AAR [HLL PC] - Operation Eagle Fury 15JUL23 @2359z

[Cameron.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Eagle Fury
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training/Event
Date of Combat Mission: 15JUL23
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2359Z​

Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Cameron.J
Mission Controller: Corporal James.M
Number of Attendees: 60
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

First Lieutenant Cameron.J
Second Lieutenant Smith.V
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Landini.T
First Sergeant Sven.S
Staff Sergeant Williamson.J
Sergeant Thrawn.N
Sergeant Ackelson.K
Sergeant Cooper.N
Sergeant Webber.R
Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant Dietz.H
Corporal James.M
Corporal Ybarra.H
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal Heberlig.G
Corporal Balazova.S
Corporal Moskal.C
Corporal Warren.G
Corporal Bizutto.A
Corporal Finch.A
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Smith.N
Corporal OCulien.M
Corporal Berkowski.C
Corporal Whaley.H
Corporal Whitefish.S
Corporal Sotelo.R
Corporal Herber.R
Corporal Hellious.T
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Mobius.T
Specialist Slagg.J
Specialist Zulu.P
Specialist Price.B
Specialist Winters.R
Specialist Rousseau.A
Specialist Groves.A
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Henderson.B
Specialist Williamson.JR
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Smithers.R
Specialist Hernandez.J
Specialist Cunningham.H
Specialist Knapp.D
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Argentini.E
Specialist White.N
Private First Class Sokol.Z
Private First Class Karr.H
Private First Class King.E
Private First Class Rhodes.J
Private First Class Zincoff.O
Private Narayanaswamy.A
Private Vostok.V
Private Lowther.B
Private Kugo.El
Private Paro.K



PROS:

• The "No Comms" for part of the OP was a success, guys overall seemed to have fun.

CONS:

• Some rebalancing was needed, more attendance would have been great.

If you are missing from this list and attended, please notify Corporal James.M

 

[Cameron.J]

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

Element Call-sign: Baker Allies
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Cameron.J
Private First Class Zincoff.O
Private Narayanaswamy.A
Corporal Smith.N (RET)


Pros:

• Attendance
• First two phase Comms

Cons:

• Some balancing could do but very minimal
• Last Phase Comms
• Allies could have game planned better

 

[Slagg.J]

Element Call-sign: Allies - C Recon
Element Leader: Specialist Slagg.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Zulu.P



Pros:

• Well thought out and engaging OP
• Good 'Restricted Comms' mechanic.
• Solid Teamwork from all involved

Cons:

• Axis Strongpoint is an exceptionally hard point to take, maybe less defenders in the next iteration.

 

[Thrawn.N]

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

Element Call-sign:
Element Leader: SGT.Thrawn.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element
SGT.Thrawn.N
Corporal Sotelo.R
Corporal Berkowski.C
Specialist Henderson.B


Pros:

• Beautiful Tank on Tank and Infantry Combat!
• Communications were on point and accurate 98% of time!
• Defensive was executed brilliantly! Flexible defense for the win!
• Immersion was excellent!
• American pushes were close several times to total disaster for Axis!
• Close to 70 people for Summer months pretty neat.

Cons:

• Americans I would imagine have frustration with St Marie assault understanding their position and armoured attack power

Notes: Solelo joined crew in place of Henderson half way through match, just before St Marie Defense phase.

 

[Cooper.N]

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

Element Call-sign: Able Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Cooper.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element

Corporal Rhodes.R
Specialist Choi.S
Private First Class Rhodes.J
Private Vostok.V


Pros:

Great Operation. Really enjoyed the beginning with a comms limitation. Added a fun element not seen before in operations.

Cons:

Some tank balancing issues. Another map where a team is allowed to dig in.

 

[Argentini.E]

Element Call-sign: Axis Infantry SL
Element Leader: Specialist Argentini.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element

Specialist White.N
Corporal Ybarra.H
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Landini.T

Pros:

• We won
• Great Immersion
• Infantry and Tank cohesion was top notch
• Everyone knew what to do in each phase

Cons:

• Would have like to see stronger attendance.

 

[Warren.G]

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

Element Call-sign: Golf Squad - Allied Side
Element Leader: Corporal Warren.G
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element

Private Kugo.El
Private Paro.K
Specialist Rousseau.A


Pros:

• No communications was fun, challenging, and immersive
• Squad had a good time
• The initial phases were highly efficient

Cons:

• The initial assault on St. Marie was good, but because defenders were allowed heavies when we were not was a problem.
• Defender advantage with buildable allowed is super tough. Let's give offense a chance by limiting defender spawns to a half track, forcing them to play in defense waves and value their lives a bit better. Either that or give us HE arty. The last few ops and FTX's have been very defense favored.
• They should have been forced to defend St. Marie and not be out in the flanks, which is what our limitation would have been had we capped and had to defend the counter attack.

