Land navigation is making a comeback as part of the Army's Basic Leader Course, or BLC, with a pilot program starting in the coming months and full return to active-duty schools planned for next year.

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Soldiers of Troop D, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted land navigation training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, May ...

GUILDERLAND, NY. – New York Army National Guard Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, prefer to fly when they go someplace, but on July 30, they conducted land navigation training. “Being ...

Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to increase the length of its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, in fiscal 2026, ...

Army ROTC Cadets from the Golden Buffalo Battalion came together on CU-Boulder’s South Campus this past weekend to conduct another Land Navigation Super Lab. Cadets were given a written land ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia -- Out of all the events of the recent five-day Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) testing here, navigating with a map and compass and the current Army Physical Fitness ...

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. The officers facing review for administrative separation are still attending training at The Basic School. Half a dozen Marine officers are facing ...

Everyone is familiar with the 10 Standard Fire Orders and 18 Watchout Situations. And there are probably a lot of wildland geeks like myself who claim to have discovered additional “watchouts.” That ...