AAR SQUAD | Operation "Iron Tide" Battalion FTX | 07 DEC 2025

[Ryan.BF]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 OPERATIONS STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Operation: Battalion FTX "Iron Tide"
Game: Squad
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= S3 Operations
Date of Combat Mission: 07DEC25
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2000z-2200z
Mission OIC: First Sergeant Hatchet.WX
Mission Controller: Major Ryan.BF & Captain Fisch.Z

Attendees: 72
Brigadier General LaCombe.M
Major Ryan.BF
Captain Fisch.Z
First Lieutenant McKinley.S
Second Lieutenant Pannel.D
Second Lieutenant Knight.H
Second Lieutenant Kaiser.R
First Sergeant Hatchet.WX
Staff Sergeant Chaplin.J
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Moskal.C
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Blackwater.N
Sergeant Mulholland.J
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Sergeant Wolfe.MY
Corporal Goodridge.D
Corporal McGahan.L
Corporal Alexander.N
Corporal Eldridge.C
Corporal Samson.C
Corporal Grey.T
Corporal Theta.D
Corporal Lethbridge-Stewart.J
Corporal Germano.E
Corporal Madish.X
Corporal Bird.X
Corporal Moe.J
Specialist Frey.M
Specialist Cold.J
Specialist Jiang.J
Specialist Kapp.D
Specialist DeMaria.M
Specialist Peterson.M
Specialist Sayers.L
Specialist Harris.G
Specialist Hathcock.C
Specialist Rodriguez.J
Specialist Brady.K
Specialist Milazzo.E
Specialist Flow.Q
Specialist Mahfoudh.K
Specialist Reifel.R
Specialist Jerkins.R
Specialist Wilkes.O
Specialist Walkerson.J
Specialist Beans.D
Specialist Bahr.K
Specialist Holmes.GS
Specialist Kelly.C
Specialist Torrez.W
Specialist Haber.M
Specialist Johnson.JL
Specialist Berry.W
Specialist Lesar.A
Specialist Lake.W
Specialist Kazoo.C
Specialist Bard.W
Specialist Berk.A
Specialist Fenrir.J
Specialist Gurney.R
Specialist Duncan.R
Private First Class Kokov.IS
Private First Class Kerr.N
Private First Class Tomeh.D
Private First Class Haagerup.FN
Private First Class Barbosa.M
Private First Class Marshall.J
Private First Class Garner.G
Private Dhafeeri.M
Private Hale.R
Private Sobal.S
Recruit Frost.X
Reservist Loyalty.J

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

[B]Element Callsign:
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7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


[B]Pros[/B]
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[B]Cons[/B]
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[Lethbridge-Stewart.J]

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

Element Callsign:Badger 1
Element Leader:Corporal Lethbridge-Stewart.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Frey.M
Specialist Peterson.M
Specialist Duncan.R
Pros

• None

Cons

• Lack of planning
• Lack of includation of alpha company
• Felt very bravo based.
• Command was poor

 

[Cold.J]

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

Element Callsign: Thunder #
Element Leader:Specialist Cold.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Lake.W
Specialist Torrez.W
Pros

• really fun
• good enemy push/attacks
• good defensive setup

Cons

• command chat was a little wild
• frames did drop
• there was a vehicle bug that caused the armor to not have traction for a bit.

 

[Blackwater.N]

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

Element Callsign: Valks 1
Element Leader: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Blackwater.N

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Sayers.L

Pros

• Had fun
• Explosions were quite beautiful from the air

Cons

• Coms was very messy
• Server lag made doing things in the air much more difficult if not nearly impossible at points
• WE NEED HELI PADS PLEASE(or at least a repair station under the ground so we can land on it

 

[Milazzo.E]

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

Element Callsign: Thunder 1
Element Leader: Specialist Milazzo.E

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


Pros

• Overall fun experience
• Intensity scaling up from middle to end of match

Cons

• Slower and more boring start
• Disorganized beginning
• Small number of enemy MBT
• Split comunication system between Discord and command chat was confusing
• Performance issues

 

[Moe.J]

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

Element Callsign: Thunder 2
Element Leader: Corporal Moe.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Goodridge.D
Specialist Berk.A

Pros

• Overall it was fun.
• Variety of MBTs was a good mix.
• Great flow between Infantry and MBT/IFVs

Cons

• Friendly Zeus Trooper spawned Drones, did not realize they were attacking until too late.
• Unrealistic number of LATs/HATs at bot spawner.
• Server issues caused several troopers to be approximately 30 mins late, along with lag and spike issues in game.

 

[McKinley.S]

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

Element Callsign: Argali HQ
Element Leader: First Lieutenant McKinley.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Pannel.D

Pros

• The company did well, good responses and active communication

Cons

• HQ didn't have a lot to do and saw MAYBE 3 enemies throughout the OP

 

[Eldridge.C]

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

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

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Beans.D
Specialist Gurney.R
Specialist Bard.W
Specialist Brady.K
Private First Class Garner.G
Private First Class Tomeh.D
Corporal Madish.X
Private Sobal.S

Pros

• Good squad coms and teamwork
• Good role distribution

Cons

• our unit was not utilized as intended
• command coms were all over the place
• discord and in game coms at the same time created unkneaded confusion
• a lot of in game issues for multiple troopers and performance issues with the server

 

[Mulholland.J]

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

Element Callsign: Viper 2
Element Leader: Sergeant Mulholland.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element: 8
Specialist Kelly.C
Specialist DeMaria.M
Corporal McGahan.L
Specialist Jiang.J
Specialist Bahr.K
Specialist Hathcock.C
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Pros

• With all things considered we did have fun. I was able to keep it light and positive.
• We killed an ungodly amount of enemy infantry and vehicles and only got overun once.
• Specialist Jiang.J killed 51 enemies. -----> Medal time
• We took out at least 12-15 enemy BTR's/MBT as a regular infantry unit.
• Shot down multiple friendly suicide drones killing us over and over.

Cons

• Shot down multiple friendly suicide drones killing us over and over.
• Lack of planning.
• Conflicting orders.
• Comms were rough. Part of that was so many sections so it was inevitable. Let's try PvP in FTX's, not ARMA LITE.
• Mods were conflicting with one another. You could only place markers if you opened the map and placed them but you could not see them with your compass meaning mortars were nearly impossible to use. It took me many ranging and guessing shots at first.
• I would build a HAB and it would randomly disappear along with the radio even though it was never attacked. Just poof. This happened at least two different times, in 2 different locations.

 

[Ryan.BF]

Rutkowski.P good to process from the S3 side.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Angels.N]

S1 Operations Processed / Milpacs Updated

 

[Chaplin.J]

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

Element Callsign: Valks 2
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Chaplin.J

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Private Parker-Kiewit.D

Pros

• Had fun
• Explosions were quite beautiful from the air

Cons

• Coms was very messy
• Server lag made doing things in the air much more difficult if not nearly impossible at points
• WE NEED HELI PADS PLEASE(or at least a repair station under the ground so we can land on it