AAR AAR 2-7 FTX Operation Frequency Shuffle 25JAN25

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: 2-7 FTX Frequency Shuffle
Game: Hell Let Loose Server Hosted on: Training Server 1 & Tac East
Date of Combat Mission: 25JAN25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0215Z
Mission OIC: Sergeant Major Komar.T
Mission Controller: Sergeant Major Komar.T & Colonel Hayes.J
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Number of Attendees: 139
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Colonel Hayes.J
Lieutenant Colonel Strider.R
Major Cameron.J
Major Mix.C
Captain Anderson.P
Captain Argentini.E
First Lieutenant Korfias.F
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
First Sergeant Balazova.S
First Sergeant Rasmus.M
Second Lieutenant Hazen.D
Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Second Lieutenant Swanson.B
Sergeant Major Komar.T
Master Sergeant Becks.J
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Herber.R
Sergeant First Class Hermes.S
Staff Sergeant Button.J
Staff Sergeant Landry.G
Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Staff Sergeant White.C
Sergeant Bean.P
Sergeant Berkowski.C
Sergeant Curran.J
Sergeant Noriega.D
Sergeant Solo.H
Sergeant Strole.Z
Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Houser.J
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal Maca.D
Corporal Markel.Z
Corporal Moreau.M
Corporal OCulien.M
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal Patterson.C
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Sokol.Z
Corporal Von Busch.M
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Warren.G
Specialist Alaniva.A
Specialist Aly.M
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Angels.N
Specialist Ashie.L
Specialist Baker.JB
Specialist Barnes.D
Specialist Barzon.J
Specialist Bas.D
Specialist Bell.T
Specialist Bjorn.K
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Cenname.C
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Daver.R
Specialist Delosreyes.D
Specialist Dirt.E
Specialist Durrant.J
Specialist Earnest.C
Specialist Fabie.D
Specialist Felton.J
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Grimshaw.J
Specialist Hansel.R
Specialist Harris.W
Specialist James.M
Specialist Jay.JH
Specialist Jebediah.S
Specialist Johnston.J
Specialist Leaf.J
Specialist Lewis.P
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Maikranz.J
Specialist Mason.P
Specialist McDonald.N
Specialist Mess.L
Specialist Miller.L
Specialist Moff.N
Specialist Mulvany.J
Specialist Parton.D
Specialist Paulls.G
Specialist Plummer.M
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Rose.MJ
Specialist Summer.R
Specialist Suplee.B
Specialist Warfield.G
Specialist Watters.W
Specialist Willis.B
Specialist Valente.M
Private First Class Belmont.E
Private First Class Bravo.J
Private First Class Carrasco.J
Private First Class Dupree.N
Private First Class Groves.T
Private First Class Higglesworth.R
Private First Class Kinder.E
Private First Class Koalafied.C
Private First Class Mendoza.H
Private First Class Milivojevic.D
Private First Class Perez.T
Private First Class Raffles.R
Specialist Reynolds.Z
Private First Class Snow.B
Private First Class Tawfik.Y
Private First Class Tomkiewicz.I
Private First Class Williams.JB
Private Abernathy.A
Private Baker.M
Private Baktash.L
Private Bonderant.F
Private Frost.Y
Private Hooman.Z
Private Hopper.J
Private Kent.S
Private Shabz.A
Recruit Atkins.DS
Recruit Calloway.S
Recruit Keenan.S
Recruit Stanley.MF
Recruit Wallenbeck.S

Staff Sergeant Hellious.T - Retired
Corporal Reign.A - Retired
Corporal Smith.N - Retired
Recruit Smallbeck.E - Ineligible

 

[Komar.T]

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

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: Commander Allies Map 1
Element Leader: Major Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Cameron.J


Pros:

• Insane turnout
• Competitive fight until the end
• Allied Team 1 held mid point for 1hour and 6 minutes
• Comms were clean
• Loved having mix matched teams

Cons:

• Don't wait to be asked for a garrison
• Rockets/AT Guns > Satchels to fight 7Cav tanks

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Allies Map 1 - Tank Commander "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Specialist Watters.W
Private First Class Koalafied.C

Pros:

• With plenty of odds stacked against us, including constantly limited to Lights and Recons plus one tank crewing only two people, the Armor element was able to support the main force with flank defense, counter armor, and quick reaction to a level that gave our Allied team the server-side win.
• Infantry hold of the objective was steadfast, stubborn, and held their ground.
• Amazing callouts from infantry
• Command comms was probably its best Ive seen. A couple chaotic moments here and there, but overall was flowing pretty well

Cons:

• I think the only thing that hurt us was our team's insufficient response when enemy armor was overclassing friendly forces. Very little AT guns were seen to be used, which could've helped supplement the limitations placed on friendly armor. Unfortunately when friendly armor can't counter enemy armor, infantry has to pick up the slack, and I don't think we did that enough.

 

[Argentini.E]

Element Callsign: Able Recon Map #2
Element Leader: Captain Argentini.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Rasmus.M


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Strole.Z]

Element Callsign: East Belgen Gate AXIS Map 2
Element Leader: Sergeant Strole.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Mason.P
Private First Class Kinder.E
Private Hooman.Z


Pros:

• everyone had a lot of fun
• Loved the idea of two maps
• When we were able to roam it was amazing

Cons:

• first bit was very boring.
• when we were defending the gate it wasn't very fun.

 

[Bean.P]

Element Callsign: Commander AXIS Map 2
Element Leader: Sgt.Bean.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.O Cullien
SPC.James
RET Cpl.Reign


Pros:

• These guys kicked ass. Over 2000 combat effectiveness amongst 4 guys.
• Guys loved the event.

