How to Conduct a Recce Patrol
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Out in the States with Echo Mike, talking through the various stages of conducting a Recce Patrol. We talk through planning and preparation, the Orders process, equipment, tasks and roles, patrolling, conduct of an OP and exfiltration, both planned and when compromised.
Included in the video is some of my footage from when I was serving in the UK Pathfinders, and a demonstration of a live two man contact drill.
Thankyou to Echo Mike for enabling the making of the video, we had a blast!
You can follow Echo Mike's channel here;
/ @echo_mike
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It was an honour to have you over and train with you mate, learned tons and had a Fantastic time 💯🇬🇧🇺🇸
@@Echo_Mike cheers mate, thankyou for the opportunity, was great to work with you! 🇺🇸🇬🇧👍
@Echo_Mike what's your background Mike? What ever it is sf or uk 🇬🇧 Mil should be proud as your going over public domain info.
Uh! The first uploaded video ended up missing a lot! Now I've looked at it completely. Absolutely fantastic! You are an excellent team! Thumbs up!
You forgot the soak period where everyone gets to rest their helmets on the weapon sights and get some Z's
Excellent video gentlemen. You have a good rapport together and hope to see more from you both in the future.
Nate
Great content as always, possibly the best so far, keep em coming.
@@tangozulu cheers mate 👍
Excellent Video.
Cracking video Tom and solid advice for people who want to take part in this stuff our join the army, fitness and discipline spot on!
@@BlesamaSoul thankyou, appreciate it! 👍
You reminded me talking about how difficult is recce. I remember once we were in a difficult area to have an op. Close by was a river and the water brought a carcass of a dead goat living it rotting 70 m from our position and we had to stay there for almost 2 days withe odor
Super awesome, what a team! BZ!
Great video guys, makes me miss the old days ;) lol.
Very good video...Thanks
Great stuff!
Mega stuff mates! 🇺🇲🇬🇧⚔️🍻
Ha! 'Merica! F**k Yeah! Pretty cool, ain't it?
Yes! 🏴
Quite simply put Tom is switched on to F...k as we used to say. Good revise and remind lesson.
What a great presentation. Absolute magic. I noticed you had 22 comments before I sent this one. 22 means a lot to the military. I hope you'll have the time to read it, take the details and then remove it from your site. The reasons will become clear. In the early 2000's I needed a job desperately and this mainly when unexpected meetings with military men took place.
In a pub I was talking to a guy who mentioned army but not a lot else about himself no matter how much I probed. I told him I was thinking of working in a Muslim area of Brum as a mental health worker. He told me to take it. I said that I had to get through the interview first. He just replied that I'd get the job before he went. I just thought, "f****** weirdo."
I went for the job and there was only me as candidate which required me to live on site. Anyway I was offered the job and I took it. It was a crash course in mental health and I would be working as a caretaker.
Initially I had a tough time with the young Muslim lads in the area and many said ," why don'you f*** off GORA (meaning white)" but I've always loved challenge and didn't get phased by it. I was there 8+years and gradually got to know the lads and they were. There were a very, very few who really didn't want me there but really didn't worry about it because the West Mids police were very supportive, but I tried as much as possible not to call on them as much as was possible to continue to build up rapport with the community.
There were lots of funny times. For example one night I noticed the fire door had been opened and when I went to investigate the were 4 Asian guys smoking weed and drinking vodka and they had a Pitbull terrier on a thick chain. When I went in they the the Pitbull loose and it approached me. To lighten the atmosphere I said, " if he starts shagging my leg will you help to get him off." They all burst out laughing which the dog sensed and he licked my hand before jumping up for lots of fuss. The chain holder with ironic disappointment said,* Oh Enzo no, you're a guard dog. We all laughed again. They were a good group.
On a more serious note one event I went to a tiny town a couple of miles away to draw about £20 from a cash point. As I fed in my pin number I noticed an Asian guy passing from my right. I turned briefly to see if he'd passed when suddenly he appeared on my right pointing a 3 inch vegetable knife at me
He was wearing a bluish hooded jacket and said in what sounded like a french accent,v" give me £500 or I"ll stab you." I couldn't draw out £500 because it was well over my limit and I realised even more he was a foreigner. What happened next was probably less than a minute but felt like an eternity. He stood covering the cash point and kept looking at knowing there cash on its way. I tried rushing him but each time he swung through knife I had to move back quick. I tried to kick his kneecap but the same thing happened.
