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I've been out of the Army for over 20 years and haven't done land nav since. I'm so grateful you put this on here. Pat Mac you are a great teacher ..keep it up man
I've been in the army national guard for 6 years and the army reserves for a little over a year, I can confirm that we still do fundamental old school land nav. Its still a thing!
😂 national guard reserves 😂😂😂😂😂 you’re not fooling no one. All you need to know is where the armory is and what time is lunch and the time you get off .
@@joseh9021I know more guard dudes that do more then active lmfao Active dudes just stay in dorms and have a bed time … national guard usually gets the same amount of training as active in the 2-5 days a month (ps most active units can’t deploy … national guard deploys more) the best shooters are National guard inside the army look up the stats
What most civilians don't understand is that GPS can be spoofed (false signals or interference caused by a land based transmitter). Military grade GPS equipment can't be spoofed but if you don't have access to that gear, map and compass is your only other option.
I could have used this skill when I got lost on a nature hike in brown county Indiana way back in 98 😂 actually learned something and I’m waiting for the 2nd part…
It's important for boaters as well. I learned how to use a sextant many years ago, but a skill I try to refresh myself with on an annual basis. Bowditch is a great reference for all boaters.
I retired in 2017 from the military and the one thing I remember is that even in the military, it was always hard to find a good Land Nav Instructor. Land Nav is a very difficult subject to teach. Thanks for making this easy to understand Pat Mac!
This is epic real land now training you don't get that in basic b******* schools in the army or any of the services you are a special selected person to be in a career field that requires that, I am Air Force I am a boom operator Air Force guy so we did this and it was awesome thanks Pat and crew you guys are a tight crew and I appreciate what you do
Great info/refresher that all patriots should know. I am a firm believer in being able to accomplish things w/o tech. I hv started teaching this and a host of others to my 4yr old granddaughter. Jump Tough Pat Mac!
Omg Pat Mac is such a Wicked Awesome teacher , I have to buy him some beers when he comes to Boston! CHEERS PAT , THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE BAD ASS VIDEOS 🤘 ROCK AND ROLL
Awesome to see this. Ft. Drum was terrible for land-nav; little terrain features and lots of swap. Nothing more fun than rucking a full LLVI loadout and having a "smart" leader shooting a straight line through the swamp to "save time" lol.
I try and stay ontop of these basic skill i learned in the military over 20 some yrs ago. PAT you make it simple to focus and execute. Great instruction. Keep up the basic dude stuff! 🙏🤙
Thank you!!! I’ve got 8 or more books on it and watched courses and videos and each time you explained something those fragments accumulated from all the info ingested started to connect and now I understand!
This is valuable knowledge to keep stowed in back of your noodle. Better to have it and not need it. Then to need it and not have it. Thank you Mr. Mac
Well explained and delivered! You done a great job of combining everything together making it usable. I like the bead on the leather cord to count a 100m distance! Impressive delivery! Thanks for the video!
Great job. My last land nav was at Camp Shelby in 1987 with the Seabees. The only thing I had forgotten was the LARS rule. Can't wait to see the next video.
First day lunch. Scrap Yard Been unloading construction bins, separating cast iron/aluminum/copper spun motors/steel, tangled inn chain and clothes hangers, standing inn 6 inches of water. Each piece from the rear differential, to the tiny bolt must be isolated to produce the finest American metals, and tank armor, aircraft wing.
I use vegetative growth - in the northern hemisphere most of the branches on the trees are leaning toward South. Photosynthesis keeps me from getting “lost”.
My unit used to do land nav regularly especially on UDP’s. I prided myself on finishing first or at the top every time. The team that finished first would get a day off and it was nice to get it! Thank you Mac for the refresher.
Land Nav was my favorite Military/Infantry SKill I learned it in High school J.R.O.T.C. it gives us the warrior the confidence to be able to think through problems in any Lost in the woods scenario. it's good stuff basic Land Nav is awesome it needs to always be an essential skill in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Regardless of technology.
Always wanted to learn land nav skills. Great teaching skills, Mac! Made it easy for me to understand! I'm always hungry for more knowledge! I love this channel!
thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i know enough bout this to be dangerous!!! LOL but learning all i can on how to do it while the electronics are still up & running!!!
In the 90s we still used map and compass in the CAF, Ill be honest I got damn lazy and use gps now and seeing this Im digging out the old gear and hitting the maps again still have an idea of it of course not totally forgotten, but most important for me Im not confident in my ability to nav accurately
I like this block of instruction because I like to get better at what I don't know that much about, even though I had the training it's been a couple decades, and do use it occasionally over the years, more adept at navigation in the air in the Air Force as an air crew member, and civ pilot, but your training is invaluable sir thank you so much!, 🇺🇸🤘
Apparently, you are completely unaware of the Volunteer Search and Rescue Community in North American, where this is standard basic training. Well at least you mentioned declination (but you did not address that in relation to the declination settings on a compass). In Canada, we are trained to do this without the protractor. Thank you for showing the pacing. It stumps a lot of people. We call the'Ranger beads' Pacing beads.
This is making its way back into our military culture with the new expert soldier badge. This incentivizes the mastery of the basics: Land nav Medical lanes Weapon proficiency General combat drills and reports SKL, Radio and dagr utilization
A much needed refresher course for me. I believe knowing at least some basic navigation skills is just as important as learning how to swim...ya never know when!
With technology l saw people using their phones to try to navigate through the woods. When SHTF just my opinion is that it could be also used to track you. My phone will be ditched. This is a good video and l agree it is a dying art. 👍🏻
This video brought back many memories from my younger days. To many people just don’t get it. I will admit that I have gotten used to using electronic but if needed I can still read and use a map (road and Topo)!
Excellent information. I definitely needed this refresher (and much more still!) so I can start teaching my son. I had forgotten that Grid North is something different in the mix.
This is a great refresher on land navigation that's not electronic. These days everyone is relying on electronic navigation, and not using the good old fashioned maps that can be bought in a store. The way you think is excellent if shit were to hit the fan.
hallelujah!!! Pat is on the money with this issue. I learned in Alabama in the summer of 1990 to do land nav in basic and AIT. This is before GPS was prevalent. Thank God those senior NCO's trained me using a map and compass and ranger beads!!!!
His training a spot on is the best instructor for this I feel, better than the ones I had in sear aircrew air force, that experience was great but didn't do a lot of basic land Nav.... I picked up the skill later in years doing rescue and other apps as a civilian /other ...lol...
@@bsellman6881 There are several videos of Pat as a civilian teaching soldiers. I don't think they understand how absolutely cool and awesome that would be. He is an excellent teacher.
L.A.R.S. = left add right subtract.. u have to use the declination Diagram to make sure u use the "Lars" method to make sure ur compass is properly "DECLINATED" Magnetic North is obviously going to effect the compass needle so your mission is to properly set your compass up prior to your Squad's patrol {map recon happens before the actual recon} "RANGER BEADS" are also pretty essential to get stuff in squared away land nav talk. pace count's are easier with Ranger beads. Pace counts are important also {100 meter walk regular stride. every time YOUR LEFT FOOT FOOT STRIKES THE DECK IS YOUR COUNT! my Pace count is 67 I am six feet tall...
Many thanks for the "time-stamp" as to where the instruction begins, however..... the pre-amble for me is the sauce on the meat. Again, thank you gentlemen.
We had to use land navigation up in Bridgeport, CA during Mountain Communications course. Before that we spent a full day going over land nav and all of the details associated. It's a dying art.
