Auxiliary Combat Detachment

Auxiliary Combat Detachment
Staff
CO	Vacant
XO	Vacant
COS
RSO
ROO
AG
AG
RFO
CSM
IMO
SGM	SGM Anthony Preacher
1SG
NCO
Aide to Auxiliary Combat Detachment
Aide to the XO
Aide to the SecOps
IC
2IC
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
PL
PSG
Hierarchy
Superior Unit	Reserve & Development Command
Reporting Units	Alpha Company A/ACD Bravo Company B/ACD Charlie Company C/ACD Delta Company D/ACD
Esprit De Corps
Unit Motto	"Forge The Future"

The Auxiliary Combat Detachment is a unit-level organization of the 7th Cavalry Gaming Regiment. It is administratively known as ACD, which is the abbreviation used in MILPACs and the Forums. ACD has a unique mission to be the home and incubation center for DEVCOM Starter Platoons of new games that have graduated to Company status. Their mission is to grow new Companies, and thus new games in 7CAV, into new Battalions. While treated as a battalion-level unit, the Combat Detachment is able to scale its size based on the needs of the Regiment. ACD is led by the Auxiliary Commanding Officer with the help of the Development Command within the Reserve and Development Command.

Mission

The mission of the Auxiliary Combat Detachment is to grow the ranks of the 7th Cavalry Gaming Regiment by identifying new games and growing company-sized units of these new games into their own Battalion. In the meantime, they are the home and administrative command and control for new Companies that have recently graduated Starter Platoon. ACD forges future leaders and Battalions!

Policies and Standard Operating Procedures

Document Number	Policy Letters
7CAV-ACD-002	ACD Section Practice Policy
7CAV-ACD-003	ACD Reporting Policy
7CAV-ACD-004	AWOL, Discharges and ELOA

ACD Battalion Leadership

Battalion Commanding Officer	Battalion Executive Officer	Battalion Sergeant Major
Vacant	Vacant	Anthony Preacher
The Auxiliary Commander was originally held by Major Dorian Sharkey for a short while before Colonel Steve Rogers transferred from A/2-7. He held that position for three and a half years before Colonel Derek Budd took over for just over a year.	The Battalion Executive Officer of ACD was originally held by Colonel Budd before his assignment as Commanding Officer, and then by Lieutenant Colonel Bell before his retirement.	Sergeant Major Anthony Preacher joined the CAV in May of 2020 under the Hell Let Loose AO of A/2-7. He has served multiple leadership positions in 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, which included Fireteam Leader, Assistant Section Leader, Section Leader, and Platoon Sergeant; where he held his longest command from March of 2021 until his assignment as Sergeant Major of the Auxiliary Combat Detachment in August of 2022. He serves the NCOA Department as the lead of the school, training hundreds of troopers to become NCOs as well as serving the S7 Department as the first in command of training regiment-wide, having been in the HLL School of Infantry since September of 2020 where he trained the members of the 2-7 Battalion. He has been awarded a Defense Superior Service Medal as well as a Legion of Merit for his work in NCOA, multiple Army Meritorious Unit Citations for operations in the Arma AO, and has been issued two Bronze Stars for operations in the Hell Let Loose AO.

Traditions and History

ACD was stood up on October 27th, 2021 by Lieutenant General Cameron Burgundy, Regimental Chief of Staff. Originally formed to consolidate all of the miscellaneous units at the time, including Escape From Tarkov (A/ACD) & the Reserves as well as our various start-ups including at the time Hell Let Loose Console (B/SP then B/ACD where they currently reside), Squad (C/ACD) and Battlefield 2042 (C/SP/ACD, but has since been disbanded). Major Sharkey was assigned the first ACD Commander, serving for the first couple of months before retiring from the 7th Cavalry. Colonel Steve Rogers was assigned the same day on November 26th, 2021, and has retained his command since. Major Derek Budd, a company commander from C/2-7, transferred four months to the day on March 26th, 2022, and was assigned as Battalion Executive Officer. Sergeant First Class Anthony Preacher, a Platoon Sergeant from 1/A/2-7 was assigned last on August 15th, 2022 as Battalion Sergeant Major.

Since its start, ACD has worked heavily with the Chief of Staff and the Special Projects Division in conjunction with the Future Concepts Center to research, develop, and bring new games to the 7th Cavalry Gaming Regiment. These include: Digital Combat Simulator, Hell Let Loose Console (the first console game in the 7th Cavalry's history), Ready or Not, Squad, and Star Citizen. DCS was formerly stood up as the 3-7 Battalion on April 1st, 2024. As of June 14, 2025, C/ACD was stood down as the home for Squad as it transitioned to the newly reopened 3-7 Battalion. Battlefield 6 would be stood up as C/ACD as the first promoted game out of DEVCOM, the sucessor to the Special Projects Divison. Foxhole followed suit as D/ACD in May 2026.

Leadership

The following is a list of the previous Auxiliary Combat Detachment Commanders, beginning with the most recent.

Rank	Name	Dates of Service
Colonel	Derek Budd	13FEB25 – 03MAY26
Colonel	Steve Rogers	26NOV21 – 13FEB25
Major	Dorian Sharkey	04OCT21 – 26NOV21