 

[Bizutto.A]

Element Call-sign: Allied Easy SL
Element Leader: CPL.Bizutto.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element
SPC.Groves.A
SPC.Fields.M
CPL.Finch.A

Pros:

• Amazing Op
• Great inner squad communication
• Squads ability to follow orders with speed and efficiency was amazing

Cons:

• Felt a little too spread out on the last point trying to find holes in the defense. West side was just getting flanked over and over.
• Was told to move to the east side to support a squad just for them to leave the second we got there. Had to fight those two allies with just 4 people and a tank.

 

[Webber.R]

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

Element Call-sign: George Axis
Element Leader: Sergeant Webber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Herber.R
Corporal Hellious.T
Specialist Hernandez.J
Private First Class Sokol.Z


Pros:

• 23 Barbed Wires deployed under fire during the St Marie portion! Excellent squad tactics of suppression while Engineer rebuilt when holes were punched.
• Whole Squad was glad to participate in a defensive Op
• Very close game at all points

Cons:

• Allies may have needed another resource to help take St Marie since we could have all hands defending

 

[Whitefish.S]

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

Element Call-sign: Able Squad - Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Whitefish.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Whitefish.S
Corporal Sotelo.R
Private First Class.Karr.H



Pros:

• Infantry did a great job supporting tanks.
• Communications were spot on.
• Double Belgian gates FTW!!
• Americans were close with pushes to the East. At times we only had 1 or 2 guys defending. More concentrated effort could result in win.
• Good south flank by the Americans caught us off guard but command did a great job pivoting our forces.

Cons:

• Would not want to be the Americans attacking that point.
• Computer crashed with 6 mins left
• Command comms did get a bit cluttered at times.
  
• 
  Notes: CPL.Solelo left unit to join SGT.Thrawn’s tank crew in place of Henderson half way through match, just before St Marie Defense phase.

 

[Owens.J]

COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Eagle Fury
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Element Call-sign: Axis - Delta Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Owens.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Dietz.H
Corporal Cantrell.J
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Cunningham.H




Pros:

• Fun was had
• Unique mission elements ie comms being established, phases requiring specific tactics
• Amazing attacking and defensive battles took place
• Defense was relentless, great placement of buildables, if destroyed were built back fast
• Great tank and infantry teamwork

Cons:

• Defending tanks could be limited to a pool and not phases
• 2 halftracks in church was a bit much, limit to one in circle and 2/3 active total
• Callouts were good, however defense was occasionally overeactive and overloading 1 side
• Tweaks to numbers, mission parameters could be done but will of course have to be tried and tested

 

[Smith.V]

Element Call-sign: Allies - Lead Tank "Widowmaker"
Element Leader: 2LT.Smith.V
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SGT.Ackelson.K
SPC.Winter.A

Pros:

• Fantastically fun operation!
• Tank-to-tank coordination was great.
• Tank/Infantry coordination was the best it has ever been. (Shoutout to CPL Warren!)
• Comms Blackout was innovative and fun.

Cons:

• Heavy vs medium tanks is very challenging to balance.
• Sainte Marie Du Mont hard point was particularly challenging to capture.

 

[King.E]

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

Element Call-sign: Commander Axis
Element Leader: PFC.King.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros:

• Extremely well written
• Team communication and use of tactics

Cons:

• A little more balance, but only minimal changes

 

[Price.B]

Element Callsign: Allies Recon Jig
Element Leader: Specialist Price.B

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Sven.S

Pros:

• Extremely close fight - started the cap with 15 seconds left.
• Comms blackout is a very fun mutator.
• Tanks were very responsive to infantry spotting/tasking, really sharp coordination.

Cons:

• Western flank was under-manned once we hit SMD, seemed like most of the team was just banging their heads against the wall on the Northern entrance.
• Fight for SMD felt one-sided - without HE artillery preventing them from just re-building every barbed wire immediately after it was destroyed, it devolved into a corner peek contest with tanks.

 

[Balazova.S]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Allied Tank 2
Element Leader: Corporal Balazova.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Balazova.S
Private Lowther.B
Corporal Moskal.C


Pros:

• Operation was generally well balanced and remained fun throughout
• Requirement of building the comms hubs prior to being able to use squad or command comms was a fun twist which heightened immersion and added a fun dimension to gameplay
• Good turnout as amount of personnel in the operation seemed right-sized for the activity
• Crew worked well together and followed TC commands with skill and efficiency

Cons:

• Going up against a defending enemy heavy tank holding an easily defensible objective with only medium tanks limited our ability to be effective on the final objective

 

[Armitage.T]

LOCKED

Assigned to Mullins.R for processing.

 

[Mullins.R]

S1 Operations Processed