This manual describes the doctrinal and tactical employment of the reconnaissance platoon in airborne, air assault, and light infantry battal­ions. It provides the reconnaissance platoon’s leaders with tactics, tech­niques, and procedures to exploit its reconnaissance and security capabilities, to reduce its vulnerabilities, and to enable its parent battalion to obtain the information necessary to win on the battlefield.

This manual also provides guidance for employing the reconnais­sance platoon or infantry platoons that conduct reconnaissance and secu­rity operations. The estimate of the situation determines how to apply the doctrine in this manual.

This book is a "mini" (7 1/4 inches high by 5 1/2 inches wide) size - A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.  The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.

The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.

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