AAR Able Company 2-7 FTX - Operation Baggage Train - 28JUN26

[Macpherson.C]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
S3 BATTLE STAFF
Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT
Name of Combat Mission: Operation Baggage Train
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: Training Server 1
Date of Combat Mission: 28JUN26
Time of Combat Mission : 19:45 PM EST
CRCON STATS​

Mission OIC: Major Macpherson.C, First Lieutenant Angels.N, First Sergeant Herber.R

Mission Controller: Major Macpherson.C, First Lieutenant Angels.N, First Sergeant Herber.R

Number of Attendees: 77


Colonel Cameron.J
Major Korfias.F
Major Macpherson.C
First Lieutenant Angels.N
Second Lieutenant Lewis.P
Sergeant Major White.C
First Sergeant Herber.R
First Sergeant Mueller.H
Staff Sergeant Felton.J
Staff Sergeant Hellious.T
Staff Sergeant Koalafied.C
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Scarselli.T
Sergeant Donk.B
Sergeant Emerson.D
Sergeant Hermes.S
Sergeant Maca.D
Sergeant Mair.B
Sergeant Matthews.A
Corporal Baldrick.D
Corporal Bazzle.J
Corporal Berk.A
Corporal Darko.M
Corporal Fox.F
Corporal Harris.W
Corporal Kenton.W
Corporal Muller.AS
Corporal Mustard.C
Corporal Plummer.M
Corporal Tilley.B
Corporal Wagner.D
Specialist Aly.M
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Armstrong.AL
Specialist Austin.M
Specialist Baldrick.JR
Specialist Belanger.C
Specialist Cazeault.J
Specialist Corn.D
Specialist Cross.JA
Specialist Eri.C
Specialist Gimson.M
Specialist Hall.S
Specialist Hood.D
Specialist Ingram.M
Specialist Jefferzon.Z
Specialist Marcum.J
Specialist Quake.B
Specialist Simmons.T
Specialist Stevenson.A
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Waffle.J
Specialist Walton.D
Specialist Yates.J
Private First Class Anthony.M
Private First Class Brakefield.W
Private First Class Bauvil.C
Private First Class Fenrir.J
Private First Class Freeman.S
Private First Class Garner.P
Private First Class Harris.KM
Private First Class Hobbs.C
Private First Class Humphrey.S
Private First Class Jaco.F
Private First Class Mac.K
Private First Class McCann.C
Private First Class Perrier.J
Private First Class Sly.R
Private First Class Walden.M
Private Burgess.S
Private Fabian.N
Private McDaniels.L
Private Nunley.J
Private Rat.L
Private Scratch.J
Private Stewart.C
Private Turner.Z

Uneligible for Operational Credit:
Corporal Feathers.A RET
Corporal Sokol.Z RET
Corporal Theo.H ELOA

 

[Macpherson.C]

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


Pros:

Cons:

 

[Tilley.B]

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: CPL.Tilley.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Corn.D

Pros:

• Great Movement, Good Leadership Comms, Team worked together great.

Cons:

• No Negatives had a good time

 

[Korfias.F]

Element Callsign: "Papa" Axis Commander
Element Leader: Major Korfias.F
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Korfias.F

Pros:

• FTX went well. I think the larger scale worked well for this op. It was fairly chaotic at times, which made it fun.
• Despite some hiccups early on the team meshed well and came together for the W.

Cons:

• Comms were a bit hectic at times, but there was a lot of information to exchange

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: Staff Sergeant Felton.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

CON: Please keep platoon's together for FTXs. We have two weeks each month to mix and mingle the entire company. FTX IMO are for that over all picture which would place that emphasis on keeping platoons together.

 

[Waffle.J]

Element Callsign: Allied Squad 2 (Mike and George)
Element Leader: SPC.Waffle.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
FTL: SPC.Walton.D
CPL.Baldrick.D
SPC.Baldrick.JR
PVT.McCann.C

Pros:

• The team flexed well into supporting roles
• Solid Comms across the board
• Squad was still able to place baggage train nodes even under fire

Cons:

• On the defense, we were constantly outgunned, and once the enemy established themselves inside our baggage train zone, they stayed there
• Most of my squad came from different sections, and they felt they would have enjoyed playing with familiar faces.

