FlyBy Sends: The Art Of Military Reconnaissance Units
The first fifteen to twenty minutes are a good compliment to FM 7-93: Long Range Surveillance Operations.
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About the Author: NC Scout
NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .
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GUNS N GEAR
Interesting comment: ‘Long range recon is the only unit that bridges the gap between conventional and special operations’ in which recon can perform special missions but is attached to a conventional unit,’ and another in which the instructor states that there is a place for the ‘hard’ soldier who will destroy his target at any cost, but contrasts this with recon because of the requisite flexibility and adaptability.
Ok, you got me – back in the day recon would have been my aspiration because of the elite level demands, skill required, and autonomy of mission and methods. Respect to them! But on to the point: the Brushbeater training paradigm taught me there is another way besides either lone operator or military model small unit, meaning the ‘team of 3 woodsmen’ who can perform missions as needed. Near as I can tell, it looks like ‘tactical training’ outside the military takes two models: conventional tactics modified for civilians with some emphasis on fieldcraft ; or emphasis on fieldcraft in which appropriate tactics are included which are likely to be of most benefit for the civilian, like hunting as a team with the difference the game stands on two legs.
Being well versed in fieldcraft is vital. IMO, not enough emphasis is placed on fieldcraft.