AAR Operation Luttich - 19JUL24

[Korfias.F]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Luttich
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 19JUL24
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Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Korfias.F & Corporal Bean.P
Mission Controller: Second Lieutenant Korfias.F & Corporal Bean.P
Number of Attendees: 88
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Cameron.J
Captain Thumper.N
First Lieutenant Anderson.P
First Lieutenant James.M
Second Lieutenant DAmico.J
Second Lieutenant Korfias.F
Second Lieutenant Rhodes.R
First Sergeant Balazova.S
Sergeant First Class Groves.W
Sergeant First Class Webber.R
Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
Staff Sergeant Herber.R
Staff Sergeant Zulu.P
Sergeant Berkowski.C
Sergeant Cantrell.J
Sergeant Guillermo.C
Sergeant Noriega.D
Sergeant Silvis.B
Sergeant Solo.H
Sergeant Strole.Z
Corporal Bean.P
Corporal Beauchamp.R
Corporal Burgin.J
Corporal Curran.J
Corporal Henderson.B
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal Lee.N
Corporal Leifried.R
Corporal Macpherson.C
Corporal Massey.A
Corporal Moreau.M
Corporal OCulien.M
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Wags.D
Corporal Wisniewski.A
Specialist Bas.D
Specialist Bell.T
Specialist Donk.B
Specialist Etoh.I
Specialist Evans.J
Specialist Fabie.D
Specialist Felton.J
Specialist Fisher.R
Specialist Fowler.D
Specialist Hood.D
Specialist Houser.J
Specialist Johnson.G
Specialist Knapp.D
Specialist Knowles.J
Specialist Laui.M
Specialist Leaf.J
Specialist Maines.Z
Specialist Narayanaswamy.A
Specialist Parton.D
Specialist Patricks.C
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Rousseau.A
Specialist Silvis.C
Specialist Simonis.T
Specialist Sokol.Z
Specialist Warfield.T
Specialist Woody.W
Private First Class Barret.JH
Private First Class Diaz.L
Private First Class Ellison.C
Private First Class Feathers.A
Private First Class Kao.D
Private First Class Matos.J
Private First Class McKenzie.Z
Private First Class Mulvany.J
Private First Class Patterson.C
Private First Class Smith.ER
Private First Class Von Busch.M
Private Boettger.R
Private Burnside.C
Private Cohen.J
Private Hawthorne.S
Private Jay.JH
Private Lewis.P
Private Loup.N
Private Stankovic.S
Private Stannislaw.E
Private York.M
Recruit Moses.T - Just signed up, no Milpac yet
Recruit Swedish.C
Corporal Reign.A - Retired
Corporal Smith.N - Retired

 

[Lee.N]

Element Callsign: Lead TC Axis, Callsign "Rocinante"
Element Leader: Corporal Lee.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Lee.N
Private York.M
Private Burnside.C

Pros:

• Mostly clear command comms, cluttered pings at times
• We did pretty good on the attack to the middle point.

Cons:

• Did not do well as tankers
• Asked for infantry support a few times, received it a couple of times but but other times we did not have any.
• We needed a full reset for the 4th point to restart our attack

 

[Balazova.S]

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

Element Callsign: Allied Tank 2
Element Leader: First Sergeant Balazova.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Balazova.S
Corporal Henderson.B
Private First Class Von Busch.M

Pros:

• Good communication and cooperation with infantry
• Interesting concept kept fighting balanced and engaging

Cons:

• Mortain is a difficult map on which to tank; short sighlines and hedges everywhere
• Enemy satchels were on point

 

[Leifried.R]

Element Callsign: Lead TC Allies, Callsign "In The Mood"
Element Leader: Corporal Leifried.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Bas.D
Private Hawthorne.S

Pros:

• Great op, really simple
• Operation format allowed for tug-of-war style of gameplay
• Excellent comms on Allies, good leaders

Cons:

• N/A

 

[Guillermo.C]

