AAR Operation Silent Sweep - 28MAR2026

[Swanson.B]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Silent Sweep
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 26MAR2026
Time of Combat Mission : 2000 EST
CRCON STATS
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Mission OIC: Captain Swanson.B
Mission Controller:Major Argentini.E, Captain Swanson.B
Number of Attendees: 74
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Sergeant Major White.C
Major Argentini.E
Captain Swanson.B
Captain Macpherson.C
First Sergeant Hansel.R
First Sergeant Robert Herber
First Lieutenant Hazen.D
First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Second Lieutenant Nate Angels
Second Lieutenant DAmico.J
Sergeant First Class Wisniewski.A
Staff Sergeant Baldrick.D
Sergeant Paul Lewis
Sergeant Heinz.B
Sergeant Sibley.K
Sergeant Heller.T
Sergeant Giglio.M
Sergeant Rhoden.J
Sergeant Koalafied.C
Sergeant Flick.J
Sergeant Belmont.E
Corporal Shawn Hermes
Corporal Bruce Mair
Corporal Roderick.S
Corporal Jinto.H
Corporal Daniel Wagner
Corporal Ellison.C
Corporal Teague.B
Corporal Doss.T
Corporal Basher.J
Corporal Thrawn.N
Specialist Riley.D
Specialist Blade.B
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Johnathan Fenrir
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Tane.V
Specialist Jager.G
Specialist Cross.JA
Specialist Walker.TR
Specialist Rowe.S
Specialist Banfield.H
Specialist Ingram.M
Specialist Hill.K
Specialist Patricks.C
Specialist Fox.F
Specialist Lewis.B
Specialist Freeze.T
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Seymour.B
Specialist Burns.C
Specialist Baldrick.JR
Specialist Davis.O
Specialist Milkovic.D
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Schwartz.J
Specialist Josephs.E
Specialist Morgan.A
Specialist Muller.AS
Private First Class Smith.RJ
Private First Class Walton.D
Private First Class Owlson.P
Private First Class Xaydin.C
Private First Class Stevenson.A
Private First Class Sinclair.M
Private First Class Lane.R
Private Ashford.M
Private Brakefield.W
Private Eri.C
Recruit Valentine.J
Reservist Badger.J

Retired : Sergeant Slagg.J, Corporal Sokol.Z

 

[Swanson.B]

Element Callsign:
Element Leader:
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Pros:

Cons:

 

[Wagner.D]

Element Callsign: Juliet Allies Recon 2
Element Leader: Corporal Daniel Wagner
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Daniel Wagner
Specialist Johnathan Fenrir

Pros:
Good communication
Able to locate nodes and one of last garrisons

Cons:
Initial planning seemed confusing
No Real sustainable plan for backside deployment

 

[Angels.N]

Element Callsign: Axis Infantry "Love" Squad "Reapers"
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Nate Angels
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Sergeant Robert Herber
Sergeant Paul Lewis
Corporal Shawn Hermes
Corporal Bruce Mair
Retired Corporal Zaida Sokol


Pros:

• Great communication inner squad. Movement was great, we had a lot of open field to push through.
• My squad did absolutely great, marks were on point and contact reports were effective.
• We kept pushing through and with us being the spearhead, the usage of more than 1 squad to attack and defend was very effective.

Cons:

• Allies starting their push earlier than when the live fire was called.
• Command comms were a bit hectic, people talking over each other and giving contact reports.
• Plan was so so, we were just mid point spearhead but my squad believes that defending and using our time more on defending the garrisons would be more effective.

 

[Walker.TR]

Element Callsign: Allied Fox Recon
Element Leader: SPC.Walker.TR
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Walker.TR
SPC.Rowe.S

Pros:

• Challenging exercise as a recon team.
• Team was effective locating garrisons and managed to destroy 3 garrisons.

Cons:

• Operation rules and game situation led to us banging our head against full squads at times.
• Allies didn't have a clear common operating picture of the enemy garrison situation in command comms.

 

[Macpherson.C]

Element Callsign: Able Allied Squad
Element Leader: Captain Macpherson.C
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Ingram.M
Private First Class Walton.D
Sergeant First Class Wisniewski.A
Specialist Lewis.B

Pros:

• Squad had great cohesion, worked very well together
• Like the concept, very fun
• Meat Grinder fun

Cons:

• Maybe a secondary point system that can track throughout the game for the infantry, holding the point will minimal numbers against large pushes means the reward for defending the point for prolonged periods of time is un-rewarded in terms of Op Success

 

[Banfield.H]

Element Callsign: Allied lead Tank "Heresy's voice"
Element Leader:Specialist Banfield.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Heinz.B

Sergeant Koalafied.C

Pros:

• Fun tanking with the bois
• Some great infantry pushes to support the point
• 2 tank kills in a minute (1 at 800m)

Cons:

• Let tanks roam more for last portion of the game

 

[Baldrick.D]