Eventually my debit card came out of the cash point and grabbed and I moved round the back of , grabbed the wrist holding the knife. I put my arm over his shoulder to stop him elbowing in the face and jabbed to fingers to put pressure on his eyeballs which made him cry out.
This problem sounds silly but I was worried that if I pressed too hard his eyeballs would either be damaged or dangling on his cheeks. I couldn't do and let him go.
He ran off with my debit card and I grabbed my cash and ran after him. He might well have been younger and stronger than me but as I caught up with him he was out of breath. At this moment I made two novice errors in jiu jitsu. I let anger creep in and took my eyes off the knife. As he turned I went for a wild knockout blow but he ducked and very deftly he ducked and stuck a back hand straight stab wound in my thigh which just felt like dead leg till the blood stained me trousers. He incapacitated me and ran off. The police in number and ambulance were there real quick as I was aided by a wonderful lady in her late fifties/early sixties who packed the wound her name is or was Betty a true angel.
At the police video line up he wasn't there which told even more he was a foreigner. I'll never forget his face, but he was never caught in this country.
I passed it off as just bad luck. It was a relatively minor wound but it took two years to heal fully.
Some years later I was sill working in the same area and one night I went out for quiet drink being off duty. A guy asked if he could sit next to me. I just said that it was a free country. He slid a local Brum news paper to me and said,"what do you think of that?" Before I read the article I saw a photo face as it's lead. I looked at and said to the guy,"that's the f***** who stabbed me in 2007." I then started to read the article and the guy went off. I thought he'd gone to get a drink but he never came back. A fter reading the article I was gobsmacked
The Asian guy was called Anouar Haddouchi a Belgian with origins in Syran.
Naturally I notified the loc police even drawing a hood round his face. Thee only feedback I received was that it couldn't have been him because he didn't come to live in Birmingham until 2009. I argued that nothing would stop him visiting here before that date and why was he not on the video line up. I argued that anyone foreign to this country would do a reconnaissance first, to build up local contacts and if he was short of cash he would do anything he could to get it. He would probably be able to get drug dealers who sympathised with his cause and I met more than a few to give him money. But as far as I know it was passed over.
I learned that he did get a council house, attained benefits before going to Syria to fight for Islamic state. The biggest fact to me was that the house he got was maybe a mile from where I lived and worked. He also met two connections, Mohammed Abrini and Zacharia Boufassil in the park one night. The parks maybe 400 metres from where I lived and worked. It turned out that Abrini was wanted by the Belgian authorised to face trial for the Brussels bombing. Boufassil was the go between. They received 25 and 3 years imprisonment respectively. Syria are still negotiating custody of Abrini where he would face execution.
With regards to Haddouchi he kept the house going for 3 years or more, leaving Boufassil to his debit card to take money to Abrini.
Eventually Haddouchi was captured at Baghuz, Syria by the commandos (Maghawir) of the Syrian Democratic force at this last stronghold for Islamic state. We was accused of over 100 beheadings. I have in my possession a shoulder patch from the SDF. I also received an emerald grey beret and badge of the SRR both with NATO Stock Numbers and other items.
I tell you this mainly due to illness of have a 50% chance of living for the next three years by a Specialist NHS doctor and the fact you are a noble veteran and young recruits to the army need to have there eyes and ears open for a simple reason. Some of the migrants coming by dingy are without any identification and could well be coming here to cause harm. Our governments have been accepting them blindly and it has too stop. Many European leaders see this now and are preventing them from access and taking benefits that many hard working people here whatever their religion have been giving in tax and national insurance for the welfare of the country.
The very best Regards to you. Sorry it was a long comment but I have much to say before I 'kick the bucket' and no sympathy please I have no fear of death having stared in the face on several occasions but I can't help being concerned for good people everywhere. M....... P.S. if there are any spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, it's because of the small on screen keyboards and not having eyes like a f****** eagle
Great content from GB! Question: everyone covers basics of patrols, but what do Recce teams do while holed up in OP? Any OP physical fitness, game of cards, or just laying there getting your bum sore from not moving for a week? Thx Echo Mike, too!
@@aaronroy6696 you don’t have the luxury to do anything other than your job or sleep.
What top and pack are you rocking there tom? Also I've tried to order a hat but the United States was an option for shipping. How do I get ahold of one.
It's a Platatac shirt and a Becker Patrol Pack. If you shoot me an email to preparedpathfinder@gmail.com I will sort you a cap out.
