Intro to Land Navigation TOOLS
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- As an Army Ranger, John was taught to love land navigation. In this video he reviews all the basic equipment you would need if your iPhone 11 lost its 5G signal and you found yourself "off the grid" without Bear Grylls or Les Stroud... John plans to offer a class on how to read a map, use a compass, operate a basic GPS, and generally just not get lost.
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Update: 48 hours in labor, momma is feeling it. Please send good vibes and prayers our way. God bless!
Update: baby girl Nevaeh, born 4:45am June 13th via c-section. Thank you everyone for the support and prayers!
Congratulations! I hope your first born is healthy and happy.
lemminglobber thank you! Watching some yt while momma to be sleeps
I seen you in drae's video also congrats
Good luck!
Aaron McCullough hahaha! Awesome! Thanks again!
I'm glad John posted a video like this. When I was younger I got lost in a National Forest and had it not been for being tracked down by a Forest Ranger it could have turned into a series survival situation. I told my self I'll never be caught in a situation like that again without knowing how to navigate and survive. Now I'm a big survival nerd and I'm looking into Game and Parks for a career. To make a long story extremely long, awesome video John.
Did you end up in games and parks?
I'd definitely like a second video with some land nav instructions, always fun to learn from you
Thank you so much for what you do. Especially appreciate that you don’t curse, so my wife and children can watch along without fearing F-bombs coming out of your mouth. God bless you and your family my brother.
John will be eating dinner tonight, or laying in bed and still wondering, Where the hell is my protractor ... hahaha
Or his wife's thinking his thinking of other women, his thinking 🤔 where the truck is the protractor?
Got a good lauth. Lieutenants and land navigation. As a retired. Senior NCO your comment about 2nd LTs still being lost brought back a flood of funny "war" stories.
As we teach in the Virginia search and rescue program, map and compass are your primary source of navigation, GPS is secondary. And, as GPS is always subject to failure, a map with a hole in it is still a map. A GPS with a hole in it is a paperweight to hold down your map. Good video, John.
That’s interesting Virginia has such a diversity of environments I bet it makes for interesting search and rescue
Me: google knows too much about me and my whereabouts
John: I use google maps, it’s the best and I love it
Me: I use google maps, it’s the best and I love it
Totally underrated comment
*google Earth
Dammit big brother is a dick sometimes
lol
When will y'all put a "Yay for that" patch in the store?
* screams chant* yay for that! Yay for that!
I’ll buy 2!
This MUST happen
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Or a "Because I like to party" patch
Yah for that! I haven't done much of the land navigation stuff since I retired from the military but I'm going to be doing more this year as I'm going to be looking for some new hunting areas thanks for the video
Thanks John! Just got back into land Nav this spring. Looking forward to your vids on it. I was a 19D Cav Scout before the GPS, so I have a little knowledge. The links are a welcome source. Thanks again!
Absolutely essential skill. Glad you're covering this, it's becoming a lost art in the age of GPS and digital navigation. The ability to read a map and find your way can save lives, I've seen it first hand.
I LOVE land nav......soooooo easy..... stars, sunrise/set directions, compass, the awesome maps that read like a book, easy for me, landmarks, terrain features.... more...... land nav is easy, fun, awesome........
Funny, I recently started looking into land navigation again, refreshing something that I learned over 40 years ago in the Scouts. Haven’t really used it much over the years, but thought it a good idea to become reacquainted with the skill...
Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing! I started doing search and rescue before covid-19 hit and shut every thing down. Training still hasn’t opened back up yet, so I’ve been reading a lot of land nav and tracking material. This video covered the first 3 chapters of one of my books lol.
John is a gift from a higher being. I was just telling my buddy the other day about how I can’t figure out anything about land nav!
As a land navigation total beginner, this is helpful. I appreciate your explanation of the different kinds and qualities of compasses, and how to use one for finding an azimuth, etc.
10 years military nav experience. I just like to watch your videos to hear your sweet sweet voice, John...
And the occasional dad joke. Poet on!
Nice tune up John. 28 years ago when I wrapped it up as a 11C30, those tools would have been nice. Doubt they’d have been allowed on the EIB course though... Hope you continue this series. It’s amazing how much you forget when the skills aren’t used regularly.
"Inside my head is like a bag of stray cats". Love it. Thanks. Night land nav is interesting. Knowing constellations, where they are, or are not depending on the season, in the sky, and where you are on the planet can be helpful if you do a lot of this stuff.
The dude is just a great teacher PERIOD! Wish I was one of those stray cats in his head so I could steal some of that knowledge.
Good job!!
Land nav is so underrated in the days of ubiquitous cell phones. Thanks for this video and please continue with part 2!
The memories are rolling in now.........Thanks for jogging my brain and putting this course on
Hi John, as an old 11B20, it's nice to hear someone speak about nav.
I need to get a new protractor, thanks for the reminder. Be safe.
