AAR Operation Saving Lieutenant Maines - 19OCT25

[Williams.JB]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission:
Campaign Hollywood
Operation Saving Lieutenant Maines

Server Hosted on:
Training Server 1

Date of Combat Mission:
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu):
2330z

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• Server crashed for Saving Maines -> no winner. Allies won the the match after it over the midpoint.

Mission OIC: Second Lieutenant Zachary Maines
Mission Controller: Second Lieutenant Zachary Maines assisted by Sergeant John B Williams
Number of Attendees: 64
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

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Major Mix.C
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
First Lieutenant Swanson.B
Second Lieutenant Grimshaw.J
Second Lieutenant Maines.Z
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Sergeant Herber.R
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Staff Sergeant Avery.D
Sergeant Allen.R
Sergeant Angels.N
Sergeant Baldrick.D
Sergeant Moreau.M
Sergeant Williams.JB
Corporal Arnold.W
Corporal Barnes.D
Corporal Cantrell.J
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Flick.J
Corporal Giglio.M
Corporal Heinz.B
Corporal Hellious.T
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Kent.S
Corporal Koalafied.C
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal Payne.J
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Sibley.K
Corporal Smallbeck.E
Corporal Spell.G
Corporal Teague.B
Corporal Tilley.B
Corporal Wagner.D
Specialist Adams.P
Specialist Atkins.DS
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Basher.J
Specialist Bonderant.F
Specialist Doss.R
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Guru.E
Specialist Hoover.T
Specialist Kenton.W
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Morgan.A
Specialist Steven.D
Specialist Tawfik.Y
Specialist Theo.H
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Veilleux.J
Specialist Watts.L
Private First Class Banfield.H
Private First Class Cross.E
Private First Class Riley.D
Private First Class Stripes.P
Private First Class Tuff.O
Private First Class Turnbull.J
Private First Class Walker.TR
Private Baldrick.JR
Private Graves.J
Private Ingram.M
Private Johnson.AP

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Axis Able Squad Infantry
Element Leader: First Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Watts.L
Specialist Fenrir.J
Private First Class Tuff.O

Pros
Good op planning.
Everyone had fun
Concept would have been great to play through

Cons
Server crash (obviously)
Further clarification in the OPORD to avoid as many questions

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis "George" Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant John Binkley Williams
Corporal Jax Payne
Specialist Youssef Tawfik
Private John Graves

Pros:

• Great OPORD.
• Everyone was very excited to play this 1/4 operation.
• Communication was great whenever we did play the beginning of the operation.

Cons:

• SERVER ISSUES! Come on Team17.

 

[Banfield.H]

Element Callsign: Allies "Able" Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Private First Class Banfield.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Heinz.B
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Adams.P
Specialist Hoover.T
Pros:

• Everybody had a good time
• Amazing concept would have been a great operation
• Great inter-squad communication

Cons:

• Clearer Allies OPORD for allies
• Crash (obviously)

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: Axis 1st Platoon A squad
Element Leader: SGT.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PVT.Baldrick.JR
CPL.Kent.S
SSG.Avery.D
CPL.Cantrell.J

Pros
Everyone had fun
Great OP plan

Cons
Allies struggled on capping the second point. (maybe not have the 1st and 2nd point right next to eachother, limit axis lives, limit axis garrys, etc)

 

[Swanson.B]

Element Callsign: Allies "JIG" Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Moreau.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: First Lieutenant Swanson.B , Specialist Doss.R , Corporal Teague.B



Pros:
Operation was well designed — I really liked the concept.
My guys didn't have much to add, but overall, we had a solid experience.
Before the server crash, we managed to destroy three garrisons and all three sets of nodes.
Love you Maines!

Cons:
A few restrictions, rules or clarification of rules seemed to be added last minute in the OPORD. I know its hard to think about everything but ensure all guidelines are clearly written and taught ahead of time to avoid confusion.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Guru.E
Specialist Morgan.A

Pros:

• Cool Concept
• Great Squad

Cons:

• Server Crash
• Incorrect information on go live given to axis allowing the Allies to get a head start
• When Server reset happened Lots of rule breaking was happening due to poor communication

 

[Walker.TR]

Element Callsign: Axis King Squad Infantry
Element Leader: PFC.Walker.TR
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Stripes.P

Pros
Novel concept with fun mechanics

Cons
Disorganization after server crash (conflicting direction and we weren't able to salvage much gameplay for assembled troopers).

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Axis Tank Squad - Callsign Blood Spire
Element Leader: Corporal Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Sibley.K
Specialist Thrawn.N
Second Lieutenant Grimshaw.J

Pros

• Squad loved the OPORD & game concept
• Good communication at the team-level, allowed us to handle flanking armor elements

Cons

• Not sure what Allied team had to do during the "setup" phase
• Maybe needed to give the Allies a leg-up to get off the beach. Would recommend a "One garrison" restriction for Germans on the first point.

 

[Arnold.W]

Element Callsign: Allies Infantry Squad 3 Platoon 1
Element Leader: Corporal Arnold.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• Corporal Mair.B
• Corporal Lewis.P
• Corporal Darko.M
• Specialist Turnbull.J
• Private Ingram.M​

Pros:

• Amazing OPORD. Very well put together idea.
• Squad communication was clear and concise.
• Rhodes came up with a good plan with given little time.
• Everyone being able to run with the changes when the server crashed and when people were crashing client side.

Cons:

• Server crashing/HLL Update from "Hell".
  • I personally crashed once from client side and then again when the server crashed.
• My squad was getting shot at prior to live time when we were in our blue zone/non kill zone.

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: Allie Squad 2
Element Leader: Corporal Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Major Komar.T
First Lieutenant Macpherson.C
Corporal Wagner.D

Pros
Good op planning - 15 minutes was a bit long on the start for allies
Concept would have been great to play through

Cons
Server crash (obviously) - f T17
Starting leadership comms were very cluttered for trying to plan

 

[Mix.C]

Element Callsign: Axis 2nd Platoon lead
Element Leader: Major Mix.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros

• OP was well received. Troopers had fun
• Good plan from Müller. Simple and as far as we can judge effective
• AB element got to do their thing and were successful as far as the OP allowed
• Always fun to play with the Cav!

Cons

• Server crashes obviously a heartbreaker
• Pivot to second phase after crash was not well communicated and caused some frustration
• OPORD had a hole in it with respect to recon action. Suggest running OPORDS past a few experienced folks to double check for loop holes.

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign: Allied Tank Squad
Element Leader:Corporal Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Steven.D

Pros
Awesome Concept for operation
Great coordination between squad leads
Happy to be in a tank with my section member.

Cons
None

 

[Smallbeck.E]

Element Callsign: Axis "Hector" Recon Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Smallbeck.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Tilley.B

Pros:

• Great idea for Operation
• Started out really well organized

Cons:

• SERVER CRASH

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Angels.N]

S1 Operations Processed/Milpacs Updated