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There are pages on surveillance aircraft and spy satellite which should be linked to, and some of the material on this page should be shifted to the aircraft page. I don't have time atm. --Robert Merkel 09:29, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 "Compare To" 2 Reconnaissance in force 3 Point 4 Restructuring Reconnaissance 5 Airborne reconnaissance 6 Network Reconnaissance

[edit] "Compare To"

I don't know if this is shown in all Wikipedia articles that are basically defenitions, but the way it is said seems very unclear, and I would think that most people would rather a sentence explaining how reconnaissance is not these things. Espire 18:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

It's just poor prose and style and symptomatic of the entire article. I put some tags on it. Quadzilla99 04:46, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reconnaissance in force

Could someone knowledgeable add a blurb about the term "reconnaissance in force"? This term comes up a lot in military histories and fiction. I suspect it doesn't really need a separate article. Thanks. — Jeff Q 14:10, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, since no one rose to this challenge yet, I've added my own blurb, based on some quick scans of various dictionaries and military webpages, as well as my own impressions from reading historical and fictional works. If I have made any significant errors or misused any terminology, I ask that folks not bite my head off, but just make the corrections. Thanks. — Jeff Q (talk) 19:18, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Point

"Point (military), the person at the front to poop on the reconnaissance patrol, column or convoy" was recently added to point; anyone here care to sketch out an article on this, or add it here so it can be redirected, if appropriate? Thanks! — Catherine\^talk 03:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like something for wiktionary, along with vanguard (military). My Canadian Oxford Dictionary says the following, in the 28th noun sense out of 32: —Michael Z. 2006-01-6 04:02 Z

"point . . . 28 Military a a small patrol leading the advance of a larger body of combat troops. b esp. N Amer. the position at the head of a column or wedge of troops (walk point). c esp. N Amer. = POINT MAN. . . ."

"point man noun esp. N Amer. 1 the soldier at the head of a patrol. 2 a person who leads a new endeavor etc. 3 Hockey the player taking a position at the point during a power play."

[edit] Restructuring Reconnaissance

I believe that simple "reconnaissance" should be no more than a disambiguation page to reconnaissance (military), reconnaissance (network), etc. The military reconnaissance page could point to:

Reconnaissance in force by conventional units

Reconnaissance by recon units organic to conventional forces

Long Range Surveillance; US Marine Force Recon Battalions go here

Special reconnaissance; UK SAS/SBS/SRR, US Special Forces and certain other SOF units, Force Recon companies

Other national organizations are welcome, but I suspect most countries will fit into this four-level model. Russian style, where one company/battalion/etc. out of a battalion/regiment has additional recon training, might be an exception. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 21:48, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Airborne reconnaissance

Is this the correct term? I would use "aerial reconnaissance". Airborne to me means "carried by air", eg paratroops. Cyclopaedic (talk) 12:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Good observation. I made that heading refer to air and space, and put parachuting as one means by which SR troops can reach their area of operations. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 16:02, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Network Reconnaissance

I think the "Network Reconnaissance" section should be removed to another article, we can always add a disambiguation page.--Afpre (talk) 20:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC) Best places I could find would be "Vulnerability scanner".--Afpre (talk) 14:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)