AAR 2-7 FTX - Operation Winter Wunderland- 07DEC25 - 0200z (9:00pm DEC 6)

[Cameron.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORTName of Combat Mission: 2-7 FTX - Winter Wunderland
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 07DEC25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 0200
Mission OIC: Colonel Cameron.J
Mission Controller:
Colonel Cameron.J
Lieutenant Colonel Mix.C

CRCON Stats

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Number of Attendees: 88
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Colonel Cameron.J
Lieutenant Colonel Mix.C
Major Argentini.E
Major Korfias.F
Captain Macpherson.C
First Lieutenant Lucas.A
First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
First Lieutenant Swanson.B
Second Lieutenant Angels.N
Second Lieutenant DAmico.J
First Sergeant Herber.R
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Master Sergeant Komar.T
Sergeant Allen.R
Sergeant Belmont.E
Sergeant Heller.T
Sergeant Koalafied.C
Corporal Beauchamp.R
Corporal Coutu.M
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Feathers.A
Corporal Flick.J
Corporal Giglio.M
Corporal Hellious.T
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Kenton.W
Corporal Lewis.P
Corporal Mair.B
Corporal Moff.N
Corporal Narayanaswamy.A
Corporal Rhoden.J
Corporal Rhodes.R
Corporal Sibley.K
Corporal Spell.G
Corporal Wagner.D
Corporal Williams.S
Corporal Yaeger.C
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Banfield.H
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Bonderant.F
Specialist Cazeault.J
Specialist Curry.P
Specialist Daelomin.J
Specialist Davis.O
Specialist Doss.T
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Fortescue.C
Specialist Fox.F
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Hermes.S
Specialist James.M
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Josephs.E
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Morgan.A
Specialist Muller.AS
Specialist Roderick.S
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Seymour.B
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Thrawn.N
Specialist Tuff.O
Specialist Veilleux.J
Specialist Walton.D
Private First Class Bennington.F
Private First Class Cross.E
Private First Class Days.L
Private First Class Graves.J
Private First Class Ingram.M
Private First Class King.E
Private First Class Pavlovec.J
Private First Class Schwartz.J
Private First Class Skye.E
Private First Class Tane.V
Private Cross.JA
Private Mustard.C
Private Que.T
Private Regis.L
Private Waffle.J
Recruit Badger.J
Recruit Fox.C
Recruit Miller.H

RET
First Sergeant Rasmus.M
Corporal Sokol.Z

 

[Cameron.J]

Element Callsign: Allied Command
Element Leader:Colonel Cameron.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Colonel Cameron.J


Pros:

• Comms were nearly perfect
• Everyone followed the battle plan and adapted in the moment
• Great leadership chain

Cons:

• Server performance
• Garrisons/Support placement should be better

Allied Battle Plans

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Fox Squad
Element Leader:Corporal Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Cazeault.J
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Fox.F

Pros:

• Cool Map

Cons:

• Too much Server Lag and Stuttering Couldn't even play half the time

 

[Jinto.H]

Element Callsign: Allied Tank
Element Leader: Corporal Jinto.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Moff.N
Specialist Curry.P


Pros:

• good coms

Cons:

 

[Lucas.A]

Element Callsign: Allied Defense Fox Squad
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Lucas.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Freeze.T
Private First Class Days.L
Private First Class King.E


Pros:

• Communication was good both in squad and in command.
• Good Match, learning the map was a little touchy
• No confusion on roles in game
• Defense was good and we were able to hold on

Cons:

• More nade call outs
• Ops need arty per Blade

 

[Herber.R]

Element Callsign: Allied Baker Squad
Element Leader: First Sergeant Herber.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Korfias.F
Corporal Feathers.A
Specialist Fenrir.J
Private First Class Skye.E
Retired Corporal Sokol.Z

Pros:

• Fun match overall
• Excellent on the fly planning
• All squads seemed to catch a groove and played well together.

Cons:

• New map always comes with performance issues
• Initial jump to center point seemed to have been very disorganized. Took us a while to get momentum and secure the point and resecure after losing.
• Many squads seemed to have troopers out of position and or advancing before anything is secured.

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Allied SPA and Lead Tank Commander - "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Sergeant Allen.R
Private First Class Pavlovec.J

Pros:

• Even with the rough start, armor platoon turned around and really locked in on supporting the infantry holds by the end
• SPA tactics seemed to have worked well, managing 13 kills and 3 OPs takedowns before transitioning to a T-34
• Command comms very clear, very calm, very nice
• Russian win, baby!

Cons:

• Couple team kills during SPA, mainly on my part due to not communicating fire missions to rest of team
• Server performance saw some moments rubber banding

 

[Macpherson.C]

Element Callsign: Axis Negat Squad
Element Leader: Captain Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Angels.N
Master Sergeant Komar.T
Private First Class Graves.J
Corporal Mair.B


Pros:

• Had a great time with the squad, we did everything we could
• The map is nice
• Decent Start

Cons:

• Command Comms were very hectic
• Not enough Garry Emphasis for defence
• Squads got greedy and went for next point when the current point was not capped nor stable

 

[DAmico.J]

Element Callsign: Axis Baker Squad
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant DAmico.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Swanson.B
Corporal Narayanaswamy.A
Specialist Seymour.B
Private First Class Ingram.M

Pros:

• Fun to play a mostly vanilla operation
• Great turnout and pretty smooth briefing and rollcall in the beginning. Well organized and smooth.

