AAR Operation Liberation of Carentan 22JUN25

[Korfias.F]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Liberation of Carentan
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 22JUN25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2345Z​

Mission OIC: Corporal Williams.JB
Mission Controller: Specialist Maines.Z , Captain Korfias.F
Number of Attendees: 74
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Major Mix.C
Captain Korfias.F
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Sergeant First Class Herber.R
Staff Sergeant Silvis.B
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Sergeant FELTON.J
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Von Busch.M
Corporal Angels.N
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Donato.E
Corporal DONK.B
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal McGee.C
Corporal Noriega.D
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Yee.L
Corporal Jinto.H
Specialist Arnold.W
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Celestial.L
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Daver.R
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Flick.J
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Heller.T
Specialist Koalafied.C
Specialist Kozina.A
Specialist Maines.Z
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Narayanaswamy.A
Specialist Pollock.R
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Salvatore.J
Specialist Sibley.K
Specialist Silvis.C RET
Specialist Spell.G
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Teague.B
Specialist Tilley.B
Specialist Williams.S
Private First Class Aponte.A
Private First Class Belanger.C
Private First Class Bird.W
Private First Class Cazeault.J
Private First Class Daelomin.J
Private First Class Doss.R
Private First Class Hartshock.P
Private First Class Hernandez.J
Private First Class Hoover.T
Private First Class Kenton.W
Private First Class Muller.AS
Private First Class Quentin.I
Private First Class Stout.S
Private First Class Walton.D
Private Andrew.A
Private Chugunov.D
Private Farmer.D
Private Patterson.H
Private Ramirez.D
Private Seymour.B

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry Squad 1
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Specialist Salvatore.J
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Teague.B
Private Ramirez.D

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed it.
• Allies kept us on our toes the entire time so it got never boring
• Objective was fun
• Great communication

Cons:

• Nothing

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign : Allies Able Squad
Element Leader : Sergeant First Class Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Captain Korfias.F
Specialist Cohen.J
Specialist Celestial.L
Private First Class Quentin.I

Pros:

• Match was super fun and enjoyed the S&D (Search and Destroy) type game mode.
• Squad reacted and moved amazingly tonight and needed very little direction when it came to 'sticky' situations
• Would love to see some sort of 'campaign' made of this and allow the Allies to become the defensive force and the Axis the attacking!

Cons:

• Command, Platoon, and Squad comms were extremely overwhelming for a better part of the match. Need to ensure that comms are used appropriately and not constantly filled with random chatter (Call that final node was located was missed and was not acted on for longer than it should have.)
• Artillery usage should be limited or have some sort of restriction put on it. Once a node was located, artillery shelled the hell out of the attackers and defenders. Felt as if arty was shooting fish in a barrel.
• Squad to squad cohesion seemed to be lacking, once one squad was redirected to try another area, most others followed leaving 1 or more flanks open for enemies to retake and begin sweeping us out.

 

[Plummer.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Charlie Squad
Element Leader: CPL.Plummer.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Slagg.J
CPL.Yee.L
PFC.Muller.AS
PFC.Stout.S

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed it.
• Allies kept the pressure and allowed us to split into 2 groups and cover a wide area.
• Objective was fun, was nice to make the nodes the objective then make them cap the zone before advancing.
• Squad and Leader comms were amazing.

Cons:

• Artillery off limits.
• Some rule breaking, nothing major. Out of bounds.

 

[Mair.B]

Element Callsign: Axis Easy Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Mair.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Daver.R
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Lewis.P
Private First Class Belanger.C
Private Andrew.A

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed it
• Well designed and well balanced
• Time to cap point after destruction of node gave minimal breathing space to reorg; kept the pressure on
• Squad did what they were asked to do (mobile defense and counter-moves)

Cons:

• Nothing of significance
• Plan was a little loose at the beginning, but SLs made it work with good command

 

[Arnold.W]

Element Callsign : Axis Love Squad
Element Leader : Specialist Arnold.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Mix.C
Corporal Angels.N
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Fenrir.J

From the desk of SPC.Arnold.W's squad -

Pros:

• Great communication through Squad and Command
• Very fun Operation vs "normal" with having to finding a node and destroy it to proceed to the next. S&D!
• Everyone in my squad did a tremendous job with callouts and suggestions and they also listened very well. At the last node my squad covered the north to not allow the allies to easily move through to push them in a different direction. Also appreciate Pvt. Farmer's squad helping out with that daunting task when he could, it is much appreciated.

Cons:

• Seemed very disorganized as a team across the board. If we were more organized, then Axis would have easily won the main objective of defending the nodes.
• Also, garrisons weren't a main priority across the board and fell on only a few people to build them.

