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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to ...

NORTHEAST CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. -- Sgt. 1st Class Byron Wilkerson put it to his troops this way: Land navigation training is about more than getting from point A to point B. It's also about ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldier shoots an azimuth using a lensatic compass during a land navigation event April 23, 2022 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff ...

Spc. Alexander Castro-Garcia, a military police assigned to 8th Theater Sustainment Command, plots points for a land navigation event at the Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii on ...