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Land Navigation training

Land Navigation Refresher – Helpful Tips When Navigating

By Steve Balestrieri | May 16, 2019 Land Navigation training, Preparing for Selection, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

“…We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence then is not an act but a habit” Aristotle One of the first questions we always get here at SpecialOperations.com or over at NEWSREP (our parent site), from any aspiring SOF candidates is, “What do I have to do to get Selected?” While it is a legitimate question, More »

Getting Back to the A-B-Cs of Land Navigation – Resection

By Steve Balestrieri | May 10, 2019 Admin, Land Navigation training, Opinion, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM, Videos

For the benefit of some of the aspiring members of the Special Operations community, we’ve been going back to the basics of passing Land Navigation. This was after a recent article that stated the Army has noticed a lack of expertise at junior NCOs with a map and compass. Waiting until one gets to Selection More »

Back to the Basics, Land Navigation, and Pace Count

By Steve Balestrieri | May 3, 2019 History, Land Navigation training, Opinion, Preparing for Selection, Rucking, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

We’ve been getting back to the A-B-Cs of basic skills and in particular, Land Navigation in recent days. There was an article recently on the web that stated that junior NCOs were struggling with a map and compass. And if that is an issue with the regular Army, or in the case of this particular More »

Getting Back to Land  Nav Basics – Plotting and Planning Your Routes

By Steve Balestrieri | May 2, 2019 Land Navigation training, Opinion, SpecOps

So, last week we touched on a subject that is in the news about how junior NCOs (E-4 – E-6) aren’t doing well overall with navigation with a map, protractor, and compass. As we mentioned prior, Land Navigation is a critical skill that every Special Operator must possess and if you are an aspiring member More »

Lack Land Navigation Skills at the Special Op’s Level? Level 1 Refresher

By Steve Balestrieri | April 26, 2019 History, Land Navigation training, Preparing for Selection, SOF, SOFREP News, UBRR Prep

On yesterday’s post, we talked about the Army’s junior NCO’s (E-4 – E-6) are exhibiting a definitive lack of Land Navigation skills where nearly a third can’t pass a Skill Level 1 map, compass, and protractor exercise at the Ft. Benning, GA NCO Academy. We’ll go back to the Basics, much of this you’ll have More »