 

[Farmer.D]

Element Callsign: Axis Fox Squad
Element Leader: Private Farmer.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Donato.E
Corporal McGee.C
Private First Class Bird.W
Private Seymour.B

Pros:

• Everyone enjoyed the game setup and rules
• Enjoyed playing the map with non-standard points, made map feel new
• Good communication within the squad
• Would like to see the same game setup but with no tags on the players

Cons:

• Command chat was busier than normal

 

[Kenton.W]

Element Callsign: Allied Howe Squad, Second Platoon
Element Leader: Private First Class Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Freeze.T
Private First Class Cazeault.J
Private Chugunov.D

Pros:

• Good inner-squad communication kept everyone alert
• Squad was able to quickly reposition as needed
• Really enjoyed this style of search and destroy opposed to just capping the points as usual
• Very happy with my squads performance with the tasks we were directed to carry out.

Cons:

• Communication between Command/Platoon/Squad got very overwhelming at times causing key call outs to get lost in the static.
• Artillery could have been restricted slightly as at times we were completely paralyzed.

 

[Macpherson.C]

Element Callsign: Allied 2nd Platoon Lead (Dog Squad)
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Rowe.S

Pros:

• Rowe was fantastic within my squad, amazing communication
• Really enjoyed the S&D and nodes as the objective
• Platoon level movement was good

Cons:

• Arty
• Command Comms was very busy

 

[Daelomin.J]

Element Callsign : Allies Fox Squad
Element Leader : PFC.Daelomin.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Aponte.A
Private First Class Hoover.T
Private Doss.R
Specialist Heller.T
Private Hartshock.P

Pros:

-Amazing idea for an op setup. Assaulting nodes instead of points was a blast
-Solid plan of attack from Allied leadership.
-Excellent teamwork between squads.

Cons:

-Lack of satchels within my squad limiting one member to shotgun for the whole match.
-Comms were slightly hectic listening to command, squad, discord, and local.

 

[Maines.Z]

Element Callsign: Allies Arty Battery Commander
Element Leader: Specialist Maines.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros:

• STELLAR Operation concept. Perfect to the detail
• Teamwork in squads w/ Artillery was amazing
• VICTORY!!!

Cons:

• None

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Axis Tank Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Sibley.K
Specialist Williams.S
Private Patterson.H

Pros:

• Well balanced operation. I liked the focus on the nodes not the points - kept things tense and interesting at all times. One of my favorite Ops that I've played.
• Strong communication by squad leads, who called out heavy infantry pushes early enough for us to respond, reposition, and support. Enemy tank markers were accurate and reliable.
• Really incredible tank-support by Axis infantry. Our infantry killed satchelers, repaired our tank, and called out danger-close elements.
  • We had a movie-worthy moment when SPC.Flick.J's squad followed our tank into town center to regain control of the southwest flank; we cleared fire forward while they cleaned out the alleyways.
  • Friendly engineers built a repair station on Rail Crossing which kept our tank alive during incoming anti-tank fire and allowed us to anchor against an enemy push from the north (1SG.Mueller). We ended up burning through all of our HE ammunition during that hold.
  • Multiple instances of friendly infantry killing the enemy AT flanking us, which allowed my gunner to focus on his firing lane.
  • Good local-voice-comms by infantry alerting us to enemies in alleyways. Really aided our situational awareness and allowed us to fight CQB in the densest parts of the city.

Cons:

• Nothing

 

[Donk.B]

Element Callsign: Allies George Squad
Element Leader: Corporal DONK.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Walton.D
Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
Specialist Silvis.C RET


Pros:

• Well balanced operation, and teams by Corporal Williams.JB was a slugfest at times but enough dynamism to keep us all entertained.
• Good intrasquad coordination, had a few cooperative satchel plays.
• Great initiative from some veteran players. When I didn't know they next move Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A and Specialist Silvis.C RET had some great suggestions allowing us more map control and multiple team vectors of attack.
• Private First Class Walton.D was able to get nodes up quick and early in mid HQ which allowed me to focus on our early spawn. He also fetched a truck to mid HQ with the extra time from his efficiency.
• Great tank callouts by Staff Sergeant Wisniewski.A
• Command nearly always had 7 garrisons up, though blue zone safety may have been the main reason for this.
• Time in between node destruction and cap of the point allowed for some coordination and mental re-set.
• It was easy working with Staff Sergeant Silvis.B as platoon lead, knew when to ignore him and when to mass under his direction.

Cons:

• Little bit of AO restrictions ignored after a point was capped down south. Lost an OP and maybe a garrison and some supply truck momentum in our blue zone.
• Comms were a bit hectic listening to command, squad, discord. I've got to find the secret volume combo, had sound Fx too low. Would also like a basic dos and don't manual for call outs in platoon chat vs command chat for my own guidance.
• My squad didn't get an opportunity to complement our tankers, but that could have been due to my own lack of initiative.
• Private First Class Hernandez.J could not attend.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.