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Area reconnaissance refers to the observation, and information obtained, about a specified location and the area around it; it may be terrain-oriented and/or force-oriented. Ideally, a reconnaissance platoon, or team, would use surveillance or vantage (static) points around the objective to observe, and the surrounding area.
Reconnaissance; Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force. Retreat: withdrawal of troops from a battlefield (can be either orderly or unorderly; fighting or by rout). Rout: disorderly withdrawal of troops from a battlefield following a defeat, either real or perceived.
Reconnaissance is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information. Reconnaissance may also refer to: Reconnaissance (rallying) , observation of racetrack prior to rally motorsport races
Recon – Used as a verb to denote stealthy acquisition by theft. Not to be confused with "Recon". See also acquire. 4th Force Reconnaissance Company insignia, colloquially known as a "Recon Jack" Recon Jack – general term for recon insignias, normally with features depicting "jack of all trades": airborne, scuba, combatant swimmer.
Recon, or reconnaissance, is a military term for gathering information. Recon may also refer to: Arts and entertainment "Recon" , a TV episode; Recon ...
The 2025 Jeep Recon EV is inching closer to production, and we've spied an undisguised prototype out in public.. The prototype Recon looks a lot like the concept, with its all-terrain tires, short ...
Army Talk: A Familiar Dictionary of Soldier Speech. Princeton University Press. ASIN B00725XTA4. Dickson, Paul (2014). War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6.
An early published use of the phrase "retroactive continuity" is found in theologian E. Frank Tupper's 1973 book The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg: "Pannenberg's conception of retroactive continuity ultimately means that history flows fundamentally from the future into the past, that the future is not basically a product of the past."