AAR Easy Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Iron Ridge - 09SEP25

[Mueller.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: E-Co FTX - Iron Ridge
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 09SEP25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0045Z
Mission OIC: Captain Sven.S
Mission Controller: Captain Sven.S, First Sergeant Mueller.H

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Number of Attendees: 76
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
Captain Sven.S
First Lieutenant Dalton.D
Second Lieutenant Grimshaw.J
Second Lieutenant Lucas.A
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Staff Sergeant Avery.D
Staff Sergeant Martin.R
Sergeant Ashie.L
Sergeant Baldrick.D
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Owens.J
Sergeant Plummer.M
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Beck.JW
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Donato.E
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Flick.J
Corporal Guillermo.C
Corporal Kent.S
Corporal Koalafied.C
Corporal LaRoche.P
Corporal McGee.C
Corporal ONeill.K
Corporal Pollock.R
Corporal Raine.A
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Rilian.M
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Yee.L
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Barrett.JH
Specialist Bird.W
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Cazeault.J
Specialist DAmico.J
Specialist Doss.R
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Giglio.M
Specialist Guru.E
Specialist Ives.G
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Kenton.W
Specialist Kinder.E
Specialist Loup.N
Specialist Miller.L
Specialist Muller.AS
Specialist Olney.A
Specialist Perrier.J
Specialist Rhamaad.K
Specialist Smallbeck.E
Specialist Stenberg.P
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Veilleux.J
Specialist Walton.D
Private First Class Banfield.H
Private First Class Beckner.Z
Private First Class Chugunov.D
Private First Class Henry.A
Private First Class Josephs.E
Private First Class Olague.J
Private First Class Roderick.S
Private First Class Star.J
Private First Class Turnbull.J
Private First Class Watts.L
Private First Class Von Knispel.K
Private James.HT
Private Kennedy.W
Private Mote.M
Recruit Campbell.R
Recruit James.HR
Recruit Max.R

 

[Moreau.M]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Lucas.A]

Element Callsign: Allied Squad - Able
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Lucas.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Reservist Etoh.I


Pros:

• Had fun overall was a good time
• Communication was alright and squad comms were good

Cons:

• PreOp planning was non existent
• Poor execution on the hard point along with terrain difficulties.
• Tanks were far away from the point at times
• Meat grinder at times

 

[Yee.L]

Element Callsign: ALLIES JIG TANK
Element Leader:

Corporal Yee.L

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Pollock.R
Corporal Rhodes.R
Pros: LOVED IT

Cons:N/A

 

[Smallbeck.E]

Element Callsign: Allied Dog Squad Leader
Element Leader: Corporal Smallbeck.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Corporal Beck.JW
Private First Class Beckner.Z
Private First Class Turnbull.J

Pros:

• Squad communication was good
• Squad ability to flew during conflict was good

Cons:

• Snow map and no name tags do not go well together

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Lieutenant Colonel Cameron.J

Pros:

• Solid Teamwork
• Great Comms
• Good turnout
• Despite being at a disadvantage, the other team played very well and coordinated

Cons:

• Rule Breaking
• some troopers did not enjoy the 'no-tag' operation style

 

[Dalton.D]

Element Callsign: Axis Echo
Element Leader: 1LT.Dalton.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: CPL.Barnes.D


Pros: Fun, frustrating with the no tags but fun.

Cons: No tags with people playing in snow outfits on a snow map.

 

[Avery.D]

Element Callsign: George
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Avery.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Corporal Cantrell.J
Specialist Barrett.JH
Private First Class Campbell.R

Pros:

• Squad worked well with each other

Cons:

• Midpoint favored the Germen said
• Enemy had control of the zone around the point
• To many times where we could not kill enemy tanks even though we had our whole time in the area.
• Even though our tanks did good it seemed like they were never around to help with tanks.
• It felt like our squad was the only one carrying most of the wight when pushing the point.
• We had a uniform that we were all supposed to wear with many allies not wearing it increasing the chances of blue on blue.
• Enemy kept getting be hide us from the NW and no one was trying to secure it.
• German tanks seem to be unfair for the allies' side do to the fact that allies rockets can damage them from the front or side.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Squad 1
Element Leader: Corporal Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Kinder.E
Specialist Guru.E
Specialist Cazeault.J

Pros:

• Constant Action

Cons:

• Center point "Seeding" Ops are redundant we want to see some points that you don't get to play on all the time
• People Not reading the OPORD, cmon.

