I'd like to hear their take.
My understanding is that it is very much a Commander / AO - METT-TC thing and that some units are more Patrol friendly than others (and obviously. location can have a bearing.). I hear a few units are less risk averse than most but that generally, Cav Platoons and Scout Platoons are converted to palace guard or personal protection (which should be a Court Martial Offense for he or she who directs that :mad: ) and the use of LRS patrols is 'not robust.'
The OpSec issue bothered me in making my post above and this one -- but the risk aversion is IMO more worrisome. It fascinates - and worries -- me that I had more latitude as a Squad Leader in Korea and as an acting Platoon Leader in Viet Nam than most Company Commanders appear to have today. We should be better trained, more trusting of a professional force and they should have more freedom of action. Sadly, none of those things appear to be true.
So too do many US and other nations units...
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Infanteer
I routinely deployed 4-6 man patrols for layback, OPs and ambushes. These weren't LRRPs, but I was sending small teams out.
Many do that and for more than a day or two as well but one unit that did not do so would be too many IMO. I hear there's more than one.
The LRS guys should be out for a week or two at a time. There are a lot of reasons why that isn't routinely being done, some good, some not so much...