International Legal Evangelism: Intelligence, Reconnaissance & Missions

econnaissance, the following techniques may be used as long as the fundamentals of
reconnaissance are applied.
Scouts may also have different tasks to perform for their commanders of higher
echelons, for example: the engineer reconnaissance detachments will try to identify
difficult terrain in the path of their formation, and attempt to reduce the time it takes to
transit the terrain using specialist engineering equipment such as a pontoon bridge for
crossing water obstacles. Sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance implies collection
and transfer of all data available on sanitary and epidemiological situation of the area of
possible deployment and action of armed forces, the same data for the neighboring and
enemy armed forces. The aim for the reconnaissance is to clear up the reasons of the
specific disease origin- sources of the infection in various extreme situations, including
local wars and armed conflicts, the ways of the infection transfer and all factors
promoting to the infestation.
After the armed forces have become stationary during wartime and emergency of peace
time the sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance turns into sanitary and
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