AAR AAR Aco FTX - Operation Highway N 13 27APR25

[Korfias.F]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Aco FTX - Operation Highway N 13
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 27APR25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2345Z
Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Korfias.F
Mission Controller: First Lieutenant Korfias.F & First Sergeant Webber.R

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Number of Attendees: 93
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Major Rollins.R
Captain Anderson.P
First Lieutenant Huber.B
First Lieutenant Korfias.F
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Sergeant Webber.R
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Busch.J
Sergeant First Class Herber.R
Staff Sergeant Bean.P
Staff Sergeant Button.J
Staff Sergeant Karr.H
Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Sergeant Lee.N
Sergeant Maca.D
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Wagner.D
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Angels.N
Corporal Bell.T
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Curran.J
Corporal Donk.B
Corporal Durrant.J
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Grimshaw.J
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal Noriega.D
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Robertson.S
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Warren.G
Corporal Willis.B
Specialist Ackerman.J
Specialist Barnes.D
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Bravo.J
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Crozier.N
Specialist Daver.R
Specialist Fabie.D
Specialist Fields.M
Specialist Fisher.R
Specialist Flick.J
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Hall.S
Specialist Harris.W
Specialist Helmick.A
Specialist Hermes.S
Specialist Hopper.J
Specialist Jeff.F
Specialist Jefferzon.Z
Specialist Kent.S
Specialist Kinder.E
Specialist Kugo.El
Specialist Lewis.P
Specialist Maines.Z
Specialist Miller.L
Specialist Patricks.C
Specialist Payne.J
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Shook.K
Specialist Shred.C
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Tech.C
Specialist Williams.JB
Specialist Yee.L
Private First Class Arnold.W
Private First Class Austin.M
Private First Class Becker.J
Private First Class Drezelan.O
Private First Class Fenrir.J
Private First Class Fog.M
Private First Class Hernandez.J
Private First Class Matthews.A
Private First Class Rhamaad.K
Private First Class Rogers.L
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Smallbeck.E
Private First Class Teague.B
Private First Class Tilley.B
Private Aponte.A
Private Perrier.J
Recruit Walton.D

Staff Sergeant Zulu.P - Retired

 

[Lee.N]

Element Callsign: Allies Lead TC, Callsign "Rocinante"
Element Leader: Sergeant Lee.N
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Lee.N
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Ackelson.K

Pros:

• Great cohesion across the board. Command comms were never an issue
• The only attack to only defense was great, this was a first that I've seen and would love to do it again
• Great tanking! Great fun for the three of us in our crew.
• Axis AT guns were absolute murder, great work

Cons:

• We got a LOT of team kills due to accidents (reversing, splashing on defense only points)
• I drowned under a bridge

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 3 Airborne
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
Specialist Crozier.N
Specialist Fields.M
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Teague.B
Private First Class Becker.J

Pros:

• Great comms and coordination
• Great balancing
• Thanks for putting airborne possibilities in the FTX

Cons:

• None

 

[Wagner.D]

Element Callsign: Allies George Squad 7
Element Leader: Sergeant Wagner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Grimshaw.J
Specialist Tech.C
Private First Class Tilley.B

Pros:

• Great squad communication
• Great movement and speed. Captured a checkpoint almost by ourselves
• Flanking garrison placement was superb
• Flanking in general put us behind the team on multiple occasions

Cons:

• No Defense garrisons
• No cohesion on defense

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry "Jig" Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Youssef Tawfik
Private First Class Wolf Arnold
Private First Class Alex Matthews
Private Lenard Rogers

Pros:

• Absolute best squad cohesion.
• Great Communication, great movements
• Command chat cohesion, talking to each other and communicated perfectly what we needed/what we were doing.

Cons:

• Getting shot from 500m was a bit crazy for my squad. Didn't appreciate the fact that some people used the graphic advantage to try and get the upper hand.

 

[Kugo.El]

Element Callsign: How Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Kugo.El
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Kent.S
Specialist Blade.B
Private First Class Drezelan.O

Pros:

• Great concept of an FTX.
• Great movement and teamwork within the whole unit.
• Communication was GREAT

Cons:

• Map wasn't fun for my men. Poor Visibility. Open Fields.
• OPORD said we were allowed OP's as well as arty in all phases but then it was changed in game.

 

[Bean.P]

Element Callsign: Allies Item Squad
Element Leader: SSG.Bean.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Feathers
MAJ.Rollins
CPL.Warren
PFC.FOG

Pros:

It was well put together on our teams side. Guys enjoyed it for the most part. Thanks for putting it together!


Cons

-Rules were not followed
-Felt like changes were happening in real time during the FTX

 

[Slagg.J]

Element Callsign: Allies Recon 'Alpha'
Element Leader: Corporal Slagg.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Staff Sergeant Zulu.P

Pros:

• Good command comms, solid initial planning and brief.
• Really enjoyed the FTX concept and play.

Cons:

• Server/Game performance at times was a pain in the arse with hit reg and glitching/banding.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 4 QRF
Element Leader: Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Austin.M
Kinder.E
Barnes.D
Aponte.A
Pros:

• Great squad comms
• Command comms never got bad
• Skill level on both teams was impressive

Cons:

• Map choice Purple Heart Lane is a rough map but wasn't terrible tonight.

 

[Harris.W]

Element Callsign: Axis "How" Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Harris.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Hall.S
Specialist Gimson.M
Pros:

• Great coms throughout match.
• Great Squad cohesion.
• Command chat clear and concise
• The boys had fun!

Cons:

• OP restrictions after we lost bridge hindered the squad's ability to get into a predetermined position to help support defensive hold.

 

[Williams.JB]

Element Callsign: Axis Able Squad
Element Leader: SPC.Williams.JB
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Daver.R

Pros:

• Great concept of an FTX.
• Squad leads learned the plan well and executed just based off of a phase number

Cons:

• setup phase was very rough. Once we stabilized from the rough start it went smooth.

 

[Smallbeck.E]

Element Callsign: Allies Squad 3
Element Leader: Smallbeck.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Noriega.D
Corporal Ellison.C
Specialist Patricks.C
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Shred.C


Pros:

• Squad communication was wonderful.
• Command comms were clear and concise.
• Initial planning was well put together and organized.
• All troops in squad flexed to locations as needed as well as filling whatever need was required in the moment.

Cons:

• Server performance at times was spotty
• If we would have had a team pull back to prepare defenses on rear points we could have held points longer.

 

[Wisniewski.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Fox Squad, PSG
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Huber.B

Pros:

• Very proud of Axis's work here on both defense and offense. People knew their roles and got the job done!
• Garrison game was strong for a majority of the game
• Communication was quick and direct - not cluttered
• FTX was well designed, and teams were well balanced

Cons:

• None

 

[Karr.H]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 1
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Karr.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Payne.J
Specialist Fisher.R
Private First Class Fenrir.J

Pros:

• Good command and squad comms
• Great FTX concept and great planning, props to Williams.JB
• Great zone control on defense

Cons:

• Not really a con but if we had just a bit more time we would have taken the bridge
• Brutal map choice, with little hard cover and concealment that can be removed with filters and settings
• I made some critical mistakes during setup and phase 1 and it cost us the phase

 

[Durrant.J]

Element Callsign: 8th Squad, Allies
Element Leader: Corporal Durrant.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Specialist Rowe.S
Private Perrier.J

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed themselves as Cadre welcomed on in.
• Worked well together as a team, adapted to the situation when needed.
• Took the objectives rapidly.

Cons:

• When we were on garrisons only, we needed more garrisons.
• Having a reserve force at objectives to prevent enemy flanks

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.