recce

i lay still on the ground, camo on my face, and looked through my binoculars. i have been lying here in wait with my partner for the past 12 hours, taking turns to rest and observe. seeing nothing for a good 3 minutes, i motioned to my partner that i was going to take a smoke. i crawled backwards until there was an opening, where getting up wouldn't cause noise and movement in the vegetation, got up and lit my cigarette.

inhaling, then exhaling. you never know when the enemy is going to show up. together with the other 2 members of my team, stationed along this ridgeline 1km down, we were conducting reconnaissance in enemy territory, finding a target for the snipers to engage. however, earlier on in a previous mission they could not engage the target, so we were tasked to find the target for them.

as i crawled back to my position and looked through my binos, i saw it. this was too easy, the convoy was using the main axis for travel! we thought they would have changed route or mission, but now they have appeared in front of us. our job was done. radio back to base and call in the snipers. whether or not their target was in this convoy would depend on intel, but we found the target. MA.