Element Callsign: Squad 3A (Allies Charlie)
Element Leader: SSG.Baldrick.D
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Freeze.T
SPC.Baldrick.JR
SPC.Milkovic.D

Pros:

• Fun the last 30 minutes

Cons:

• Slow at first on center point

 

[Riley.D]

Element Callsign:

• Axis Squad 3A - Hector

Element Leader:

• SPC.Riley.D

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

• CPL.Ellison.C
• SPC.Blade.B
• RCT.Valentine.J

Pros:

• Element worked well together
• Enjoyable FTX idea

Cons:

• Hectic leadership communications
  • I believe that we could focus more on concise communication
• Frontline infantry may have been able to work better together across squads
  • I believe that we could have utilized more 7th man tactics
• Live time could have been more clear

 

[Teague.B]

Element Callsign: Squad 1 (Axis Easy)
Element Leader: Corporal Teague.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Patricks.C
Sergeant Major White.C

Pros:

• Well-designed FTX which provided a variety of targets
• Our three man airborne squad provided a lot of flexibility between recon and defending
• Good defensive coordination with tankers at supply cache garrision

Cons:

• None

 

[Sibley.K]

Element Callsign: Axis Tank - Luchs - Callsign Blood Spire
Element Leader: Sergeant Sibley.K
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Sibley.K
Corporal Thrawn.N
Private Ashford.M

Pros:

• Unique game play concept. Spent lots of time fighting infantry and holding territory as a tank.
• Got to work closely with squad leads to determine what sectors to cover.
• Enemy tank marks became very clear by the end of match. (Could've been better in the middle game)

Cons:

• Gameplay was a bit slow compared to a normal match. Lots of time spent waiting in the same place & waiting on the enemy.
• Not clear what the strategic value was of fighting for the middle point.

 

[Rhoden.J]

Element Callsign: Allies Squad 1 (Echo in-game)
Element Leader: Sergeant Rhoden.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Schwartz.J
Private First Class Smith.RJ

Pros:

• Most enemy were called out and marked before engaged. This allowed for very effective crossfire.

Cons:

• Maintaining a Zone of Control was harder in the backline because troopers wanted to set out a wide fence and there were only 4 of us for 2 whole columns.

 

[Flick.J]

Element Callsign:
Element Leader: Sergeant Flick.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Josephs.E
Specialist Morgan.A
Private Brakefield.W

Pros:

• Good Comms

Cons:

• eh never been a Fan of this format , Im personally not a fan of the amount of restrictions that are in place but thats probably just me

 

[Giglio.M]

Element Callsign: Allies Tank Squad "Trenchfoot"
Element Leader: Sergeant Giglio.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Hill.K
Private First Class Owlson.P
Pros:

• Awesome concept for a operation.
• Great coms from leadership.
• Great combined arms from defense squad.
• Always happy tanking with a crew of my section members!

Cons:

• Limited mobility for tanks to fight on the front lines

 

[Austin.M]

Element Callsign: Allies "George" Squad
Element Leader: Specialist Austin.M
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Jat.R
Specialist Tane.V
Private First Class Xaydin.C

Pros:

• Good squadplay

Cons:

• AO restriction

 

[Belmont.E]

Element Callsign: Allies Baker Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Belmont.E
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Argentini.E
First Sergeant Hansel.R
Specialist Stout.S
Private First Class Stevenson.A

Pros:

• Excellent movement and violence from my squad, took out a total of three garrisons, one by Major Argentini.E, and two by Private First Class Stevenson.A
• Great defense from Sergeant Giglio.M's and Sergeant Rhoden.J's squads
• Good back and forth with the middle point
• Great comms from everyone, great recon work from Specialist Walker.TR and Corporal Wagner.D

Cons:

• Being assigned to the backline, having no forward garrisons is tedious when you get reset

 

[Roderick.S]

Element Callsign: Allies "Mike" Squad
Element Leader: Corporal Roderick.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Cross.JA
Specialist Seymour.B
Private First Class Sinclair.M

Pros:

• Good FTX design that allow us to really test AB concepts such as ZOC, infiltration, and identifying enemy flow.
• Troopers all had fun and liked the operation that stresses garrison protection which is not stressed enough in pub matches.
• Great teamwork and map awareness on redeploying to defend garrisons whenever they lit up.
• Good hard fought match.

Cons:

• We could have done better job setting up garrisons in tandem of ideal spots for tanks to effectively cover.
• While overall movement was great, there were at times in middle of operation where I felt that many of the Allied forces were spread thin and out of effective position.
• Comms were hectic at times, but still better than no comms.
• Would've love to see bigger role of 7man in these types of operation, something I could have done better by allocating my troopers elsewhere and asking for troopers when needed.

 

[Sotelo.R]

Element Callsign: Axis Lead Tank Commander - "Cheap and Easy"
Element Leader: First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Sotelo.R
Corporal Jinto.H
Specialist Muller.AS

Pros:

Cons:

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Carrasco.J]

S1 Operations Processed!