AAR Operation Thunderdome - 20SEP25

[Williams.JB]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Thunderdome
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 20SEP25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2300Z
CRCON STATS​

Mission OIC: Corporal Williams.JB
Mission Controller: Specialist Arnold.W
Number of Attendees: 44
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

Captain Korfias.F
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Second Lieutenant Grimshaw.J
Master Sergeant Herber.R
Sergeant Ackelson.K
Sergeant Angels.N
Sergeant Plummer.M
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal DONK.B
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Flick.J
Corporal Lethbridge-Stewart.J
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Slagg.J
Corporal Williams.JB
Specialist Arnold.W
Specialist Atkins.DS
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Doss.R
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Giglio.M
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Richman.A
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Walton.D
Specialist Willis.B
Private First Class Banfield.H
Private First Class Beckner.Z
Private First Class Frost.T
Private First Class Lewis.B
Private First Class Steven.D
Private First Class TUFF.O
Private First Class Turnbull.J
Private First Class Yates.J
Private Cross.E
Recruit Colbert.L
Recruit Fox.F
Recruit Graves.J
Recruit Nelson.D

 

[Maines.Z]

Element Callsign: Axis Commander
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Maines.Z
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Maines.Z

Pros:

• Element Leaders communicated well and attempted to adhere to my directions well

Cons:

• 600ms Ping entire first half, couldn't leave vehicles or place supplies.
• 2 AT guns were placed by one squad, thus causing other team to have multiple targets to cause the ability to cap point.
• Commitment to movements could have been better.
• Low attendance. That is all.

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign:
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Captain Korfias.F
Sergeant Plummer.M
Private First Class Turnbull.J

Pros:

• Squad had fun and was a fun concept.
• Inter-squad comms were excellent.

Cons:

• Not necessarily a 'con' but maybe restrict how the objectives must be destroyed.
• Tank and Infantry cohesion didn't seem to be good tonight. With low numbers, the ability to have a tank on the field and rely on that to help with a push is huge and felt like we were on our own multiple times throughout the op.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Allied Command
Element Leader: Corporal Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Allies

Pros:

• Well Designed and fun
• Good Team and Good SLs everyone listened and did what they were asked of
• It was a big Help having the OICs in Command chat and admin camera making sure the rules were being followed and confirming niche things with the commander

Cons:

• Low amount of people on each team made it very hard to do anything

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Allies "Easy" Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Bob Donk
Corporal Calvin Ellison
Specialist Johnathan Fenrir
Recruit Dylan Nelson

Pros:

• Comms inner squad was on point.
• Great cohesion with the other squads and the tank squad.
• Movement was on point, great flanking maneuvers and great defensive when needed.
• Team pings were precise and perfect communication with them.

Cons:

• Command chat was a bit clustered at times but we were able to talk it out and keep it relaxed for information to come through.
• THE TURNOUT.

 

[Rhodes.R]

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

Element Callsign: Axis Tank
(I am not the element leader, this is just my personal thoughts and feedback

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Steven.D (Element Leader)
Corporal Rhodes.R
Specialist Richman.A


Solids:

• Loved the additional obectives.
• Intra-squad comms were excellent. Clear, concise, and in rare form.

Improvements:

• Team balancing needed work, it's very difficult with low turnout, but its something to consider.
• Play area was likely too large for the size of the teams. With 47 people, and 23~ ish on each team perhaps we should have restricted the play area further.
• Instead of using AT guns as the secondary objectives, which are vulnerable to tanks, rockets, and nodes. Use T3 Bunkers, which are immune to everything.

 

[Bazzle.J]

Element Callsign: Dog Infantry Allies
Element Leader: CPL.Bazzle.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
CPL.Bazzle.J
1SG.Mueller.H
PFC.Frost.T

Pros:

• Excellent communication and teamwork
• Great leadership and command comms

Cons:

• Low turnout, probably would've been better if the map was a bit smaller

 

[Steven.D]

Element Callsign: Armoured Dog (Axis)

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Steven.D (Element Leader)
Corporal Rhodes.R
Specialist Richman.A

- Excellent crew comms, good Command Comms, great mission specific orders

- low turn out lack of Inft support

great OP

 

[Barnes.D]

Element Callsign: Easy Squad Axis
Element Leader: Corporal Barnes.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Grimshaw.J
Recruit Colbert.L
Recruit Fox.F

Pros:

• Squad had fun and and did a great job on defense.
• Squad comms were on point! Clear and concise.

Cons:

• Maybe limit the way the assets need to be destroyed-by hand, satchel, no P strike.....

 

[Slagg.J]

Element Callsign: Allies Able Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Slagg.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Recruit Graves.J
Specialist Milkovic.D
Private First Class Beckner.Z

Pros:

• Solid squad, handled every task I gave them professionally and did a stand up job all game long.
• Good OP, simple concept and lots of fun.
• Team coordination, flexibility and execution were excellent.

Cons:

• Command Comms was a little loud and busy, but it was at least all relevant comms and useful.
• Higher turnout would have been nice, as someone else said FnF gets packed but troops not making the effort to attend ops is a little disheartening. That said the people that did make the effort had a great op.

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign: Charlie Tank Crew Allies
Element Leader: Specialist Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private First Class Banfield.H
Sergeant Ackelson.K

Pros:

• Fun operation
• Great communication from squads
• Awesome tank crew
• Excellent AT support from team

Cons:

• Low attendance

 

[Mobius.T]

S1 Locked

 

[Manser.N]

S1 Operations Completed.