AAR 2-7 Battalion FTX - Operation Overlord 06JUN25

[Komar.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Overlord
Game: Hell Let Loose Server Hosted on: Training Server 1 & 2
Date of Combat Mission: 06JUN25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0030Z
Mission OIC: Sergeant Major Komar.T
Mission Controller: Sergeant Major Komar.T

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Number of Attendees:134
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Colonel Stetchkov.A
Lieutenant Colonel Strider.R
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Major Mix.C
Captain Argentini.E
Captain Anderson.P
First Lieutenant Swanson.B
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
First Lieutenant Leifried.R
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Keif.A
Second Lieutenant Lucas.A
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Busch.J
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Hansel.R
Sergeant Von Busch.M
Sergeant Baldrick.D
Sergeant Maca.D
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ratliff.B
Corporal Rhoden.J
Corporal James.M
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal Owens.J
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Grimshaw.J
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal OCulien.M (ELOA)
Corporal Noriega.D
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Evans.J
Corporal Angels.N
Corporal Watters.W
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Lemon.D
Corporal Heinz.B
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Williams.JB
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal Houser.J
Corporal Travis.W
Corporal Ackelson.K
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Belmont.E
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Felton.J
Specialist Perkins.A
Specialist Kraginski.I
Specialist Baker.JB
Specialist McCaasic.C
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Teague.B
Specialist Choi.S
Specialist Carrasco.J
Specialist Darko.M
Specialist Atkins.DS
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Henson.K
Specialist Pollock.R
Specialist Baktash.L
Specialist Barzon.J
Specialist Koalafied.C
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Salvatore.J
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Crozier.N
Specialist Apple.C
Specialist Thrass.ED
Specialist Matthews.A
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Flick.J
Specialist Williams.S
Specialist Grey.W
Specialist Cottontail.S
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Fog.M
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Kugo.El
Specialist Helmick.A
Specialist Celestial.L
Specialist Lim.J
Specialist Summer.R
Specialist Cook.L
Specialist Barrett.JH
Specialist Heller.T
Specialist Smallbeck.E
Specialist Daver.R
Specialist Groves.T
Specialist Ackerman.J
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Bravo.J
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Rose.MJ
Specialist Bonderant.F
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Sibley.K
Private First Class Crawford.K
Private First Class Barrett.A
Private First Class Walton.D
Private First Class Hernandez.J
Private First Class Tracy.D
Private First Class Kenton.W
Private First Class Frink.D
Private First Class Perrier.J
Private First Class Giglio.M
Private First Class Arnold.W
Private First Class Bird.W
Private First Class Aponte.A
Private First Class Quentin.I
Private First Class Davis.O
Private First Class Daelomin.J
Private First Class Akul.A
Private First Class Rhamaad.K
Private First Class Zelaya.M
Private First Class Spell.G
Private Townsend.E
Private Harlow.M
Private Belanger.C
Private Doss.R
Private Basher.J
Private Hoover.T
Private Hartshock.P
Recruit Farmer.D
Recruit Morgan.A



PVT.Nobody.A

 

[Komar.T]

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

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



Pros:

Cons:

 

[Lucas.A]

Element Callsign: Baker Squad Axis
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Lucas.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Cantrell.J
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Loup.N
Private First Class Rhamaad.K

Pros:

• Squad had a great time and loved the vanilla op.
• Team worked well together call outs were good for most the time
• Command Comms were good and kept clear
• Overall everyone had a fantastic time and would love to see more vanilla ops

Cons:

• Needed more garrisons at points we only had 2 up.

 

[Smallbeck.E]

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

Element Callsign: Charlie Squad Axis
Element Leader: SPC.Smallbeck.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Ellison.C
CPL.O'Culien
CPL.Noriega.D
SPC.Daver.R

Pros:

• Great cohesion within the squad
• Communication was excellent
• Reaction to enemy contact was swift and precise

Cons:
None

 

[Swanson.B]

Element Callsign: Axis, Dog squad
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Swanson.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:Specialist Bonderant.F, Private First Class Akul.A, Specialist Rose.MJ, Private First Class Zelaya.M, Specialist Bravo.J

Pros:

• Good Vanilla operation
• We were mainly defending south push and i think we were succesful at it.
• Built MULTIPLE (around 8) garrisons. 5 of them were built with by support's effort.
• Team worked very well togheter. Good call outs and orders were followed.
• Good command comms.

Cons:

• No cons

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Allies Commander
Element Leader: SPC.Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Allies Omaha

Pros:

• WE GOT OFF THE BEACH
• good comms
• FUN

Cons:

• none

 

[LaRoche.P]

Element Callsign: Allies Charlie Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Laroche.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ratliff.B
Sergeant Baldrick.D
Corporal Owens.J
Private Firt Class Bird.W



Pros:

• A vanilla game here and there is always fun.
• Getting off the beach in 5 minutes in offensive Omaha is a great sucess.
• Command comms were not clustered.

Cons:

• Not really a ''con'' just enemy tankers bein really good at coordinating together.
• Could have used more 7-man doctrine.

 

[Belmont.E]

Element Callsign: Omaha - Allied Recon
Element Leader: Corporal Belmont.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Barnes.D


Pros:

• Great work from everyone in getting off the beach quickly; fantastic use of smoke.
• Great planning and commanding from SPC.Flick.J

Cons:

• Wish the match were longer

 

[Plummer.M]

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

Element Callsign: Able Squad Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Plummer.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SGT.Maca.D
CPL.Slagg.J
SPC.Ackerman.J
SPC.Gimson.M

Pros:

• Great operation overall.
• Communication between squad members and other squads were pristine and on point.
• Accurate response to needed action was amazing.

