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Pace count beads. Pace count beads or ranger beads are a manual counting tool used to keep track of distance traveled through a pace count. It is used in military land navigation or orienteering. [1] A typical example for military use is keeping track of distance traveled during a foot patrol. [2]
An artist's interpretation of Rogers U.S. Army Rangers storm the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The 28 "Rules of Ranging" are a series of rules and guidelines created by Major Robert Rogers in 1757, during the French and Indian War (1754–63).
Silva Field baseplate compass on a map. Silva Sweden AB is an outdoors products company that sells handheld compasses and other navigational equipment including GPS tools, mapping software, aircraft altimeters, and marine navigation tools.
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Fuse beads are small cylindrical plastic beads that fit tightly onto an array of pegs. [6] The arrangement of pegs on the board constrains the possible patterns that can be produced on that board. Most fuse-beading is done on a square grid pegboard, but there are other arrangements like hexagonal grids. [4]
McNeill's Rangers was an independent Confederate military force commissioned under the Partisan Ranger Act (1862) by the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. The 210 man unit (equivalent to a small or under-strength battalion ) was formed from Company E of the 18th Virginia Cavalry and the First Virginia Partisan Rangers ( 62nd ...
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Lisa Jaster is a United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and engineer officer who was the first female reserve soldier to graduate from the Army's Ranger School. [2] She completed the training, which as many as 60 percent [3] of students fail within the first four days, after "recycling" through, or retrying, several phases of the multi-locational course.