Cons:

• The Axis had a critical collapse on defense at the 47 min mark that put us on the backfoot from that point onward. We had no recourse to defend, keep garrisons up, or reposition.
• I wish we had placed more garrisons as the game went on. Too many redzone garrisons, and no front line garrisons. The whole team attacked like lemmings going over the cliff, diving over the edge over and over again.
• New map was pretty laggy, and lots of frame rate drops.

 

[Hellious.T]

Element Callsign: Allied Squad Lead QRF/Defense
Element Leader:Corporal Hellious.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Corporal Darko.M
Specialist Walton.D
Private Miller.H

Pros:

• Gameplan did not go off without a hitch however, leadership held their head together and generated an offensive lanes of pressure and maintained pressure
• in that regard command comms were serene compared to how they can get sometimes when the plan fails to go
• Squad performed fantastic - executed required functions as soon as requested
• defensive actions were quick from the guys and on multiple occasions saved edge-line cases of the mid-point flipping once it was captured.

Cons:

• can be a bit grindy but i think that is the point of the map very claustrophobic - secondary objectives are fun
• not a lot else here good times
• SPA tanks are mixed and could use some more practice with the combined arms to figure them out

 

[Kenton.W]

Element Callsign: Jig Allied Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Kenton.W
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Milkovic.D
Private First Class Schwartz.J
Private Waffle.J
Recruit Badger.J

Pros:

• Great operation to end the year on
• Excellent comms within squad
• We were able to complete our mission and flex around as needed
• Amazing work finding enemy garrisons and destroying armor
• Was fun working with the SPA giving them fire missions

Cons:

• Command comms were a little much at times making it hard to communicate effectively with my squad. Many pings were not marked because everyone was getting drown out.

 

[Morgan.A]

Element Callsign: Axis Item Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Morgan.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Corporal Lewis.P, Specialist Aponte.A, Specialist Tuff.O, Private Regis.L,

Recruit Fox.C

Pros:

• Fun FTX
• Basic
• Very tough, as expected from 7Cav
• Squad lead did alright

Cons:

• Could have used more support north
• Squad could have spread further north

"Just saw someo-and I'm dead."
-SPC.Morgan.A

 

[Coutu.M]

Element Callsign: Allied Tank 2
Element Leader: CPL.Coutu.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Specialist Fortescue.C Specialist Thrawn.N


Pros:

• Good Call outs from infantry
• Great Coms among tankers

Cons:

• Server rubber banding made it difficult

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Axis Tank - Blood Spire
Element Leader: Corporal Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Sibley.K
Corporal Williams.S
Specialist Banfield.H

Pros:

• Team had a lot of momentum first half of the match.
• Crew enjoyed access to supplies & being able to put down repair stations.
• Great coordination between Axis tankers. Executed flank & focus on enemy tanks.

Cons:

• Struggled to regain momentum and map control in the second half of the match.
• Major lag issues for the crew. Affected both the driver and gunner's abilities to perform their duties.
• Crew did not like the map itself. Tanks felt very funneled in to certain lanes.

 

[James.M]

Element Callsign: SOVIET "HOW" Squad
Element Leader:Specialist James.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist James.M
Private Cross.JA
Corporal Ellison.C
Specialist Roderick.S
First Sergeant Rasmus.M


Pros:

• Excellent Comms
• Everyone kept cool under duress and fire (Squad and Leadership)
• Battleplan was good, easy to digest and fun to execute
• Integrity of Battleplan was upheld with quality positioning and good gun play
• Great Unit Cohesion, High level execution, a joy to lead

Cons:

• Ambitious Map choice considering T17 Track record for server and map stability
• Low frames (40-80) whereas was getting 130-180 on Tac East 20min before (full Server) (RTX 4090)

 

[Belmont.E]

Element Callsign: Allied Recon
Element Leader: Sergeant Belmont.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: Major Argentini.E

Pros:

• Great work as recon, movement and OP placement allowed us to be highly effective and take out a total of 12 Garrisons.
• Good communication in leadership; shout-out to Corporal Jinto.H working with us to take out an Axis SPA.
• Good operation structure, appreciated that it ensured an extended game and the limited restrictions. Enjoyed the new map.

Cons:

• Server stability and rubber-banding was rough at times

Critique for the Axis: Daisy-chaining off of garrisons and outpost patterns gave away many garrison positions.

 

[Yaeger.C]

ELEMENT CALLSIGN: Axis "Love" Squad
ELEMENT LEADER: Corporal Yaeger.C
7th Cavalry Personnel within Element:
Corporal Beauchamp.R
Corporal Rhoden.J
Specialist Joseph.E
Specialist Stripes.P
Private Burns.C

PROS:

• Good squad communications
• Good squad coordination

CONS:

• Server Lag
• Issues with map Optimization
• Not much direction given to the squad in terms of assignments

 

[Bennington.F]

Element Callsign: Item Allied Squad
Element Leader:Private First Class Bennington.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Davis.O
Private First Class Cross.E
Specialist Roscoe.N
Specialist Veilleux.J
Specialist Muller.AS
Pros:

• We all had a great time with the map and gameplan
• Everyone in the squad and leadership chat was communicating great
• Despite a rough start we stayed the course and had a good victory

Cons:

• Game was a bit laggy for a few
• New map confused some

 

[Korfias.F]

Rutkowski.P this is good to process.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.