Cons:
Some of things we saw should not be things we do being apart of the cav.
Nothing really to complain about

 

[Balazova.S]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Axis 1st Platoon Lead Tank
Element Leader: First Sergeant Balazova.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Balazova.S
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Jebediah.S

Pros:

• Interesting concept, fun with points
• Crew was very effective at the beginning and end of the match, less so in the middle
• Good comms from infantry in the final 30 minutes for enemy armor positions

Cons

• No consistent frontline, head on a swivel required throughout
• Tanks were very susceptible to satchels

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis Map 1 - Callsign "India" Infantry Unit
Element Leader: Specialist Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Nate Angels
Second Lieutenant Christopher Macpherson
Specialist Brandon Blade
Private First Class Youssef Tawfik

Pros:

• Good communication inner squad.
  Good movement and orders were clear and precise.

Cons:

• More on my part, managing all the voice chats in game and the Discord was a hassle but managable.

 

[Button.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Map 1 - Tank Commander "Swamp Thing"
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Button.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Button.J
Lieutenant Colonel Strider.R
Private First Class Carrasco.J

Pros:

• Great idea of having multiple servers affecting each other.
• Had a TON of great situations of Infantry working with Armor.
• Love the "extra" objectives that control what can and cant be used in the game.

Cons:

• Lack of pings and relay of information.
• Should consider the idea of having "assitant commanders" with the amount of information needing to be passed around it.

 

[Bazzle.J]

Element Callsign: Commander Allies Map 1
Element Leader: Corporal Bazzle.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Bazzle.J
Captain Anderson.P
Specialist Moff.N
Specialist Rose.MJ

Pros:

• Good comms in the squad
• High participation
• Very flexible squad

Cons:

• None

 

[Coutu.M]

Element Callsign: Allies Map 1 - Tank Commander "Lame Duck"
Element Leader: Corporal Coutu.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Coutu.M
Private First Class Raffles.R
Specialist Bas.D


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Wagner.D]

Element Callsign: Foxtrot Allies Training Server1
Element Leader: Corporal Wagner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Sokol.Z
Specialist Aly.M
Private Baker.M

Pros:

• Good internal squad cohesion
• Good movement
• Multiple servers was a good and fun idea

Cons:

• Command Comms were in discord and command comms
• No cohesion on points
• Sent one squad to attack point for artillery with a 4 man squad. No further attacks. Artillery would have been a great help. 3 squads to attack and then hold with one.

 

[Dupree.N]

Element Callsign: Allies Map 2 - Charlie Chaplan Co.
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Landry.G
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Landry.G
Private First Class Dupree.N
Recruit Calloway.S
Specialist Grimshaw.J

Pros:

• A very fun FTX with a ton of meat grinding!
• Great familiarity with the team, felt comfortable with comms.

Cons

• Was a very hard time trying to organize with discord and in-game comms. I entirely agree with Silvis, this was absolute chaos.
• When we were on the back foot trying to capture, I felt we definitely lost morale and got backed down hard.

 

[Markel.Z]

Element Callsign: AXIS Map 2 - East Belgian Gate 2
Element Leader: Corporal Markel.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Moreau.M
Specialist Fields.M

Pros:

• Communication was great.
• Squad responded to new on-the-fly direction very well.
• The idea of two matches occurring simultaneously was unique and something we'd like to see moving forward if we have enough people for it.
• Lots of fun!

Cons:

• Need to pick Discord or in-game squad comms. Both is a mess; personally, will not suggest the use of both in the future.

 

[Slagg.J]

Element Callsign: Axis - Golf Recon [Map 2]
Element Leader: - CPL.Slagg.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: - Specialist Cenname.C


Pros:

• Solid gameplan established from the start allowed us to deploy and secure objectives quickly and effectively.
• Good response to garrison threats, rebuilds.
• Effective marking and dynamic responses from squads to threats.
• Efficient recon squad dynamics allowed flexibility and good passage of intel.
• Fun FTX, great concept and overall a good time.

Cons:

• Command Comms got a bit cluttered as per, but wasn't debilitating overall.
• Once again, poor server hit reg detracted seriously from enjoyable gameplay.

 

[Curran.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Item squad 1st map
Element Leader: Sergeant Curran.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Plummer.M
Recruit Wallenbeck.S
Pros:

• Great command comms and Squads moved very well between each other
• Great concept with two maps it was done well

Cons

• none great time

 

[Lucas.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Map 2 - Squad Negat
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal LaRoche.P
Specialist Leaf.J


Pros:

• Enjoyed the FTX and really liked the concept of the FTX
• Did a great job defending we were able to hold the point for the entirety of the match
• Squad worked well together and communicated well with each other.
• Flex well where needed and was able to reposition to the East.

Cons:

• Few people not the biggest fan of the map with the open fields around the mid point
• Command Comms got hectic at times.

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: AXIS DOG SQUAD
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Korfias.F
Corporal Maca.D
Corporal Smith.N
Recruit Smallbeck.E

Pros:

• Squad movements were textbook.
• Squad was very 'Johnny on the spot' and were doing everything they were asked and more the entire time.
• Multi-point objectives/resources are always fun but can get confusing sometimes if you don't read the op ord...(Me)

Cons:

• Definitely a meat grinder at some points.
• Over communication at points and comms would get cluttered with nonsense.

 

[Berkowski.C]

Element Callsign: Allies Map 1 - Tank Commander "Okay Boomer"
Element Leader: Sgt.Berkowski.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sgt.Berkowski.C
Cpl. Ackelson.k
SPC.Johnston.J

Pros:

• Good concept across servers.
• Good fights.

Cons:
Better Tank/Infantry coordination.