A little refresher course since my kindergarten experience in the Army. Thanks for sharing!
I just became a member of WPSN. I can't think of many better groups to give money to. You guys are awesome. Keep it up.
Just like shooting land navigation is a perishable skill that takes practice. I havent done a land nav course in 4 years since I ets'd and it's time to brush up. Good video!
I love my Garmin Felix 6. Bought it to thru hike the Appalachian trail.i also have the 64st also. I am watching this video to see if I want to use it for training for my top volunteers for finding 2 missing hikers in Washington and Also would love to see the series. Triangulation with a brunton or similar flip style compass is very easy to do after you get the hang of it without the added weight of the range finder. I was down in Georgia twice this year and to be honest triangulation (I didn't actually attempt it) seems like an impossibility in alot of the terrain because of the massive amount of trees. Here out west its got to be way easier. Love the show.
So awesome! Thank you! I basically know only left from right and more videos on land nav would be super helpful.
Hey john, thanks for all your awesome content, I’ve been soaking it up for a long time now! One thing to note on this subject is the vulnerability of GNSS, which relies on low power signals from high in the atmosphere as well as land based control stations. This vulnerability emphasizes the importance of knowing how to use a map, compass, and pedometery. There are also some cool commercially available products for gps denied nav.. I have some experience with TRX Systems - they make a good product that utilizes your phone as a user interface (links up with ATAK)
It always amazes me how many people don't know whether the next town is north, south east or west of there own home. Just LOOKING at a map once in a while is helpful.
This is very useful. I havent done land nav in 3 years and really wish i wasnt so tired during training. Because of that, my land nav skills are DECENT at best. Id love a refresher because i know i can be great at it
John, love the channel! Please take this topic to the next level. I am in!
Brought me back a few years ago to some Boy Scout trips, we were bushwacking and our adult leaders thought we were off course, so we changed course, turned out we had been doing it right and the adults were mistaken, good memories...
Great video and information, still learning even though I've been taught a lot already, using a range finder for triangulation would be sweet
Good info. Thanks! I look forward to the follow up on how to use the goodies!
Definitely appreciate this video, John! Really interested in learning more about Land Navigation.
John you should be a salesman.Knowledge is better than all that gear.In land-nav we learned how to use all that stuff and we learned to navigate without any of it.Anyway a good vid.
John is good. No doubt about it. But, I can tell time, temp, altitude, weather, direction, moon phase, and much more... just by looking at the sun, moon, stars, and such. No, not at the same time. Now if it's stormy, I gotta wait till it clears up but, there ya go. John, keep'em coming. Love'em all.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!
Edit: Now that I've actually watched it... This is a great Land Nav resource(gear) video for various practical styles of LandNav.
Want some fun on a Friday afternoon? Have your boot Lt say “hey gents! We are doing land nav, I’ll lead” 😂
Hand sanitizer works really good to erase map pen on laminated maps
Loved this video! looking forward to more to come
I just saw your reading list today. Thanks for including it in your links. Looks like some good stuff.
Another great video that helps net out what a person needs. Favorite video quote " welcome to my head, it is like a bag of stray cats sometimes" epic!
Always loved land nav ecspecially night nav! 100% agree that this is a must have skill for success in the field. Still rock my protractor and pace beads from the Corp!
Hope you do more of these videos!
Thanks John! Appreciate you help!
I watched this cause I love land nav. I was a pathfinder in the army years ago and have a tritium lensatic and a bunch of maps. Sometimes I go out just to play with them love your vids
Thank you. And YES on the Land Nav instruction. Please and thank you again.
Gosh im about to build my first AR! I cant wait im so excited.
I also use the garmin instict tactical (Johns watch) and absolutely love it, couldn't ask for a better watch for hiking/camping/hunting or all at once
When active, I used to assist teaching land nav to fellow grunts, civilians, municipalities, etc. It was always the 2nd LT we had to SAR. I loved teaching the course and still have the maps (and protractor! ) I used back then... I'm old school, but wanting to learn the ways of the GPS nav. Guess I'll be investing in garmin~ and John, I'll even send you my back up protractor 🤣
I've used my Garmin instinct for about a year and I love it!
There's a great book by Bjorn Kjellstrom, Be Expert with Map and Compass, The complete orienteering handbook.
Love the insight. Thanks for getting us tracking the right way as always!
Me and my son follow your channel John, he is in the army; thanks for all
brings me back to all those land nav courses I took. great video.
We print our maps onto waterproof paper, no lamination needed. However, love the idea of being able to erase after marking up map. Going to have to see how well erasing works on wp paper. Love my Suunto X6 watch, alarm never worked, but has done me well for over 15 years.
Anywhere they sell lots of National Geographic folded maps...REI, Sportsman's Warehouse, GPS Store, to name a few...
