AAR Charlie Company FTX: Operation We Would Like to Talk to You About Your Car's Extended Warranty |...

[Hilberg.A]

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

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Name of Combat Mission: Operation We Would Like to Talk to You About Your Car's Extended Warranty

Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable): N/A
Number within campaign: N/A
Game: Arma Reforger
Server Hosted on: TAC 1
Date of Combat Mission: 26APR2026
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 2100Z
Mission OIC: Major Hilberg.A
Mission Controller: Major Hilberg.A, First Sergeant Westcott.R

Number of Attendees: 62
7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:

Lieutenant Colonel Robbi.J
Major Hilberg.A
Major Dread.M
First Sergeant Westcott.R
Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Master Sergeant Willson.JA
Sergeant First Class Borenstein.B
Sergeant First Class Lucander.P
Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Sergeant Snow.B
Sergeant Mackey.A
Sergeant Mack.A
Sergeant Mendoza.R
Sergeant Lee.H
Corporal Bolte.D
Corporal Macintosh.S
Corporal Nance.T
Corporal Clegg.M
Corporal Pearl.F
Corporal Dermont.L
Corporal Couvillion.T
Corporal Zaren.T
Corporal Fox.Z
Corporal Johnsen.M
Corporal Yota.G
Corporal Whitsel.M
Corporal Hoover.R
Corporal Marquez.E
Warrant Officer 1 Bloggins.R
Specialist Townsend.E
Specialist Park.R
Specialist Durrence.L
Specialist Clay.L
Specialist Kron.D
Specialist Drezelan.O
Specialist Anderson.TP
Specialist Bull.T
Specialist Tanner.J
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Tremblay.J
Specialist Grubaugh.E
Specialist Walker.R
Specialist Ford.R
Specialist Harry.J
Specialist Harrel.R
Specialist Lexon.M
Specialist Auguste.B
Private First Class Thompson.JP
Private First Class Miranda.M
Private First Class Ware.D
Private First Class Coner.J
Private First Class Cleveland.T
Private First Class McKinley.K
Private First Class Sarg.J
Private First Class Bryan.R
Private Birch.J
Private First Class Wright.P
Private Conway.B
Private Hamilton.CJ
Private Baker.D
Private Edwards.Z


Retired:

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[Borenstein.B]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: BANDIT-5
Element Leader: Sergeant First Class Borenstein.B

Pros:

• Fun time. Amazing map for MOUT
• Lots of violence of action
• Mortars
• Buffalo door gunners doing business

Cons:

• Would have been a lot better as 2x platoons but we did what we had to do
• Got a little bogged down between AOI 1 and AOI 2
• Kind of felt useless because we had company staff and platoon staff but only 1 platoon of infantry

 

[Mazinski.H]

Element Callsign: Helios-1

Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Second Lieutenant Mazinski.H
Corporal Bolte.D
Private First Class Thompson.JP
Private First Class Miranda.M
Private First Class Ware.D

Pros:

• Lots of good work for the teams in terms of breaching and infantry support
• Good fire mission for the mortar without tying us to the tubes for the whole duration of the op
• Got to get in a good number of sharp firefights and exercise our entire arsenal
• CQB on the target buildings was a blast

Cons:

• One blue-on-blue incident where Buffalo engaged one of the Helios teams providing LZ security
• Pushing the platoon through a single opening on the initial assault was a recipe for disaster, it is a miracle we only lost a single vic to RPGs

 

[Macintosh.S]

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

Element Callsign: Buffalo Flight
Element Leader:Sergeant Flint.J
Buffalo 2 Pilot: Corporal Macintosh.S
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Auguste.B
Specialist Lexon.M
Warrant Officer 1 Bloggins.R
Private First Class Coner.J
Major Dread.M

Pros:
-Lots of action
-We we're kept busy the entire time. With us sitting on a pad for at most 2 minutes.
- We had an amazing spot by Bloggins, seeing a blue van of infadels outside the AO. We were able to get guns on it as well as respond to a QRF convoy stopping a sizable force from entering the AO.
-The reinserts were cooperative, troopers went silent when asked, LZs were good as well

Cons:
-Lag was bad when entering the AO

 

[Willson.JA]

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


Element Callsign: Bandit-6
Element Leader: Master Sergeant Willson.JA


Pros:

• Map is fantastic for mout and urban ops
• Platoon comms were on point
• Platoon had a lot of violence of action
• Supporting assets were johnny on the spot when we needed them
• Squads communicated with each other and moved as a cohesive unit

Cons:

• Platoon got held up in AOI 1 and 2
• Two platoon would have been prefered for this FTX with the scale of the operation

 

[Nance.T]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit-3
Element Leader: Corporal Nance.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Mack.A
Specialist Harrel.R
Corporal Pearl.F
Private Edwards.Z

Specialist Harry.J
Corporal Clegg.M
Private First Class Cleveland.T
Private First Class McKinley.K
Specialist Ford.R

Sustains:

• Squad worked well together. FTLs did a great job.
• Training goals met. Had great sector coverage, handles ODAs well, SOSRA to get to entrances and one instance covering for Helios
• Once platoon got it's feet under it, had good pace and violence of action
• Worked well with 4. They provided smoke rounds to help get us across to AOI2 and MGs support for clearance of AOI2. Crucial to our success
• Good succession of command w/in section
• Everyone enjoyed the map

Improves:

• Initial plan was sparse on details. Understandable due to fraggo into one platoon, but no details on lanes and DMPs led to platoon taking some time to get moving
• Platoon was very quiet at some points in time. Radio bug was back as well
• Had a whole FT yellow + some helios members red from demo. Could have better comms on where explosives were set
• Had a mascas due to getting caught in a fatal funnel (shoutout to the 7 team for saving us there)

