AAR AAR Operation Yoke 15MAR25

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Yoke
Game: Hell Let Loose Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 15MAR25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0045Z
Mission OIC: Sergeant Major Komar.T
Mission Controller: Sergeant Major Komar.T

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Number of Attendees:
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action: 79
Major Mix.C
Captain Anderson.P
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Sergeant Major Komar.T
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Herber.R
Sergeant First Class Hermes.S
Staff Sergeant Bean.P
Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
Sergeant Wagner.D
Sergeant Berkowski.C
Sergeant Etoh.I
Sergeant Lee.N
Sergeant Noriega.D
Sergeant Solo.H
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Donk.B
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Hansel.R
Corporal Moreau.M
Corporal OCulien.M
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Wags.D
Corporal Watters.W
Corporal Willis.B
Corporal Jay.JH
Specialist Grimshaw.J
Specialist Angels.N
Specialist Barnes.D
Specialist Bas.D
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Caldreas.B
Specialist Darko.M
Specialist Delosreyes.D
Specialist Fabie.D
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Hawthorne.S
Specialist James.M
Specialist Jebediah.S
Specialist Kugo.El
Specialist Lewis.P
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist McDonald.N
Specialist Miller.L
Specialist Moff.N
Specialist Parton.D
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Keif.A
Specialist Payne.J
Specialist Kinder.E
Specialist Koalafied.C
Private First Class Bonderant.F
Private First Class Atkins.DS
Private First Class Baker.M
Private First Class Baktash.L
Private First Class Dennis.V
Private First Class John.C
Private First Class Flick.J
Private First Class Heller.T
Private First Class Maines.Z
Private First Class Austin.M
Private First Class Milkovic.D
Private First Class Pick.S
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Smallbeck.E
Private Becker.J
Private Matthews.A
Private Teague.B
Private Arnold.W
Private Drezelan.O
Recruit Davis.O

Corporal Smith.N RET

 

[Lee.N]

Element Callsign: Allied TC, Callsign "Rocinante"
Element Leader: Sergeant Lee.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Lee.N
Specialist Caldreas.B
Specialist Jebediah.S

Pros:

• Great tanking! Our tank game was strong in both matches
• Command comms were good

Cons:

• For tanks to be limited to the E/F line on this map was rough. AT and satchels unrestricted behind us was not good.
• Rules seemed not to be followed by all; when the Axis owned the point, several OPs were found.
• Would have been nice to have more infantry with us; in hindsight, we did not ask for infantry support plus we were not in a place that made sense for infantry to be there.
• SATCHELS ARE THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Able/Fox Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Corporal Ellison.C
Private First Class Smallbeck.E
Private Drezelan.O
Corporal Smith.N

Pros:

• Squad did fantastic.
• Comms were efficient and were clear majority of the time.

Cons:

• Not a huge fan of the 'no OP's' rule. Is what it is.
• Team cohesion during the second match seemed to lack. A lot of squads wandering off and not coordinating with others.
• Team left a lot of openings, and the enemy team was able to capitalize on that.
• Need to work on as players of HLL the discipline of playing the match for the team and not for your own personal scores/goals.

 

[Fields.M]

Element leader: Specialist Fields.M
Troopeer: Private Salvatore.J
Pros: Fun
Helped hold N flank and had decent success
Con: Long runs

 

[Moff.N]

Element Callsign: Recon, Allies (Negat)
Element Leader: SPC.Moff.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Heller.T



Pros:
Had fun, enemy was well placed and movement on both sides was good
Cons:
Briefing seemed a little rushed, might have contributed to foul up during first match
Some lagging throughout both matches

 

[Barnes.D]

Element Leader: SPC.Barnes.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Baktash.LK


Pros:

• Great coms!
• Overall really good teamwork!

Cons:

• Very few calls to take out arty. Recon doesn't know how it is affecting the point if we are in the backlines.

 

[Wagner.D]

Element Callsign: H Squad Axis
Element Leader: Sergeant Wagner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.McDonald.N
SPC.Tawfik.Y
SPC.Miller.L
PFC.Baker.M
PVT.Matthews.A

Pros:
Great ability to move flexibly around point.
Squad did amazing with comms and supplies.
Cons:
People not following objectives.
Map flip stopped momentum.
Garrison placement lacked. We didn't have good sectors for enemy advancement.

 

[Berkowski.C]

Element Callsign: TC, Callsign "Okay Boomer"
Element Leader: Sergeant Berkowski.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Berkowski.C
Corporal Ackleson.K
Specialist Koalafied.C

Pros:

• Great inter/intra tank comms.
• Command comms good.
• Excellent tank call outs by infantry.

Cons:

• We were smoking/shelling the point but infantry didn't always take advantage of the SBF.

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: Charlie squad on 1st game, George squad on 2nd game
Element Leader: CPL.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Blade.B
SSG.Lucas.A
SPC.Loup.N
SPC.Freeze.T

Pros:

• Great communications
• Frreze and Lucas took out 5 tanks and 2 enemy garrisons

Cons:

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Allies South Airborne
Element Leader: Corporal Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Moreau.M
Private First Class Dennis.V
Private Becker.J

Pros:

• Great comms and concept because easy to understand rules
• Nearly nonstop action duie to running into all kinds of assets

Cons:

• None

 

[Bean.P]

Element Callsign: Allied Infantry
Element Leader: SSG.Bean.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Feathers
CPL. O'Cullien
SPC.James
SPC.Kugo

Pros:
-Comms were great hats off to Hermes for that.

