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<blockquote data-quote="warboar21" data-source="post: 2556313" data-attributes="member: 88146"><p>Like many here my introduction to land navigation was through the Boy Scouts. My Scout Master was Former Special Forces during the Vietnam war and Land Navigation was something he really taught us well. When we would go on campouts you better believe we were going to be doing some sort of Land Nav course.</p><p>When I joined the Army I excelled on the Land Nav courses. The instructor asked where I learned and I told him Boy Scouts and he thought I was joking. But I told him about my Scout Master being former SF and then he believed me. In the Army was my first introduction to GPS units. The Army used the PLGR. Was sent to a 40hr class on how to operate it and then had to teach my Soldiers on how to operate it. When I got to Germany I bought a Garmin Etrex and would also use that. I liked it as it was smaller than the PLGR and it didn't burn through batteries nearly as fast as the PLGR. Dismounted the Etrex was also nice to through in the pocket and use. </p><p></p><p>I recently bought another Cammenga compass due to the other one's tritium getting dim enough it's hard to see. I still will carry maps and a protractor with me while out hunting and will sometimes use them to stay up on my map reading. I did buy FM 3-25.26 Map Reading and Land Navigation and have been teaching my Son who is 11. He is picking it up pretty quickly and likes the challenge of trying to figure where we are the old school way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warboar21, post: 2556313, member: 88146"] Like many here my introduction to land navigation was through the Boy Scouts. My Scout Master was Former Special Forces during the Vietnam war and Land Navigation was something he really taught us well. When we would go on campouts you better believe we were going to be doing some sort of Land Nav course. When I joined the Army I excelled on the Land Nav courses. The instructor asked where I learned and I told him Boy Scouts and he thought I was joking. But I told him about my Scout Master being former SF and then he believed me. In the Army was my first introduction to GPS units. The Army used the PLGR. Was sent to a 40hr class on how to operate it and then had to teach my Soldiers on how to operate it. When I got to Germany I bought a Garmin Etrex and would also use that. I liked it as it was smaller than the PLGR and it didn't burn through batteries nearly as fast as the PLGR. Dismounted the Etrex was also nice to through in the pocket and use. I recently bought another Cammenga compass due to the other one's tritium getting dim enough it's hard to see. I still will carry maps and a protractor with me while out hunting and will sometimes use them to stay up on my map reading. I did buy FM 3-25.26 Map Reading and Land Navigation and have been teaching my Son who is 11. He is picking it up pretty quickly and likes the challenge of trying to figure where we are the old school way. [/QUOTE]
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