LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

IDENTIFY FUNDAMENTALS OF RECON

UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF RECON MISSIONS

UNDERSTAND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE RECONNAISSANCE PATROL

UNDERSTAND THE RECONNAISSANCE METHODS

WHAT IS RECONNAISSANCE

A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other methods, information about the activities if an enemy or potential enemy, or to secure data concerning the environmental characteristics of a particular area (ADRP 3-90)

RECON MISSIONS

AREA- Focuses on gaining info on the enemy, terrain, civil considerations within a prescribed area. Area recon is normally smaller than a zone.

Types include: Point, Contact, Civil, Tracking

ZONE- directed effort to obtain info on routes, obstacles, terrain, enemy, civil consideration. Deliberate and time consuming.

ROUTE- gathers information on a specified route and terrain where the enemy could influence movement.

Fundamentals of Reconnaissance

EACH GROUP BRIEFLY DEFINE THE 7 FUNDAMENTALS OF RECON ON WHITE BOARD ( FM 3-98 ch. 5)

RECONNAISSANCE TECHNIQUES

FAN METHOD

BOX METHOD

CONVERGING ROUTES

SUCCESSIVE SECTOR

FAN METHOD AND BOX ARE MOST COMMON USED BY DISMOUNTED ELEMENTS

quiz:

what are the recon missions?

name the fundamentals of reconnaissance?

an Area Recon is more bigger than a Zone Recon and more time Consuming True or FALSE?

WHAT ARE THE RECON TECHNIQUES THAT YOU USE?