They're supposed to get ahead of themselves. They're colt teams. Their job is to go ahead of the group they're with, scout out any areas/and or enemies that need to be fired upon. They then call back with the co-ordinates for artillery fire. It's what my husband does, and their life expectancy in time of war is approx. 3 seconds. They have guts, no doubting that. ...and thanks to guys like them, we don't have more soldiers killed.