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  2. Land navigation - Wikipedia

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    Land navigation is a core military discipline, which uses courses or routes that are an essential part of military training. Often, these courses are several miles long in rough terrain and are performed under adverse conditions, such as at night or in the rain. In the late 19th century, land navigation developed into the sport of orienteering.

  3. Orienteering - Wikipedia

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    Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. [ 1] Originally a training exercise in land ...

  4. United States Army Special Forces selection and training

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    This 6 week performance-oriented course includes physical conditioning, map reading and land navigation instruction; land-navigation practical exercises, and common-task training. The goal is to prepare and condition 18X and REP-63 (National Guard) soldiers to attend Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course and the follow-on Special ...

  5. DOCUMENT RESUME - ed

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    skills, the Army identified land navigation as the first training segment topic. The objective of this project was to develop and implement computer-based, interactive videodisc training in land navigation for the 11 Abrams tank commander. Since 1980, HumRRO has conducted a project to develop and evaluate applications of

  6. Interactive videodisc computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on land navigation tasks for M1 Abrams tank commander was developed and installed in a Basic Noncommissioned Officer's Course (BNOC) classroom at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

  7. Navigation - Wikipedia

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    A navigation system on an oil tanker. Navigation [1] is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. [2] The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, [3] marine navigation, aeronautic navigation, and space navigation.

  8. United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders ...

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    During the first week, students execute a seven-hour land navigation course in which they move under load, cross-country, during daylight and limited visibility, covering approximately 15 kilometers. They receive an introduction to the fundamentals of reconnaissance and surveillance and are taught how to maximize the capabilities of the ...

  9. US Army staff sergeant dies after going off course during ...

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    Land navigation training involves using maps, compasses and other tools to find certain locations in a 2.3-square mile (607 hectare) grid. Contreras had taking a training course with a buddy Friday.