Cons
-Squads clearly were not working together for a common point. Over time it left some wondering what they were doing in their given areas.
-The enemy took WN7....like thats crazy to me. I don't understand how that happens
-Recon was not taking out arty. Period. We needed that to happen and it didn't
-I personally am not a fan of AB tactics. That is my personal stance since we never truly established a firm front line push.


Thank you folks for putting this on. It take many many many people to put this stuff together so hats off to you.

 

[Keif.A]

Element Callsign: I Squad Axis
Element Leader: Specialist Keif
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Rowe

Pros:
Great ability to move flexibly around point.
Communication as a whole
Accurate marking of enemy and vehicles

Cons:
Not enough flanking Garrisons
People abandoning point
Leaving a flank open

 

[Slagg.J]

Element Callsign: Able/Bravo Axis Recon.
Element Leader: CPL.Slagg.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
RCT.Davis.O


Pros:

• Great Command direction, passage of information, markers etc were spot on. Good reactions to the changing situation.
• Good work from my sniper, he passed great intel and did solid work.
• Good aggressive plays from the whole team overall

Cons:

• Idiots not following OPORD or listening to command
• Some squads had almost useless members who were no better than rando's. We need to hold poor troops to account more for not following orders or doing their jobs.

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Axis Armor - "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Specialist Bas.D
Specialist Hawthorne.S

Pros

• Good command comms
• Infantry did a very good job with sector security
• Armor v. armor game was well matched, good fight with the Allied tankers
• Overall op rules were dope. Good back-and-forth, felt even balanced in terms of ability

Cons

• None

 

[Wags.D]

Element Callsign: Axis TC, Callsign "Death Adjacent"
Element Leader: Corporal Wags.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Wags.D
Sergeant Solo.H
Corporal Watters.W

Pros:

• Well done with friendly infantry around us. They helped a bunch with with keeping satchels off.
• Command comms were good, if not busy.
• Allied tanks were in solid positions thru the whole match and made it difficult to hit.
• Axis Inter/Intra-tank comms were very solid.
• I like the ruleset in general. Would be interested to see how this could play out on a different map.
• Loved my tank crew. They made TC'ing that much easier.

Cons:

• Map limitations on positioning is very interesting and not itself a con but does make a map that is congested in the middle hard to get shots off on approaching tanks.
• The always present infantry behind the tanks made it near impossible to set up any attacking positioning. I spent most of the match repositioning and repairing. Its more of an annoyance for me than a con for the OP.
• Infantry comms around us were low and I believe that some of the heat we took from allied infantry could have been communicated to the tank better in local comms.
• The allied infantry fired multiple times at the front of out axis tanks and were never going to do any damage (know your damage models)

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Assault - Allies
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Hermes.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Komar.T
Specialist Angels.N
Private First Class Payne.J
Private First Class John.C
Private Arnold.W

Pros:

• Strong work between sister squads (Bean and eventually Donk)
• Taking the top offensive score is a plus.
• Squads communication, movement, and coordination was excellent.
• Fun running with troopers I don't normally run with

Cons:

• First iteration was rough. My squad specifically were very behind on our job in regards to nodes. I failed to realize our builder crashed. The truck didn't leave the spawn until 20 seconds before official go live.
• I felt that more effort could have been spent focusing more specifically on the actual point instead of the hard flanks, on the attack.
• Garri game was not strong.
• Defensively, we should have been focusing heavily on controlling the point instead of being in east bufu. So many times we could have held the point had we had the bodies. We had plenty alive. Just not where it was beneficial
• The enemy arty was a constantly being utilized without being contested.
• Minimal flare work on our end.

 

[Donk.B]

Element Leader:

CPL.DONK.B

Element Callsign: Allied Infantry
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

SPC.Lewis.P

SPC.Plummer.M

SPC.Darko.M

PVT.Pick.S

CPL.Willis.B

Allies in the south initially:

Pros:Was a good fight, think we got the worst of it.
Was intense and was happy for what we were able to pull off.
Appreciated working with other squad leads in a operation as I don't have much experience in it.


Cons:
Had difficulty moving so kudos to the other team.
My guys had fun,but it was definitely a meat grinder.
Command comms were a bit hectic, but was likely due to last minute circumstances. I will try to sign up for leadership sooner in the future to allow for more planning.

Truck on round 1 took too long on the getting off the southern beach, due to last minute changes/ uncertain numbers it was tough to shuffle who was going to do what. Round 2 was a bit better in this regard, though still failed to get an OP on artillery battery for a double drop.

Didn't have the time to get an AT gun up near defensive, enemy bombing run on our supps that were intended for it, and didn't want to build it on our garry position.

I left an OP up. Our squad did not spawn on it as I instructed, but I should have removed it sooner. My misunderstanding and lack of focus.

 

[Noriega.D]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry North
Element Leader: Sergeant Noriega.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Kinder.E
Private First Class Maines.Z
Private First Class Flick.J
Private First Class Austin.M
Private Teague.B

Pros:

• Good game plan
• Excellent squad comms
• My squad had a great time playing together.
• Phenomenal job holding and reacting to contact in the North both rounds

Cons:

• The obvious reset
• Lack of garrison building by other SLs
• Lack of support box drops by troopers for future garrisons
• Command chat got a little wild but nothing deafening

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Hood.D]

S1 Operations processed