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Land navigation is the discipline of following a route through unfamiliar terrain on foot or by vehicle, using maps with reference to terrain, a compass, and other navigational tools. [1] It is distinguished from travel by traditional groups, such as the Tuareg [ 2 ] across the Sahara and the Inuit [ 3 ] across the Arctic , who use subtle cues ...
The Sapper Leader Course is open to all members of the United States Armed Forces. Sapper students come from units in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, cadets attending the United States Military Academy, and from foreign military services. The two largest groups of attendees for the Sapper Leader Course are ...
The Army National Guard and Army Reserve added Pathfinder platoons during the 1970s and 1980s. [4] Many conducted joint task force missions in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. In the late 1980s, the Army began closing Pathfinder units, believing their skills could be taught to regular troops at Air Assault School and by people within ...
United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) (formerly known as the Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course, or LRSLC [1]) is a 29-day (four weeks and one day) school designed on mastering reconnaissance fundamentals of officers and non-commissioned officers eligible for assignments to those units whose primary mission is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance ...
Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers detonate an M58 mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC) at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, 16 August 2015. The M58 mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC) is a rocket -projected mine-clearing line charge used to provide a "close-in" demining capability for maneuver forces of the United ...
Nett Warrior followed the Land Warrior system, which was deployed to Iraq in the spring of 2007 and then later to Afghanistan after the program had been cut in Army budgets. Land Warrior allowed combat leaders to track the locations of their men and view maps and other tactical information through a small helmet-mounted computer screen ...
FM 100–5, Operations of Army Forces in The Field (with included Change No. 1) 17 December 1971 [22] This manual supersedes FM 100–5, 19 February 1962, including all changes. W. C. Westmoreland: INACTIVE: FM 100–5: FM 100–5, Operations of Army Forces in The Field: 6 September 1968 [23] This manual supersedes FM 100–5, 19 February 1962,
Coalition Forces Land Component Command, or CFLCC, is a command directing all land forces of different allied countries on behalf of a combatant commander or Joint task force commander. In U.S. military terminology, Unified Combatant Commands or Joint Task Forces can have components from all services and components – Army ~, Air, Naval ...