Absolute shame we cant do this in the UK, if anyone has advice for emigrating to the US im all ears! im a time served oil and gas mechanic/rope access and open to any work in the states!
Catch the first flight to Mexico, then turn right and head due north. Cross border and tell BP that you were threatened or even just scared of cartel. Then you're in along with the other 30 million the current administration let in 😂😂. Lol
Seriously though, theres russians, chinese, ukranians , middle eastern all coming in, walking in broad daylight. I would think, if the cartel left you alone that you'd get in. 😊
I'm gonna start using "same song sheet". Like it way better than "sheet of music" like us yanks say.
Can you give more details on how you're running your side arm for a recce patrol? Thinking back to your 3 layer kit vids, you dont touch on pistols, etc. Would be cool if you could bring some recce side arm info to light mate.
Top work as always.
@@user-ul8eg1pr6r cheers. TBH l wouldn’t normally carry a pistol if l was dismounted.
@@PreparedPathfinder can i ask why civilians would need to know this?
@@RoughWalkers you don’t need to repeat yourself.
@@PreparedPathfinder jesus christ i was just asking a question no need to be so fickle about it wish i hadnt bothered now, i expect a better mindset from someone whos ex military jesus!!
@@RoughWalkers that makes two of us then. 😴
I wish I had the motivation for a military career when I was young, notably to be surrounded by dudes who look like from the Predator movie.
1) The most critical question to ask yourself and anyone else in your "team" before undertaking any form of potentially dangerous activity is to ask "WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?" If a detailed and lengthy discussion doesn't take place at this time then you've already screwed up!
@@GLEN-ys7qt nope, that’s explained to you in your orders. You don’t get to debate the reasons why in the military.
@@PreparedPathfinder Mate is this still a prepping channel or has it morphed somewhere along the way? Who is the viewing audience this video is aimed at ?
@@GLEN-ys7qt it’s a bit of everything prepping and military. Was a good opportunity whilst l was in the States.
Ah yes, the pre mission geopolitical and philosophical debate. The question is not really "why" do we do this but "who" are we & who do we want to be.
@@3y3sho7 😂😂
So is Echo Mike ex military?,and is he American,he sounds almost British?
@@GC-wj6ni he was in the USMC before he was MD’d. He’s originally from the UK.
Whats echo mike background?
Ask him!
@PreparedPathfinder I am his in your vid!
@@forwardprogressonly yeah l’m aware of that, but ask him, not me.
@PreparedPathfinder Roger that, no problem what ever background sf or uk Mil should be proud, seems switched on.
Always good 👍 but bloody hell, thst looks like the UK lol
if you want to learn how to do recce, speak to South African Recce, recognizance commandos, leaders are small man recce teams, few years ago, just before our forces engaged the M23 rebels in the congo a recce went out far beyond enemy lines, he held up and waited for 2km outside the enemy base, once the main forces started their attack he started his, sniping 6 enemy commanders from 2kms away. rebels had no clue were he was so they started dropping mortars everywhere, he was hit in his shoulder so he walked all the way back to base got stiched up and was out behind enemy lines the next day again, the the time is was the 6th longest sniper kill, not i think its 8th, he was on his own no spotter no second, just him and his rifle 2kms outside enemy based waiting for conventional troops to start the engadgement, then he went to work knocking out their senior officors. he what recce do, go behind enemy lines gather intel and then once it all kicks off takes out command and control
Sounds like a bit of Jackanory to me tbh.
@@PreparedPathfinder jackanory? Confused don't know that word
@@Ghoulza sounds like a BS story. Snipers don’t go out on their own, let alone the rest of it. BTW I don’t need to learn about recce, l spent most of my 25 year career in recce units.
@@PreparedPathfinder ah ok. well, it's easy enough to research,
it's linked to this
South African Special Forces sniper
(name withheld) August 2013 2,125 m (2,324 yd) Denel NTW-14.5 14.5×114mm South Africa South African Special Forces Brigade, Joint Operations Division, SANDF MONUSCO [29][30][31]
South African Recce are different, they go out in small teams and in some cases just one person not trying undermine your abilities at all :)
@@Ghoulza l’m not interested in researching BS mate.
Bruh we ain't infiling via HALO and exfiling via helo.
@@allanjarnagin3540 why not, bruh?
Pussy
...Dad?
@@sectorseven07 😂
mnemonic: to help remember the orders process = Grumpy Sergeant Majors Eat Small Corporals. Hope that still works !