AAR AAR Campaign Vanilla (2/4) Operation Banana Split 9MAY25

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Campaign Vanilla (2/4) Operation Banana Split
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 9MAY25
Time of Combat Mission : 8:30 PM EST

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Mission OIC: Sergeant Major Komar.T & First Lieutenant Korfias.F
Mission Controller: Sergeant Major Komar.T & First Lieutenant Korfias.F
Number of Attendees: 85

Lieutenant Colonel Strider.R
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Captain Korfias.F
Captain Anderson.P
Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
First Lieutenant Swanson.B
Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Sergeant Balazova.S
First Sergeant Webber.R
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Herber.R
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Staff Sergeant White.C
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
Sergeant Von Busch.M
Sergeant Riley.D
Sergeant Hansel.R
Sergeant Wagner.D
Sergeant Moreau.M
Corporal Grimshaw.J
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Felton.J
Corporal Watters.W
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Angels.N
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Noriega.D
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Knight.H
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Mair.B
Specialist Darko.M
Specialist Hermes.S
Specialist Hopper.J
Specialist Shook.K
Specialist Williams.JB
Specialist Maines.Z
Specialist Parton.D
Specialist Barnes.D
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Kugo.El
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Payne.J
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Pollock.R
Specialist Flick.J
Specialist Richman.A
Specialist Williams.S
Specialist Heller.T
Specialist DAmico.J
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Kent.S
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Tech.C
Specialist Cottontail.S
Specialist Koalafied.C
Private First Class Spell.G
Private First Class Fenrir.J
Private First Class Teague.B
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Matthews.A
Private First Class Sibley.K
Private First Class Giglio.M
Private First Class Guru.E
Private First Class Austin.M
Private First Class Smallbeck.E
Private Walton.D
Private Aponte.A
Private Perrier.J
Private Bird.W
Private Quentin.I
Private Daelomin.J

Specialist McDonald.N (ELOA)
Specialist Rousseau.A (RET)
Corporal Sokol.Z (RET)
Reservist Barzon.J

 

[Komar.T]

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

Element Callsign:
Element Leader:
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:



Pros:

Cons:

 

[Leifried.R]

Element Callsign: Defensive PL - Allies
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Leifried.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Corporal Knight.H
Private Quentin.I
Specialist Pollock.R


Pros:

• Vanilla
• Comms
• Defensive Coordination
• Defensive Garrison Matrix
• Responsiveness
• Consequential Ground Control

Cons:

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[Macpherson.C]

Element Callsign: Axis Baker
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Webber.R
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Sokol.Z (Retired)
Specialist Parton.D


Pros:

• Squad had a great time
• great communication outwith and in our squad
• the sandstorms on the map actually work
• Banana
• Fun to play vanilla sometimes

Cons:

• NONEEEEEEEE

 

[Noriega.D]

Element Callsign: Echo Axis Recon
Element Leader: CPL.Noriega.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Cottontail.S

Pros:

• Great comms and call outs
• Loved the Vanilla Op.
• We had a good and simple plan, executed perfectly.
• Great work from the entire team

Cons:

• None.

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Allies 'Mike' Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Korfias.F
Corporal Felton.J
Specialist Kugo.El
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist McDonald.N

Pros:

• Was fun playing a vanilla match
• Squad worked well together

Cons:

• Called MULTIPLE times for assistance for attacking center point and felt that we went unheard as no one showed up to help attack.
• Squads felt very spread out and were NOT working to capture the center point. Many times there were squads very outside of a practical area around the attacking point.
• Command comms were cluttered but from the same few individuals. Did not hear from a few other squad leaders.

 

[DAmico.J]

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

Element Callsign: Axis Defense, Able Squad
Element Leader: Specialist DAmico.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Sergeant Riley.D
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Heller.T
Private Daelomin.J


Pros:

• Vanilla matches are always really fun
• Flick did a fantastic job at commanding and delegating, just as the team did an excellent job of following commands
• I had a squad filled with absolute studs

Cons:

• None

 

[Lucas.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Defense Charlie Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Lucas.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Komar.T
Master Sergeant Mueller.H
Specialist Freeze. T
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Kent.S



Pros:

• Great zone of control, had a great time on defense being able to roam and move around instead of hard point defense.
• Communication was clear and concise in squad.
• Command comms were good.
• Arty was hitting points when called in and accurate.
• Splitting the team in to Comms 1 and Comms 2 made it easy and clear to decipher who was talking.

Cons:

• Miscommunication with supply drops for nodes at the start.

