaley.H]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Second Tank Commander Team 2
Element Leader: Specialist Whaley.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Ahreth.J Specialist Whaley.H Specialist Messer.B

Pros:

• Good Concept as always!
• Was hard from both sides, but with coordination and communication it all came together
• Communication was excellent between all in command
• Tanks did everything asked of them and performed spot on

Cons:

• Tanks Should have been closer together to be able to aid one another

 

[Gilnack.D]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Axis Squad Leader
Element Leader: Gilnack.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Longmen.D



Pros:

• Fast reaction from Axis defense
• Everyone listened to orders and worked well with their units

Cons:

• Wished the enemy pushed our flanks more
• If the Artillery had more rounds it would have created a better swing. i.e punched more holes in infantry/ covered their attacks

 

[Kinser.E]

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