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: Allies Baker squad
Element Leader: SGT.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Kent.S
CPL.Rilian.M
PFC.Bandfield.M

Pros:

• Guys had fun despite being annoyed from the cons

Cons:

• A whole team attacking from the same area doesn't work unless you take the control off the flanks after the cap
• Germans had map advantage
• Germans not following op rules
• no nametags (maybe implement rules where one team can turn them on\off once an objective is captured/lost)

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign: Axis Tank Squad - Golf
Element Leader:Specialist Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Von Knispel.K
Corporal Koalafied.C

Pros:

• Great work by crew and other tank squad
• Excellent work by recon spotting tanks
• Excellent infantry support for tanks

Cons:

• Tough visibility during snow storms
• I Broke a rule by accident near the end of the match for the area of operation. I am sorry i lost sight of the rule set and take full responsibility for it.

 

[Komar.T]

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

Element Callsign: Item Axis
Element Leader: Sergeant Wagner.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal D'Amico.J
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Walton.D
Private First Class Watts.L

Pros:

• Great Squad movement and communication
• Held Eastern side of point
• Vital on defense of point

Cons:

• No nametags was too close to another OP with same parameters
• Not a snow map with no nametags
• Work with tanks on cohesion and troop movement
• Listening to comms

(Posted on Wagner's Behalf as he is MELOA and does not have access)

 

[Martin.R]

Element Callsign: How squad Allies
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Martin.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Rhamaad.K (also in Arty)
Specialist Loup.N


Pros:

• The usal good stuff
• Liked the design

Cons:

• Don't care for no tags
• No tags on winter maps suck because you can't tell one white from another
• OPs were being taken from behind, could use a little more map awarness
• One direction attacks NEVER work
• Being on one side of the the point is not the same as being on the side of map, IE if on the east side of point you are not in the east side of the map

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Allied Tank Commander - "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Corporal Guillermo.C
Specialist Thrawn.N

Pros:

• Being in the medium all game and putting up some GREAT numbers was very satisfying, very proud job with the boys
• Infantry were very quick to spot and callout armor
• Yee's and our tank's partnership was spacious but connected still, helping finish each others tank kills a couple different times.

Cons:

• Elsenborn has been a really frustrating map to maneuver, with the terrain acting very abnormal compared to traversing other maps in HLL
• Infantry callouts of armor still very vague and lacking details. "Armor marked here" is good, but we should always strive to give more specfic details. A Pzr.IV is a very different tank from a Panther.

 

[Roderick.S]

Element Callsign: Axis Charlie Squad
Element Leader: Private First Class Roderick.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Komar.T
Specialist Ives.G
Private First Class Star.J
Private James.HT
Private Kennedy.W

Pros:

• Great comms within the squad and we all had fun.
• Great reaction and movement from the troopers on squad lead's requests / orders on ever-changing objectives and evolving match.
• Effectively held western flank and kept it clear.
• Squad played a crucial role in helping Axis front line from strong western position to clear enemy front line.
• No name tag on snow map makes for a very sweaty experience that really makes you sharper (If that was the intended effect).

Cons:

• I felt that Recon squad AO was not communicated clearly. I heard they were allowed into the red zone but OPORD didn't say, so there was discrepancy in the briefing.
• Nitpick: OPORD needed a slide for how to set no name tag as that was crucial part of the OP.

 

[Bird.W]

Element Callsign: Allied Recon
Element Leader: SPC.Bird.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Bird.W
CPL.Donato.E

Pros:
1.Good job keeping the flares up on point.
2.Solid comms.
3.Lots of fun really enjoy it. Issue w uniforms could of easly been achieved for allies by all wearing the dayd striped helmet.
4.Great use of arty smoking point.

Cons:
1.We didn't do a great job at attacking and assaulting as a unit. Stack up, make ready, than push as a larger unit. 1,2,3 man pushes were not enough to break thru enemy lines. And inevitably puts you on a timer to respawn
2.Command abilities at time seems not well timed we would do bombing run but every one was over 200m away on respawn.
3.Once we were able to finally capture the point we failed at a hasty defense, no supplies on point till they were already 75% recapped.
4.Needed more support players seen only 2 explosive ammo boxes whole game and only 1 supply crate on center point.
5.Would liked to of seen more explosives used to gaining ground on center point. Combat Engineer Sappers.

 

[Ashie.L]

Element Callsign: Allied Squad - Fox
Element Leader: Sergeant Ashie.L
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Freeze.T,
Private First Class Olague.J

Pros:

• Personnel followed 7 man protocol
• Squad role swapped with great effectiveness
• Squad maintained constant, clear and concise comms increasing the squads overall situational awareness.

Cons:

• The Operation, as a whole, lacked foundation, tactical planning and leadership; basically guaranteed failure.
• Never implement NoTag Operation on snow maps again.
• Despite calling a 5 man squad to implement a 7 man tactic, only ever received 2 troopers; diminishing the effectiveness of any flanking maneuvers we partook in.
• Failed to drop supplies in a usable location once point was capped.

 

[Houser.J]

S1 Locked.

 

[Murdock.T]

S1 Operations Processed.