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

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Ryan.BF

Major
Active Duty
3-7 HQ
S3 HQ
RTC Lead/Senior
S3 Lead/Senior
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 OPERATIONS STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT

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:
Element Leader:[/B]

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:


[B]Pros[/B]
[LIST]
[*]
[/LIST]
[B]Cons[/B]
[LIST]
[*]
[/LIST]
 

Lethbridge-Stewart.J

Reservist
Reserve
S2 Staff
MP Staff
S5 Staff
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466
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186

Cold.J

Corporal
Active Duty
2/B/3-7 SL/ASL
S5 Staff
RTC Staff
Local time
6:52 PM
Messages
158
Reaction score
81
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

CW3
Active Duty
1/B/3-7 SL/ASL
S7 Staff
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3:52 PM
Messages
213
Reaction score
68
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

Corporal
Active Duty
1/A/3-7
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12:52 AM
Messages
73
Reaction score
38
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

2nd Lieutenant
Active Duty
1/A/3-7 HQ
S7 Lead/Senior
S1 Staff
S2 Staff
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1,491
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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

1st Lieutenant
Active Duty
A/3-7 HQ
S3 Lead/Senior
S1 Staff
RTC Staff
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745
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348
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

Corporal
Active Duty
2/B/3-7
S3 Staff
Local time
6:52 PM
Messages
263
Reaction score
113
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

First Sergeant
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A/3-7 HQ
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6:52 PM
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737
Reaction score
867
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.
 
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Ryan.BF

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Rutkowski.P

Sergeant
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1/C/1-7 SL/ASL
DEVCOM
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S1 Lead/Senior
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S1 Locked.
 

Angels.N

1st Lieutenant
Active Duty
1/A/2-7 HQ
S7 Lead/Senior
S1 Lead/Senior
S1 Staff
RTC Staff
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S1 Operations Processed / Milpacs Updated
 

Chaplin.J

Corporal
ELOA
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6:52 PM
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308
Reaction score
170
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
 
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