SQUAD | Operation Zero Hour 25AUG2024

[Teddy.J]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: Operation Zero Hour
Game: Squad
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Squad Training Server
Date of Combat Mission: 25AUG2024
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z-23:00Z
Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Ryan.BF
Mission Controller: Warrant Officer 1 Teddy.J

Attendees: 39
Warrant Officer 1 Teddy.J
2nd Lieutenant Arco.A
Private First Class Bowie.A
Specialist Moe.J
Corporal Grey.T
2nd Lieutenant Ryan.BF
Private First Class Frey.M
Corporal Macpherson.C
Private First Class Pannel.D
Private Barr.D
Private Miller.M
Private First Class Wolfe.MY
Private First Class Bahr.K
Corporal McKinley.S
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Kelly.C
Sergeant Corbin.R
Recruit Webb.A
Private Smyth.C
Private Gutierrez.N
Private First Class Knight.H
Second Lieutenant D'Amico.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stover.C
Specialist Mack.R
Private First Class Veal.T
Specialist Cal.I
Specialist Sanchez.E
Private First Class Lothar.S
Corporal Kaiser.R
Specialist Knight.A
Recruit Letts.J
Private First Class Miya.M
Recruit Ortiguela.F
Private First Class Frost.K
Specialist Gripen.J
Specialist Samson.C
Corporal Karstaag.B
Specialist Zinger.E

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[CENTER][B]DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT[/B][/CENTER]

[B]Element Callsign:
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


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[B]Cons[/B]
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[Delorme.M]

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

Element Callsign: Viking 1 element attached Sierra 1
Element Leader: Specialist Delorme.M

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Delorme.M
Corporal Kaiser.R
Private Smyth.C
Private First Class Lothar.S
Private First Class Wolfe.MY
Specialist Sanchez.E
Corporal Macpherson.C
Private First Class Veal.T
Specialist Cal.I
Sierra 1
Private First Class Frey.M
Private First Class Bowie.A


Pros

• Troopers had a lot of fun. Everyone seemed to enjoy the operation.
• We were not overwhelmed with massive forces, which made the operation a lot more enjoyable.

Cons

• Communication with different elements could be cleaned up, and Direct Chat could be used.
• The server crashed at the end. Should look into a new provider to avoid this in the furture.

 

[Ryan.BF]

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

Element Callsign: Viking HQ
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Ryan.BF

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Ryan.BF
Corporal McKinley.S
Private First Class Knight.H
Private First Class Pannel.D
Private Gutierrez.N

Pros

• All enjoyed the OP alot
• Good coms within the element
• Good coordination and command structure

Cons

• Server lags occasionally
• Server crashed at the end of the OP. Should look into changing provider or dedicated server
• Issues with NVG potentially rather doing daylight OPs preferred
• Ensure HQ units (OIC, PSG) open their Squads ingame first to be able to use direct coms (Squad 1-9)

 

[Samson.C]

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

Element Callsign: Viking 3
Element Leader: Specialist Samson.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Samson.C
Second Lieutenant D'Amico.J
Corporal Karstaag.B
Recruit Ortiguela.F

Pros

• Good comms and communication within the Squad
• Action phases were fun
• Fun night time environment and Op premise

Cons

• Late sign ups caused hiccups for the planning of action
• Night vision and mods caused 1 Troopers game to crash a few times
• Inter Squad comms could use some cleaning up
• Bit of downtime which could probably be attributed to the late sign ups

 

[Barr.D]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Raider 1
Element Leader: PVT.Barr.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Moe.J

Pros:

• Very fun OP
• Helicopters felt meaningful
• Fighting enemy helicopters was fantastic gameplay

Cons:

• Forward air controller must be in 1 of the first 9 squads for direct communication with the helicopters.
• Helicopters were more powerful than expected
  • Recommended fix: Helicopters need about 20% of current ammo capacity and limited to specific attack runs, much like an A10
• Grainy NVGs while flying were less than ideal.
• Server crash

 

[Grey.T]

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

Assigned Hood.D for processing.

 

[Hood.D]

S1 Operations processed