the reconnaissance party is composed of the personnel that a commander assigns to reconnoitre and prepare his area of operations such as a deployment area, concentration area or assembly area, for subsequent occupation. Its tasks may include: clearing the area to be occupied and protecting it as required, carrying out limited ground clearance for routes and operating space, selecting and marking in and out routes, and guiding the main body into the area, an element responsible for reconnaissance in support of future operations, a small group (usually consisting of a commander and his subordinate commanders), which carries out a reconnaissance before planning an operation or task, üldjuhul ülemast ja tema allüksuste ülematest koosnev grupp, kes sooritab enne operatsiooni või ülesande planeerimist maastikuluure