Sentence examples for personal reconnaissance from inspiring English sources

Another goal: give the Army personal reconnaissance planes, miniature drones that will fly over enemy sites.

After carrying out a personal reconnaissance on 18 June, Berryman tried again.

While on a personal reconnaissance mission, he was shot and wounded by one of his own Bren gunners, who mistook him for a guerrilla.

On the night of July 17 18, Major Bruce made a personal reconnaissance ahead of his troops through heavy flanking machine-gun fire.

On October 3 4 he made a personal reconnaissance on the left flank of his division through heavy shell fire and continual sniping and gained information which enabled him to well place his battalion and cover an exposed flank.

Over the following three days, his constant patrolling and personal reconnaissance of the German positions enabled him to ascertain when they were massing for further counter-attacks; on one occasion he dispersed the assembling German troops with rifle fire and grenades.

The methodology used included questionnaire administration, personal interviews, field reconnaissance, and biochemical tests of water samples, all aimed at providing useful data for the design of effective methods of collecting and disposing refuse.

Pilote de guerre (1942; Flight to Arras) is a personal reminiscence of a reconnaissance sortie in May 1940 accomplished in a spirit of sacrifice against desperate odds.

It's intriguing to hear of General Westmoreland's personal interest in this "reconnaissance," but you never explain what you found or why he considered it "the key to our war effort".

The purpose of vehicle and equipment camouflage differs from personal camouflage in that the primary threat is aerial reconnaissance.

Saint-Exupery's bravery in an air-reconnaissance group during the German invasion and his personal magnetism made him a celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.