AAR Baker Company 2-7 FTX: Operation Hollow Fortress 27JUL24 0100z

[White.C]

TMENT OF THE ARMY
Baker Company 2-7
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: B-CO FTX - Operation Hollow Fortress
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 27JUL25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0100z
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Mission OIC: First Sergeant White.C
Mission Controller: First Sergeant White.C
Number of Attendees: 57
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Major Anderson.P
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
First Sergeant White.C
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Staff Sergeant Lee.N
Sergeant Wagner.D
Sergeant Hansel.R
Sergeant Baldrick.D
Sergeant Felton.J
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Angels.N
Sergeant Plummer.M
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal Rhoden.J
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Koalafied.C
Corporal Yee.L
Corporal Pollock.R
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Barnes.D
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Bonderant.F
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Williams.JB
Specialist Sibley.K
Specialist DAmico.J
Specialist Perrier.J
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Atkins.DS
Specialist Murdock.T
Specialist Becker.J
Specialist Emanuel.M
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Helmick.A
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Davis.O
Specialist Arnold.W
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Flick.J
Specialist Heller.T
Private First Class Doss.R
Private First Class Veilleux.J
Private First Class Hoover.T
Private First Class Kenton.W
Private First Class Seymour.B
Private First Class Basher.J
Private First Class Farmer.D
Private First Class Phoenix.L
Private Henry.A
Private Rome.J
Private Riggs.F
Recruit Josephs.E

 

[Moreau.M]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Moreau.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Airborne
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Moreau.M
Specialist DAmico.J
Private First Class Veilleux.J
Private First Class Hoover.T

Pros:

• Great Airborne concept
• Good comms
• my squad slayed

Cons:

• more numbers would have been better but it is what it is
• start was a bit confusing

 

[Barnes.D]

Element Callsign: Dog squad Axis
Element Leader:Corporal Barnes.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Davis.O
Specialist Bonderant.F


Pros:

• Everyone had fun
• Good concept of garrison hunting
• Good command comms and coordination

Cons:

• Would have liked to play it out once it went to a vanilla match.

 

[Farmer.D]

Element Callsign: Charlie Allied Squad
Element Leader: Private First Class Farmer.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Private First Class Seymour.B

Pros:

• Great game setup and concept
• Great team and squad communications. I came late and was promoted to squad lead, everyone helped make the transition smooth and kept the game fun.

Cons:

• The game felt like something was off, I think it was the fact that we didn't have enough people to fill in most of the map.
• Wish we could have finished out the vanilla part of the game

 

[Dennis.V]

Element Callsign: Bravo squad Allies
Element Leader: Specialist Dennis.V
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Dennis.V
Specialist Andrews.C
Specialist Perrier.J
Private Rome.J


Pros:

• Very fun operation
• Great communication between everyone
• Great roaming defense

Cons:

• Needed more people to make the concept work to its full potential
• Ended to quickly and didnt last the full 1 and half hours

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Allies "Dog Squad"
Element Leader: Sergeant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Derek Baldrick
Corporal Pierre LaRoche
Specialist Brandon Blade
Specialist Wolf Arnold
Private Ash Henry


Pros:

• Whole squad loved the Field Training Exercise.
• Communication and movements around the mid point was perfect.
• Command chat was precise and effective.
• Everyone played together and helped each other.

Cons:

• No cons. FTX was great for us.

 

[Anderson.P]

Element Callsign: Able Squad
Element Leader: MAJ.Anderson.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SSG.Lee.N
CPL.Jinto.H
PVT.Riggs.F

Pros:

• Good comms, solid team play
• Easy to understand FTX concept

Cons:

• (Non-controlled) Low numbers made playing for the middle very hard
• Offense infantry had little incentive to take the point and no assets to level the playing field as offense against entrenched enemies

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Allies Lead Tank - Able Squad - Tank Callsign: Blood Spire
Element Leader: Specialist Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Sibley.K
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Corporal Koalified.C

Pros:

• Enjoyed the game concept and the impending feeling of attrition as we lost garries.
• Good gameplan by commander SPC Flick.J. We held the middle point like intended and had good flank coverage.
• Great callouts by squad leads identifying enemy armor positions.
• EXCELLENT infantry support for our tank. Our center-point squads led by CPL.Angels.N and SPC.Tawfik.Y actively kept an eye on our tank and engaged enemy AT infantry. This let our tank perform its role in holding off the core enemy push on the point.

Cons:

• Would love to run this again with more numbers to see how the concept holds up with a full map
• I think we could've been more aggressive trying to clear enemy garries.

 

[Rhoden.J]

Element Callsign: Able Allied Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Rhoden.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Sergeant Hansel.R
Corporal Pollock.R

Pros:

• Concept was interesting.
• Good comms between squads.

Cons:

• With the lack of troopers, it was a lot easier to attack than defend. So, our squad of 4 often got bypassed by attackers when we were defending an entire grid square.
• When dropping on the airhead at the end of the game, only one squad (mine) dropped any supplies for a garrison and all troopers pushed into the point without securing the drop zone. So, the supplies were destroyed quickly. All squads should drop on airheads with at least a support and medic to maintain airheads.

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Manser.N]

S1 Operations Processed.