Land navigation is making a comeback as part of the Army’s Basic Leader Course (BLC) with a return to active-duty schools planned for this year. This shift in the curriculum for the BLC was a ...

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 ...

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, ...

Army ROTC Cadets from the Golden Buffalo Battalion came together on CU-Boulder’s South Campus this past weekend to conduct another Land Navigation Super Lab. Cadets were given a written land ...

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 ...