AAR Operation Reckless 28MAR21 1900Z

[Budd.D]

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

Name of Combat Mission: Operation Reckless
Campaign of Combat Mission (If applicable):
Number within campaign: 0
Game: Hell Let Loose
Server Hosted on: =7Cav= Tactical Realism 2 [US EAST]
Date of Combat Mission: 28 MAR 2021
Time of Combat Mission (Zulu): 1900
Mission OIC: First Lieutenant Budd.D
Mission Controller: Second Lieutenant Adler.J

Number of Attendees: 41

7th Cavalry Personnel Involved in Action:
Major Lombardi.M
First Lieutenant Budd.D
First Lieutenant Profenno.L
First Lieutenant Rob.Y
Second Lieutenant Adler.J
Second Lieutenant Mix.C
Sergeant Goel.B
Sergeant Goings.N
Sergeant Heberlig.G
Sergeant Little.D
Sergeant Pregeant.B
Sergeant Sven.S
Corporal Bunnell.M
Corporal D'Amico.D
Corporal Gibbs.B
Corporal Hayden.A
Corporal Mulholland.J
Corporal Preacher.A
Corporal Singhal.P
Corporal Sparrow. P
Corporal Steel.N
Corporal Ross Strider
Specialist Bacon.C
Specialist Biondo.R
Specialist Hamilton.J
Specialist Hayes.J
Specialist Hermes.S
Specialist John.K
Specialist Longwell.S
Specialist Mazzocchi.A
Specialist Peters.N
Specialist Smith.N
Specialist Steinmann.K
Private First Class Gianni.F
Private First Class Longwell.A
Private First Class Ramirez.R
Private First Class Zeng.S
Private First Class Zimm.L
Private Ackelson.K
Private Webb.T


Pros:

Cons:

Suggestion:

If your name is not listed, or if you have medal recommendations, contact First Lieutenant Budd.D

 

[Strider.R]

Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: US Armor Crew
Element Leader: Corporal Ross Strider

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Heberlig.G
Private First Class Zeng.S


Pros:

• Good clean op
• Used terrain defensively

Cons:

• Armor was not used effectively, due mostly to map physics
• Roaming AT squads kept us out of action most of the game they were able to roam around with little to no challenge

 

[West.B]

Element Callsign: US Echo
Element Leader: Sergeant West.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Major Lombardi.M
Corporal Bunnell.M
Specialist Bacon.C

Pros:

• Great squad cohesion and communication.
• Hard fight on a tough defensive point.

Cons:

• Hard flanks were able to unhinge OPs and Garrisons.

 

[Goel.B]

Element Callsign: US How
Element Leader: Sergeant Goel.B
7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Corporal Hayden.A
Specialist Biondo.R ( Provided to Gibbs)
Private First Class Gianni.F
Private Ackelson.K


Pros:

• Great squad comms and fighting.
• We took a lot of enemy OPs and left our up most of the match.
• Fighting good enemies makes us improve and learn

Cons:

• We got hard flanked.

 

[Hermes.S]

Element Callsign: Baker - Defense / Logi
Element Leader: SPC.Hermes.S

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:

1stLt.Rob.Y
CPL.Preacher.A
SPC.Smith.N
SPC.Peters.N
PFC.Zimm.L


Pros:

• Great holding defensively with an overwhelming force
• Great Communication within the squad
• Great work keeping eyes on Garris / OPs

Cons:

• Far too much placed on our shoulders: Between Nodes (that disappear when point lost), Garris (the inability to place them within a defensive perimeter), Constant fending off harassing forces from all directions.
• Difficult ability to get and keep supplies coming to the defensive point (mines, challenging map to drive on) which was key in putting up nodes and garris

 

[Goings.N]

Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: US Jig Squad
Element Leader: Sergeant Goings.N

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
Sergeant Goings.N
Specialist Steinmann.K
Sergeant Sven.S
Sergeant Pregeant.B
Corporal D'Amico.D

Pros:

• Great squad comms & movement
• Stayed 'on-task', i.e. built our garrison, assaulted the strong point, constantly updating OPs, etc.
• Rotated around as enemy defenses allowed us to get closer to the point.

Cons:

• Once we lost the initial point we literally fought an uphill battle to regain it.

 

[Mix.C]

Headquarters
7th Cavalry Regiment
COMBAT AFTER ACTION REPORT​

Element Callsign: Allies, Foxtrot
Element Leader: Second Lieutenant Mix.C

7th Cavalry Personnel Within Element:
First Lieutenant Profenno.L
Second Lieutenant Mix.C

Pros:

• Recon was effective at wiping enemy spawns
• Worked well with command to establish deep attack garrisons
• Generally good command coms

Cons:

• Seemed slow to center point (though I was admittedly distracted with my own business at that time)
• Failed to secure center objective when our big opportunity came. Should have dug in until cap was complete
• I placed a garrison on the wrong side of the line while attempting to build fall back garrisons on the last point
• We did not act quickly enough to ensure fall back garrisons on our last point

Observations:

In general we did well. I was in no position to judge the infantry action but from my perspective I feel as if our main issues were logistical in nature. Given that Command always has a thousand things to think about I feel we should designate a small logistical unit with a SL who understands the game, and Commands intent, to simply make sure certain aspects of the mission are handled without needing to be directed. This would include nodes, and defensive garrisons and would then extend to supply runs and fortifications once the other business has been attended to.

 

[Ronnings.P]

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