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As far as I know, the US Army still teaches land navigation using a paper map, protractor, pencil, and compass. At least they did when I was in (early 2000s).
by jcadam 7y ago
As far as I know, the US Army still teaches land navigation using a paper map, protractor, pencil, and compass. At least they did when I was in (early 2000s).
Getting caught with a GPS-capable device on the land nav course was considered cheating.
- j8014 7y agoStill going, that will never change.
- deogeo 7y agoMakes sense in a military context especially - GPS can be jammed.
- nwallin 7y agoSimilarly, the Navy still teaches celestial navigation. Officially it's the primary means of navigation, but I suspect a lot of navigators cheat.
- jki275 7y agoCelestial navigation has not been a primary means of navigation at any time since I was on active duty from 1995-2018. It has only recently begun to be taught again at all -- maybe in the last 3-4 years IIRC.