On August 26-27, the Fort Bliss, Texas Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) conducted map reading training in a classroom environment that concluded with a hands-on practical night and day land ...

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 ...

Washington National Guard’s Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center (WRCTC) conducted a specialized land navigation course on March 27, 2025, at the Sammamish Police Department, equipping local ...

Soldiers aiming to get their stripes will soon need to brush up on their map-reading skills and grid plotting. The Army plans to increase the length of its Basic Leader Course, or BLC, in fiscal 2026, ...

This story has been updated to include the cadet's age. A cadet has died during summer training at Fort Knox. Cadet Neil Edara, 22, became unresponsive while conducting Land Navigation Training on ...

A 22-year-old Army ROTC cadet died during training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, last week. Cadet Neil Edara died after becoming unresponsive during land navigation training July 24, according to a ...