Element Callsign: Lead TC Axis, Callsign "Gas Monsters"
Element Leader: SGT.Guillermo.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Simonis.T CPL.Wags.D

Pros:

• Well advertised Operation, Had good combined arms operations at points
• Helped infantry move into deep locations to build garrisons
• offense on the axis was solid and well cordinated

Cons:

• Staying still in tanks means getting satcheled, Learned that the hard way
• Once we lost multiple tanks, we were low on fuel and were drip feeding heavies to be killed instantly

 

[Smith.N]

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

Element Callsign: Allied Infantry - Charlie SL
Element Leader: Corporal Smith.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Smith.N
Corporal Reign.A
Corporal Wisniewski.A
Specialist Quake.B
Private First Class Patterson.C
Private First Class Smith.ER


Pros:

• Great comms, loved the synergy/cohesion between Infantry/Armor/Recon
• Loved the concept, new map, internal OP, all great things

Cons:

 

[Silvis.B]

S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Allied SL
Element Leader: Sergeant Silvis.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Silvis.C
Specialist Donk.B
Private Lewis.P

Pros:

• Great squad comms and practice
• Great idea for the ftx

Cons:

• Didn't feel well planned
• Just over all very disorganized

 

[Woody.W]

Element Callsign: axis recon
Element Leader: SPC.Woody.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Laroache.P

Pros:

• carried threw the hole game right threw to the last min was good!
• good and bad enemy arty

Cons:
- became infantry at the end watching flanks

 

[Berkowski.C]

Element Callsign: TC Axis, Callsign "Okay Boomer"
Element Leader: Sgt. Berkowski.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SGT. Berkowski.C
Crew: PVT.Diaz.L & CPL.Massey.A

Pros:

• Good concept that was fun.
• Crew has a very good time.
• Enemy tank call outs were good.

Cons:

• Infantry left tanks unprotected at time.

 

[Burgin.J]

Element Callsign: How Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Burgin.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
RTC.Swedish.C
SPC.Fisher.R
PFC.McKenzie.Z


Pros:

• Good defensive play, the squad played defensively for the majority of the match.
• The operation was enjoyed by all the troopers.

Cons:

• We need to work on squad cohesion, i.e., not be so spread out.
• Need to work on squad pings and callouts.

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Jig Squad
Element Leader: Major Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Cameron.J
Second Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Corporal OCulien.M
Specialist Warfield.T
Specialist Eckert.B
Pros:

• Very competitive, game
• Started on Time
• Attendance

Cons:

• Server Performance, lots of guys DC'd mid game
• Some troopers wanted a more strict game plan
• Comms were very bad for the first 30 minutes of action

 

[Curran.J]

Element Callsign: Allies Squad "Item"
Element Leader: Corporal Curran.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Johnson.G
Private First Class Matos.J

Pros:

• Good team work as a whole
• Our squad work together well as small squad moving together and taking out op's
• great op well put together and teams seemed fairly balanced

Cons:

• at times command coms became to much

 

[Cantrell.J]

Element Callsign: Allies, Callsign "BAKER Squad"
Element Leader: Sergeant Cantrell.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Owens.J
Specialist Knapp.D
Specialist Leaf.J
Private First Class Kao.D

Pros:

• Great op, really simple
• tug-of-war style of gameplay
• Excellent comms on Allies, good leaders

Cons:

• at times felt like there was too many enemy tanks

 

[Bean.P]

Element Callsign: Charlie Section Axis
Element Leader: CPL. Bean. P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC. Feathers.A
SPC. Parton.D
SPC.Patricks.C
PFC.Ellison.C


PROS:
-It is always a pleasure to play with these 'gentlemen warriors'. We worked extremely well together we were able to get in the backfield and cause issues for the enemy team.
-Comms were out of this world, as a squad leader having constant communication is so important on a map like this and these guys rose to that occasion.
-Overall, these gentlemen are amongst the best in the 7th Cav and it truly is honor that they place their trust in me to lead them.

