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Why are recons nocturnal?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Nighttime recon operations allow the unit performing the operation to blend in better, allowing them to hide from any enemy personnel in the area. Most of enemy personnel will be fatigued and unable to respond as quickly to any movement if the recon team is discovered, which allows the team to either quietly take out the threat or create a distraction and escape. The majority of these nighttime operations take place deep behind enemy lines, where it could take time for friendly reinforcements to arrive.

Also, the majority of the insurgents we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan don't have night vision capabilities. However, in recent years, they have been taking them off the bodies of dead and captured soldiers. Also, several companies that make our military's night vision goggles have been investigated and prosecuted for sending shipments of these devices to groups linked to al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Chinese military, ruining our advantage.

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