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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
From what I've read (Ron Reid Daly's Top Secret War, if I remember right) there was one guy in the Selous Scouts who did extended LRRPs either alone or maybe, at most, with one guy he'd take with him. He had the same argument -- if the bad guys cut his trail they'd never think a single guy was anything friendly or enemy -- but it sounded like even among the Selous Scouts he was considered a bit touched in the head.
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I've seen this argument in a few sources. In one way, it makes a lot of sense, a conter-recon patrol would be looking for a small group of men, one person would stand an excellent chance of being ignored...but maybe I'm old school, a patrol of 4-men would be the best for a recon.