Cons:

• Nil.

 

[Leifried.R]

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

Element Callsign: Axis Commander (Utah)
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Leifried.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Private First Class Giglio.M
Specialist Koalafied.C
Corporal Watters.W
Corporal Jinto.H
Private Harlow.M
Major Mix.C
Specialist Baktash.L
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Salvatore.J
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Crozier.N
Sergeant Hansel.R
Specialist Apple.C
Private First Class Kenton.W
Recruit Farmer.D
Recruit Morgan.A
Corporal Angels.N
Specialist Thrass.ED
Private First Class Arnold.W
Specialist Matthews.A
Specialist Tawfik.Y
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Corporal Heinz.B
Specialist Milkovic.D
Private First Class Tracy.D
Colonel Stetchkov.A
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Corporal Evans.J
Private First Class Walton.D
Private First Class Hernandez.J

Pros:

• good larp
• hail the heroes
• lest we forget

Cons:

• Squad leaders need to lead and delegate individually, to their troopers, by name, what they need.
  • i.e. - "Sotelo, redeploy support, I need a box on my move mark ASAP"

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Allied Airborne Squad 2
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Teague.B
Private First Class Perrier.J

Pros:

• Vanilla is always fun
• Very good Comms
• Doing airborne stuff

Cons:

• Nothing

 

[Daelomin.J]

Element Callsign: Omaha Axis Easy Squad
Element Leader: PFC.Daelomin.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: PVT.Hoover.T, PFC.Aponte.A, SPC.Groves.T, BG.LaCombe.M, PVT.Hartshock.P



Pros:

• Good comms, Fantastic leadership, Fun and challenging.

Cons:

• None

 

[Watters.W]

Element Callsign: Baker Armor Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Watters.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Jinto.H
PVT.Harlow.M

Pros:

• Great comms overall
• Tanks worked great together and covered a lot of area
• Utilizing Luchs to cause havoc and break up pushes

Cons:

• Rough start
• Starting on backfoot

 

[Wisniewski.A]

Element Callsign: Utah, George Squad
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Feathers.A
Specialist Barzon.J
Private Townsend.E

Pros:

• Very fun operation, I'm very proud of my unit and their ability to consistently make impactful plays
• Great team cohesion for the first 3 cap points, everybody seemed to be where they could be most effective without much discussion

Cons:

• Stalled out on the 4th capture point. All garrisons were too conservative (nearly 200m out the whole time), and airheads were a bit too aggressive to be effective

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry Squad "Item"
Element Leader: Corporal Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Youssef Tawfik
Specialist Edward David Thrass
Private First Class Wolf Arnold

Pros:

• Squad communication was absolutely amazing. Great callouts.
• Squad cohesion was on point. Everyone was together and playing great.
• Movement was perfect.
• We were the "Flex" Squad and my squad was able to flex efficiently when we were needed and where we were needed the most.

Cons:

• Nitpicky but command chat was a bit hectic at times but communication was fluid as well.
• Squad positioning was iffy but we were able to manage and outflank when it was needed.

 

[Coutu.M]

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

Element Callsign: Charlie Tank Squad Allies
Element Leader:CPL.Coutu.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Choi.S
SPC.Carrasco.J

Pros:

• Fun battles
• good communication in tank
• good communication between tanks

Cons:

• lack of infantry support
• at able to get behind tanks

 

[Apple.C]

Element Callsign: Hotel Squad Axis
Element Leader: SPC.Apple.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Kenton.W
RCT.Farmer.D
RCT.Morgan.A

Pros:

• Very fun operation.
• Good communication between and within squads.

Cons:

• More decisive commands from Hotel SL

 

[Williams.JB]

Element Callsign: Allies Able Squad on Utah
Element Leader: Corporal Williams.JB
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Mair.B
Specialist Darko.M
Specialist Lewis.P
Private Belanger.C

Pros:

• Super fun Operation even with it being vanilla Offensive
• Aggression on the beach at go live was fantastic. Allowed us to get off the beach quickly
• Command comms were not clustered.

Cons:

• garrisons started flagging at the end of the match causing us to lose pressure on the point
• could have used more squads in the meat grinder to keep attention away from intended push point

 

[Matthews.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry Squad "Easy"
Element Leader: Specialist Matthews.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Salvatore.J

Pros:

• First time Artillery Men, who had a blast! Pun intended
• Solid coordination with Comm's and with reacting to infantry contact's on-map.
• We both felt comfortable with each other's play style and communication within the first 10 minutes of the Match Start.
• Overall, we had a great time and hope we were able to assist in the positive outcome for the battle!

Cons:

• We would have liked to see mildly more updated/real time infantry marks. We wound up shelling friendlies on accident.

 

[Rhodes.R]

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

Element Callsign: [George] Axis - Utah
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Rhodes.R

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Rhodes.R
Corporal Heinz.B
Specialist Milkovic.D
Private First Class Tracy.D
Colonel Stetchkov.A

Solids:

• Great flexibility both in-squad and out.
• Stetchkov was a beast.
• We were performing flank security very effectively.
• Awesome artillery. Medals incoming.
• Heinz satcheled a tank and in doing so saved a garrison.
• Was able to coordinate defensive positions very effectively with SSG Silvis, Angels, and Roscoe.

Improvements:

• Stronger coordination in the beginning was needed. More dudes near the point. We had guys building nodes which maybe took too long. Hard to say.