Actually -- it's bad mojo to be in the OPEN downrange from ANYONE with ANY kind of a weapon..........even if you can't see the ba$taxxs who MIGHT be there!
It can flat a$$ ruin a nice day....
In the "open", it could take a cautious grunt -- hours to cross a few hundred yards.... Much better to remain under the canopy and take the longer route --- or at least wait for night!
I absolutely despised the "open"......that's why I simply can't comprehend how our warriors can function in the wide open spaces of the desert.....very very spooky to this old gunt....
I totally hear you about operating in the open. All my training (and that’s all it was) was oriented to night and thick cover. Today, with prolific night vision and IR, it’s a different ball game. But I still want darkness and bushes and trees around me.