 

[Lee.H]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit-2
Element Leader: Sergeant Lee.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Walker.R
Specialist Grubaugh.E
Private Baker.D
Corporal Dermont.L
Specialist Tremblay.J
Corporal Can Auken.P
Private First Class Bryan.R

Pros:

• Squad had very minimal casualties with I think a total of 4 black tags
• Hard clears of the buildings were pretty solid with one exception
• Convoy driving while a bit loose on the comms side formation wise was pretty solid
• Very good implementation of set piece move set to clear through very dense areas
• Platoon had good comms when it came to unknown to opfor vic movements
• I personally love using a vic or two to lock down a large roadway when clearing. 2 vics killed and 10+ E.I. killed. Now I just need a gunner who doesn't and I quote say he has 'poor eyesight'
• AI contact felt good and fairly well proportioned over on the left flank.
• Personal note: I direct impacted two AI's with the 40mm

Cons:

• The one hard clear exception was a small collapse of alpha with 2 black tags leaving the AR and one new private to try clearing a very complex building
• Some radio issues caused some internal problems with me being unable to hear 2 of my members on the radio
• While waiting for reinserts we got slowed down considerably being unable to clear buildings without dropping massive security sectors so I hunkered the squad to maintain security
• Definitely had a lull in my platoon comms while dealing with both my teams especially with a quick influx of 3 black tags and a disconnect
• Mk19 when fired in quick succession was very noticeable on framerate

 

[Zaren.T]

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


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Element Callsign: BANDIT-1
Element Leader: Corporal Zaren.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant First Class Lucander.P
Sergeant Giordano.C
Corporal Couvillion.T
Corporal Fox.Z
Specialist Xinos.T
Specialist Tanner.J
Private First Class Sarg.J
Private Birch.J

PROS:

• Strong turnout.
• Good flow after we stabilized. Despite the chaos, we conducted lots of good building clearing, and support from other squads felt solid when we crossed the ODAs and LDAs.
• Good communication with platoon HQ and other squads, considering the rapidly evolving and chaotic battlespace and the scale of the tasking.
• Effective use of Aldos and 3Ds.
• Good amount of contact and opportunities to execute actions. FTL's and Team members were proactive and quick to adapt to the rapidly evolving situations.
• Good Resupplies and medical support, it was there when we needed it and saved us a lot of time and* a couple of black tags.
• The squad overall enjoyed the FTX. Despite the chaos, large objective, and limited time, it was a valuable stress test of our MOUT procedures with several learning moments.

CONS:

• Initial chaos due to my mistake, failure to halt at the RP, led to an unstructured start with breaching and clearing.
• Communication with other squads was lacking on my part, I cut a lot of corners to be able to adapt to the situations. I need to improve coordination, especially regarding lifting fire and signaling when positions are clear for movement.
• A large number of houses and rooms to clear, the objective is realistically too big for a single platoon, especially within the available time, and people expressed that they wanted to be more methodical. instead of rushing through.
• We rushed MOUT. Internally, the squad became lax and made assumptions about for example stack readiness, including stopping in the fatal funnel, which resulted in two mass-casualty incidents.
• Occasional bunching with other squads; better deconfliction is needed when operating in the same lanes.

 

[McAllen.J]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: BANDIT-7
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant McAllen.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Corporal Johnsen.M
Corporal Yota.G
Specialist Bull.T

Pros:

• Plenty of work to do throughout the operation
• Good communications between the buddy pairs within -7
• Great work in buddy aid and CLS aid, lots of casualties were treated well before arrival
• Fast response times from both pairs during Mass Cas calls or calls for 7 in general

Cons:

• CLS was carrying a medical kit during the operation, please ensure CLS's are sticking to the default kit with only bumping the number if they have the space
• Communications between CLS's were okay at the start, but got very lax towards the latter half of the FTX
• Radios are bugging out and some people can hear you on some nets and not on others, we need to figure out what causes this issue
• The AGS on the humvee lags the server/ causes people to crash
• Please make a more spread out area for PCC/PCI's, it feels like we are in a tactical blob every time and it makes it confusing to coordinate supplies

 

[Mendoza.R]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
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Element Callsign: Bandit-4/Misfit-4
Element Leader: Sergeant Mendoza.R
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

Sergeant Mackey.A
Specialist Anderson.TP
Specialist Drezelan.O
Specialist Kron.D
Corporal Whitsel.M
Private First Class Wright.P

These fellows were present at the start but had to leave early:
Sergeant Hartshock.P
Sergeant Snow.B
Specialist Clay.L
Specialist Durrence.L
Private Hamilton.CJ
Private Conway.B
Corporal Hoover.R
Corporal Marquez.E
Specialist Park.R
Specialist Townsend.E

Pros:

• Great performance from all team members
  • Fire commands
  • Three D's
  • Radio Usage
  • Buddy team adherence
  • Movements
  • Initiative
• Map and scenario felt and looked great.
• Good implementation of a mobile SBF
• We kept our MK19 Humvee with us during movements, increasing our lethality and sustainment, being able to keep our ammo stock nearby
• Medics were quick to respond and kept us on our feet

Cons:

• Took a lot of casualties at the start, some troopers had to spend a lot of time reinserting. We dismounted too close to enemy.
• Platoon level actions could be a bit better coordinated, in particular "echeloning fires," working from the highest to lowest level of fire support and maneuver elements. I had to rely on being able to see nametags through walls to prevent friendly fire.

 

[Rutkowski.P]

S1 Locked.

 

[Mobius.T]

S1 Operations Processed