SQUAD | Operation "Northern Gate" 17 AUGUST 2025

[Ryan.BF]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 OPERATIONS STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Campaign Name: "Northern Gate"
Game: Squad
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= S3 Operations
Date of Combat Mission: 17 August 2025
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000-2200Z
Mission OIC: Captain Moe.J
Mission Controller: Major Ryan.BF

Attendees: 43
Major Ryan.BF
Captain Fisch.Z
Captain Moe.J
Second Lieutenant McKinley.S
Second Lieutenant Pannel.D
Second Lieutenant Laui.M
First Sergeant Hatchet.WX
First Sergeant Miya.M
Sergeant Wilson.C
Warrant Officer 1 Blackwater.N
Corporal Grey.T
Corporal Thompson.L
Corporal Wolfe.MY
Corporal Lothar.S
Corporal Mulholland.J
Corporal Alpine.A
Specialist Reed.JH
Specialist ORegan.D
Specialist Flow.Q
Specialist Eldridge.C
Specialist Sutterfield.B
Specialist McGahan.L
Specialist Alexander.N
Specialist Edwards.J
Specialist Cold.J
Specialist Bird.X
Specialist Sayers.L
Specialist Germano.E
Specialist Malave.N
Specialist Bahr.K
Specialist Kelly.C
Specialist Reid.J
Specialist Drago.R
Private First Class Holmes.GS
Private First Class Cortez.R
Private First Class Hathcock.C
Private Sturla.J
Private Riggs.F
Private Berry.W
Private Bard.W
Private Harrison.P
Private Johnson.JL
Private Milazzo.E

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S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT[/B][/CENTER]

[B]Element Callsign:
Element Leader:

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


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[B]Cons[/B]
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[Wilson.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Ghost 1
Element Leader: Sergeant Wilson.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Cold.J
Private Milazzo.E

Pros

• Good Communications
• Good coordination between elements
• Decent amount of enemies to engage
• "Best Operation I've been apart of so far"

Cons

• People don't know how to act around Armored elements
• Could've used a better overrun scenario to warrant a "Alamo" scenario, Instead it was a "They're behind us!" then a nuke.

 

[Eldridge.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Dragoon 1
Element Leader: Specialist Eldridge.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Edwards.J
Private Bard.W

Pros

• Good Communication with IFV Crew
• Troopers had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the op
• Had good armor and infantry engagements with the IFV resulting in multiple armor kills and infantry kills

Cons

• need to work on map bearings had some confusion that led to a few deaths.
• ATGMs phased thew tanks a few times

 

[Moe.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Eagle Actual
Element Leader: Captain Moe.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Miya.M
Second Lieutenant McKinley.S
Second Lieutenant Pannel.D
Second Lieutenant Laui.M
Specialist Reid.J
Specialist Kelly.C
Specialist Flow.Q
Private First Class Holmes.GS

Pros

• Action packed fun.
• Clear goals
• Not stale

Cons

• Cruise missiles are not always nuclear

 

[Hatchet.WX]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Eagle 2
Element Leader: First Sergeant Hatchet.WX

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Mulholland.J
Specialist Alexander.N
Specialist Bahr.K
Specialist Reed.JH
Private First Class Cortez.R
Private Berry.W
Private First Class Hathcock.C

Pros

• Extremely fun.
• Squad was top notch (great comms, great tactics, great cohesion).
• Operation was very well organized. Creators did a fantastic job across the board.
• The drones, the mission format (defense to extract), multiple HABs, Air + Armor assets assigned to our Team, etc... were great.

Cons

• None. Operation was top notch.

 

[Blackwater.N]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Valkyrie - 1
Element Leader: Warrant Officer 1 Blackwater.N

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Drago.R
Specialist Sayers.L

Pros

• Troopers had a great time on the ground
• OP premise and scale was engaging and fun

Cons

• Some tech issues with modded equipment as well as lack of familiarity with new assets made things a bit harder than intended
• Lack of Heli Pads made maintaining aircraft vs bots in vics and emplacements nearly impossible

 

[ORegan.D]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Eagle 1
Element Leader: Specialist ORegan.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Grey.T
Corporal Wolfe.MY
Private Johnson.JL
Specialist McGahan.L
Corporal Lothar.S
Specialist Germano.E
Corporal Alpine.A
Private Riggs.F

Pros

• What little action we saw we dealt with efficiently.
• For the most part had good and clear comms.

Cons

• Saw very little action, a lot of guys were bored for a lot of the OP.

 

[Thompson.L]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Eagle 3
Element Leader: Corporal Thompson.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Sturla.J
Specialist Malave.N
Specialist Sutterfield.B
Specialist Bird.W
Private Harrison.P


Pros

• Lots of fun, engaging OP, comms were effective

Cons

• Chaotic at times, Cruise Missiles were a bit overkill

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.