He told me I should bring you in on this, seeing as the keep falls inside your patrol pattern.

And given the patrol patterns he'd seen, that wasn't likely.

We're the ones who know the codes and the patrol patterns, remember?

So far, they're following the same patrol pattern as the earlier missions.

The Apaches broke out of their patrol pattern and raced south.

Unless the Americans changed their patrol patterns, it would be a problem.

"I think you'll find that we will be just as effective with the newer patrol patterns and larger forces."

The patrol pattern had been set in the mission briefing.

The patrol patterns were left to the judgment of individual skippers, but they worked out the same way.

If these are regular reports over a period of time, they might reveal a patrol pattern.