First across the snow
The scout is ahead of the others, searching for signs of the opposing line. His subject is reconnaissance at walking pace: looking, listening and choosing the next few yards carefully. It is a smaller and more exposed job than the word reconnaissance might suggest when associated with armored cars and aircraft.
Snow can reveal movement as well as conceal it. Tracks and disturbed surfaces give a winter patrol a different set of problems from a summer one. The figure's cautious advance conveys that need for attention, while leaving the exact place and encounter open rather than claiming a documented individual action.
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