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: How squad on Allies (defense squad)
Element Leader: CPL.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PVT.Bird.W
LTC.Strider.R




Pros:

• comms were good
• defense was good when both squads were closer together

Cons:

• defense was too spread out at times

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Axis Forces

Pros:

• Everyone built garrisons and kept calls in command quick and brief
• Love vanilla OPs they are always fun
• The rolls assigned to each SL were followed well
• Map choice was great and would love to see Tobruk/El Alamein in more Operations

Cons:

• I don't like my nodes being taken down

 

[White.C]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 4
Element Leader: SSG.White.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Specialist Maines.Z
Private First Class Austin.M
Private First Class Guru.E
Private Aponte.A

Pros:

• Vanilla match is 10/10. Makes sure all starts on an even playing field.
• Communication in Squad AND Command was phenomenal, concise and to the point.

Cons:

• N/A

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Allied Airborne
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Dennis.V
Private First Class Salvatore.J
Private First Class Teague.B
Private Perrier.J

Pros:

• For what we did, we did good
• Great Comms
• AT for the win

Cons:

• British Bolt Action sucks

 

[Wisniewski.A]

Element Callsign: Allies Option Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Balazova.S
Sergeant Wagner.D
Corporal Lewis.P
Specialist Tech.C

Pros:

• Squad enjoyed the Vanilla Match
• Great coms & movement on the squad level

Cons:

• Attack was too concentrated to one area, need to spread out and work on controlling zones
• Needed more mgs to keep enemy's heads down

 

[Swanson.B]

Element Callsign: Allies Fox Squad
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Swanson.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Barnes.D

Pros:

• My primary objective was to eliminate enemy nodes early in the match, and we achieved that. Two sets were destroyed within the first 20 minutes, and the final set was taken out another 15 minutes later.
• We were able to call out enemy tanks as they exited their spawns a few times. I know for certain that at least two of them were tracked and eventually destroyed thanks to my sniper efforts. Our team was highly effective at tank elimination overall
• We successfully destroyed multiple backline garrisons and OPs.
• We weren't reset often, which allowed us to operate deep in enemy territory for extended periods.
• We were also able to silence enemy artillery several times. Although they kept returning every 5–10 minutes, we consistently shut them down quickly.
• Communication was solid throughout the match. Comms were clear and not overly cluttered.
• Always like the Vanilla operations!

Cons:

• During the briefing, I was told the recon tank would drop me behind enemy lines. However, we only got as far as behind the middle point. I'm not sure if there was a miscommunication, but it forced me to quickly hide and sneak along the water's edge to reach my objective. If I had known the drop would be that shallow, I would've taken a transport truck and gone deeper into enemy territory on my own.
• Airheads were often dropped too close to the objective. When red zone garrisons are limited, airheads need to be placed farther from the point to allow for better flanking and staging.
• I am not used to be SL recon. I told myself before the game that i would use flares and I forgot. This would have helped a lot. On me.

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Axis - Defensive QRF
Element Leader: Specialist Hermes.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Slagg.J
Specialist Shook.K
Specialist Hopper.J
Private First Class Smallbeck.E

Pros:

• Vanilla was refreshing. Banana boat.
• I think our squad worked excellently together! Pairing up, working, coordinating, maneuvering, it was all fantastic.
• We remained a solid force defensively for the majority of the game working both the 4 story building and the south dock area.
• Strong spearheading on the Allied offensive position in the tent location. 3 of our guys were top tier in securing that.
• Simple commands all around - easy.
• Tobruk.
• Exploited several holes and opportunities.
• Great work supporting the overall picture
• Strong garri placements

Cons:

• Slagg and Hermes in a squad: Comm Chaos Central - literal nonstop communication (love/hate)
• Hard to hear CMD CMS due to ^
• Slow to get a center point garri off the rip.

 

[Guillermo.C]

Element Callsign: Allies Tank "Gas Monster"
Element Leader: CPL.Guillermo.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Coutu.M
Private First Class Giglio.M


Pros:

• Love Vanilla
• Won Tank V Tank Battles
• Reacted to Command calling out Attack, and Defense

Cons:

• We felt as though our tank was performing, but still not able to capture points or hold defense with us on point for both.
• Crew felt that more cohesion was needed in assigning what squads were to attack and what squads need to defend. Multiple times in the match our tank was either positioned for an attack but not enough infantry to fully push the point, or we were on defense and not enough squads redeploying to defend. To those squads that did redeploy to support defense, thank you. To those squads that attacked with us in the tank, thank you as well.

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.