CONS:
Nothing other than toward the end where our team seemed to fall apart but overall the guys loved this operation.

 

[Noriega.D]

Element Callsign: Allied Fox squad "Old Reliables"
Element Leader: Sergeant Noriega.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant James.M
Corporal Moreau.M
Specialist Hood.D

Pros:

• SLs stepped up in the beginning communicated their ZOC very well
• Good call outs/markings for the most part
• Outstanding in squad comms and gunplay
• Very impressed at the coordination in game at the start with very little prep
• Enjoyed the historical aspect of the Op

Cons:

• Enemy was able to see all our movements at the start
• Command comms towards the end was chaotic at times imo.

 

[Groves.A]

Element Callsign: SL AXIS, Callsign "HOW"
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Groves.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Bell.T
Private First Class Mulvany.J

Pros:

• Love historical operations, thank you S3.
• Strong fights and gunplay from both factions, saw lots of good buddy play and use of local comms with other units.
• Command comms were solid and effective 80% of the time with our minimal battle plan.

Cons:

• Don't believe we made the most of our allocated single artillery gun, we were able to utilize for 45 minutes throughout phase II. Believe that could have helped clear out a few enemy infantry hotspots that were know, marked, and communicated in AXIS command comms.
• Could have done better personally helping our tank sections. Foliage helped enemy AT/Satchel troopers approach and destroy, they got two of our friendly heavies in like 1 minute, which really put us on the back foot in the assault and in our fuel command point situation.

 

[Maines.Z]

Element Callsign: Allied Artillery
Element Leader: Specialist Maines.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Maines.Z

Pros:

• Great advertisement for a historical op (movies and posters)
• Everyone was great fun to communicate with
• Great job with arty calls. Not many kills but they were critical kills
• 8 SL kills!
• Much less TK's on my end. I feel like I am improving
• Incredible balance on teams. Hard fought until the end.

Cons:

• None other than this: 7th Cavalry Operations are Official Settings, which means firing in spawn, throwing grenades, etc. while waiting for map flip is not professional. I was nearly TK'ed before match start no less than 4 times.

 

[Evans.J]

Element Callsign: Allied Dog Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Evans.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Evans.J
Specialist Fowler.D
Recruit Moses.T

Pros:

• Great callouts of enemies
• Good idea for overall op
• Excellent squad flexibility on responses to enemy movements

Cons:

• Overwhelming in game comms at times
• Disorganized start. Felt like no real plan. Became better about 1/2 way through

 

[Beauchamp.R]

Element Callsign: Lead TC Allies, Callsign "Easy"
Element Leader: Corporal Beauchamp.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant DAmico.J
Sergeant Strole.Z
Specialist Houser.J
Specialist Maines.Z

Pros:

• Loved the historical concept
• Great comms within squad
• Good roving defense
• Good on setting up defenses
• Even fight!

Cons:

• Spread out on defense
• Commands comms cluttered a bit
• Set up was confusing at first
• Mortain can be a tough map - would have like to see rain Mortain

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: Axis SL 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Knowles.J
Private First Class Cohen.J
Private Boettger.R

Pros:

• Initial action of the operation went off well - the point was quickly enveloped
• Troopers had northern and eastern envelopment on the second objective in quick and efficient fashion
• Troopers within the element reacted quickly to requests and implemented attack actions using good coverage and movement through the operation
• Troopers fell back instantly when requested well prior to the total war scenario
• scenario objectives were fine, artillery didnt feel abusive.

Cons:

• Garrison placements were lackluster - placements needed to be updated into supportive fashion prior to the total war scenario and updated to support the rally attack that was required on 2nd objective
• Tanks seemed very suicidal in some instances, a concerted supportive push with infantry flanks was not setup or conducted
• Command comms were a bit much at the start and a request for comms to clean up was requested just to communicate pertinent information to the rest of the squads or within squad sections
• axis command did not utilize artillery sufficiently