 

[Aponte.A]

Element Callsign: Axis
Element Leader: Specialist Aponte.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Specialist Aponte.A
Specialist Stevenson.A
Corporal Berk.A
Corporal Fox.F
Specialist Stout.S
Specialist Austin.M

Pros:

• Good comms
• Fast reaction to enemy movement
• Great surpression of tanks with smoke

Cons:

• Lack of outposts
• Not being able to cross the redline to hunt garrisons

 

[Scarselli.T]

Element Callsign: DAWGS (Allied Tank)
Element Leader: CW2.Scarselli.T
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
PFC.Walden.M
PVT.Nunley.J

Pros:

• New dynamic using a narrower part of the map in place is good change of pace from moving all up and down the map.
  • Way to iterate: Baggage train may be exchanged for manmade (and therefore destructible) fortifications. Forbid the use of SPGs if this is done.

Cons:

• Issue: Not enough Friendly Forces to allow for decisive density anywhere. Split between the Baggage Train, OBJ, and other locations, FF were consistently undermanned everywhere. As Armor, we were left without dismounted escort far longer than we had it.
  • Way Ahead: Narrow the scope of the match. Ignore the OBJ on paper, instead focus on destroying the Baggage Train.
• Issue: Respawns were not close to OBJ. FF would take part or all of it, culminate due to casualties, and be overwhelmed by the counterattack.
  • Way Ahead: Allow OPs in the OBJ. This will ensure constant dynamic fighting within the OBJ instead of the back and forth all and nothing occupations of both sides.

 

[Matthews.A]

Element Callsign: Baker - Allies
Element Leader: SGT.Matthews.A
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SPC.Brakefield.W
PFC.Humphrey.S
PFC.Fenrir.J
CPL.Sokol.Z (RET)
CPL.Feathers.A (RET)

Pros:

• Everyone had a good time, solid kit selection, won their gunfights and had good reaction to contact.
• Searched and destroyed enemy logistics will calm and methodical movement.
• A fantastic initial push with speed and violence of action, won the initial gunfight.
• Everyone had a great time in my squad!
• Proud of the team, we went down swinging and thats a really good pro.

Cons:

• Command comms (to me personally) were extremely cluttered which means I had to have the troopers under me repeat themselves multiple times.
• Support was gradually lost for the offensive squads as they were recalled going towards defense of baggage train.

 

[Muller.AS]

Element Callsign: Allies Squad 4
Element Leader: Muller.AS
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Emerson.D
Quake.B
Bauvil.C
Gimson.M
Hobbs.C

Pros:

• Command coms were solid
• Team provided constant pressure on the axis baggage train
• Satchels were on point, often taking out multiple nodes at once

Cons:

• No matter how many times we destroyed their nodes, we never seemed to retake center point.
  No other complaints, as my squad never assaulted the center point

 

[Lewis.P]

Element Callsign: German Fox Squad - Node Defense
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Lewis.P
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Darko.M
Private Scratch.J
Private Stewart.C
Specialist Belanger.C
Private First Class Mac.K


Pros:

• Section did very good to keep nodes built
• Good cycling of support role from all members
• Great work from the new members of A/2/A/2-7
• Great callouts from other Germans on incoming enemy flow

Cons:

• No cons experienced by German defense (fairly straightforward for us)

 

[Felton.J]

Element Callsign: Delta - Axis
Element Leader: SSG.Felton.J
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
SGT.Hermes.S
CPL.Harris.W
CPL.Wagner.D
SPC.Aly.M


Pros:

• Everyone had fun
• Squad ran like a well oiled machine
• Love the simultaneous Attack/Defend that the nodes

Cons:

None

 

[Mueller.H]

Element Callsign: AXIS Joker Squad
Element Leader: First Sergeant Mueller.H
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Colonel Cameron.J
Sergeant Major White.C
Corporal Kenton.W
Specialist Stripes.P
Specialist Marcum.J
Pros:

• Had Fun
• Good Concept

Cons:

• Map