Awesome and perfect timing for summer camping! 🏕
This was great, for an intor to the tools. Now, how about an intro to actually using these tools so we all, are not as lost as a Second Lieutenant? Lol.
I’ve also used some golf Gps range finders for long range shooting as well. Can be very handy.
Awesome video John. Keep up the awesome work brother👍
Heck yeah, ive been brushing up on land nav, perfect timing
Thank you for sharing your knowledge John.
Great video! Land navigation is much harder than it looks. Good training is essential.
Thank you! I'd love another video about land nav.
Picked up an Instint a couple weeks back, can't wait to get my hands on it
Nice overview! Fun and exciting skill!!!
I am glad to see y'all are still posting on CZcams
A bag of stray cats 😂!
I heard about this video on T. Rex arms, btw, fantastic! Thanks WPS! Give us more please. Especially on the communication and moving part. Like how to get groups of people into certain positions. Excellent.
Thank you, as always, for your excellent instruction! Great timing, as I just invested in Silva compass and book on navigation to begin learning how to do navigation. I also have a cheap lensatic compass. Still trying to learn how to use the compass "in the field" of my neighborhood; the azimuths I determine on maps don't always get me to the locations as accurately as i'd hoped; this is still a work in progress...I calculated those with the cheap lensatic. Next step is to begin experimenting with the Silva, which is a lot nicer! Looking forward to your navigation series. An excellent topic! Thanks!
Excellent overview. Thanks, John!
It’s good to know types of rocks and how they form. There was an area we owned land and it had lots of rocks of every size. In fact very few flat meadow like spots. In that kind of terrain deep crevices can be hard to see. There was one that ran the edge of the road just under the edge of the road itself. You could stand inside it and no one could tell you were there.
Just seeing this. Good refresh.
But, all I could think after you picked up the laminator was what was preached in Marine Corps TBS - “Laminate it. Take it to the field. It’ll save your life some day!” Even my wife uses the phrase still today - 25 yrs later.
Thanks for the knowledge , John !!!!!!!!
This is a good video on the very basics!
I had to double check after Evan’s intro. The music made me think I was watching Overland Bound
great video John. I remember all of the land navigation rules. I hope that you are planning on teaching orienteering as well. Flat landers don"t have a lot of terrain features other than swamps.
John, I love land nav and still have my pace count beads. Warrior Poet is one of the channels i always goto. you can change any topographical maps that read Lat/Long can be turned into a MGRS map. Just look for the blue hash marks on the edges of the map and connect the marks. I can't believe a retired Navy guy had to teach you that
Looking forward to the next land nav installment.
Awesome! Land Nav.... My son and I would love to see it on the channel!
Super excited about the land nav videos, please do more :)
Can't wait for the land nav training video!
I loved the Google Earth zoom in to the Disney Princess Store!
pure therapy...the good stuff
Great job for us beginners.
Keep them coming.
I like practicin' muckin' around in the woods, its fun to see where you can hide back there.
1st time I have seen a range finder used in land nav. Thx
Really cool info John. Thank you for all you do. God bless
Hey John, good video only one small oversight, guys do not forget a notebook and pencil. Rite in the rain or any other it don't matter just make sure you have one. Map markers will work in a pinch but Murphy will jump up and bite ya at the worst time. Stay safe, hooah!!
It makes me jovial when you say, "out in the bush." That is all.
this. is. amazeballs. Thank you so much for this!!! I would love a more in-depth look, or even an awesome link to a place to learn this skill. This is totally on of my fears..getting lost and not knowing how to find my way to some place safe. Thanks again :)
I have that same watch john has, garmin instinct. Quite good for navigating as well
Thanks for the info as always John!
of all the military skills i learned in my 20 plus years in land nav was by far, for me, the most difficult to master. in fact it took me 4 recycles to get through sfqc.
wait, John there are good 2lts? really when did that happen?
now I still practice on a monthly basis at least once a weekend. yes an excuse to go out camping...lol don't tell my better half. I still use my Silva, am on my 3rd one in 30 years.
great vid John. always good to review basics as I have just done again. thanks bro.
I'm a land surveyor and so was my dad. Good topic to cover.
Tough job for a man without shins Cotton.
Awesome video John!!!!
Beautifully done sir. 🙏 Lensatic is best! Love them.
Instruction on land navigation has me interested. Thanks, Man.
Yes please, more land nav videos!! thanks
Yes, bring it! As a Boy Scout leader, I teach land navigation (we call it "Orienteering") as an important Scout skill. I am always looking to improve my own abilities, so that I can pass that knowledge on to my Scouts. As with everything I teach them, I don't want them to be good at it, I want them to be exceptional! So, again, with an enthusiastic thumbs up I say, "Bring it on, sir!"
"It's a bag of stray cats sometimes" I would like to personally thank you for your service of giving me the purfect analogy for my catastrophic thought process.
I started learning using the UTM it’s literally the same process of MGRS so it works well for me from coming from the military