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I've been out of the Army for over 20 years and haven't done land nav since. I'm so grateful you put this on here. Pat Mac you are a great teacher ..keep it up man
What most civilians don't understand is that GPS can be spoofed (false signals or interference caused by a land based transmitter). Military grade GPS equipment can't be spoofed but if you don't have access to that gear, map and compass is your only other option.
I've been in the army national guard for 6 years and the army reserves for a little over a year, I can confirm that we still do fundamental old school land nav. Its still a thing!
😂 national guard reserves 😂😂😂😂😂 you’re not fooling no one. All you need to know is where the armory is and what time is lunch and the time you get off .
@@joseh9021I know more guard dudes that do more then active lmfao Active dudes just stay in dorms and have a bed time … national guard usually gets the same amount of training as active in the 2-5 days a month (ps most active units can’t deploy … national guard deploys more) the best shooters are National guard inside the army look up the stats
I could have used this skill when I got lost on a nature hike in brown county Indiana way back in 98 😂 actually learned something and I’m waiting for the 2nd part…
I retired in 2017 from the military and the one thing I remember is that even in the military, it was always hard to find a good Land Nav Instructor. Land Nav is a very difficult subject to teach. Thanks for making this easy to understand Pat Mac!
Apparently, you are completely unaware of the Volunteer Search and Rescue Community in North American, where this is standard basic training. Well at least you mentioned declination (but you did not address that in relation to the declination settings on a compass). In Canada, we are trained to do this without the protractor. Thank you for showing the pacing. It stumps a lot of people. We call the'Ranger beads' Pacing beads.
Great info/refresher that all patriots should know. I am a firm believer in being able to accomplish things w/o tech. I hv started teaching this and a host of others to my 4yr old granddaughter. Jump Tough Pat Mac!
It's important for boaters as well. I learned how to use a sextant many years ago, but a skill I try to refresh myself with on an annual basis. Bowditch is a great reference for all boaters.
Omg Pat Mac is such a Wicked Awesome teacher , I have to buy him some beers when he comes to Boston! CHEERS PAT , THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE BAD ASS VIDEOS 🤘 ROCK AND ROLL
Awesome to see this. Ft. Drum was terrible for land-nav; little terrain features and lots of swap. Nothing more fun than rucking a full LLVI loadout and having a "smart" leader shooting a straight line through the swamp to "save time" lol.
First day lunch. Scrap Yard Been unloading construction bins, separating cast iron/aluminum/copper spun motors/steel, tangled inn chain and clothes hangers, standing inn 6 inches of water. Each piece from the rear differential, to the tiny bolt must be isolated to produce the finest American metals, and tank armor, aircraft wing.
I try and stay ontop of these basic skill i learned in the military over 20 some yrs ago. PAT you make it simple to focus and execute. Great instruction. Keep up the basic dude stuff! 🙏🤙
This is valuable knowledge to keep stowed in back of your noodle. Better to have it and not need it. Then to need it and not have it. Thank you Mr. Mac
Thank you!!! I’ve got 8 or more books on it and watched courses and videos and each time you explained something those fragments accumulated from all the info ingested started to connect and now I understand!
This is epic real land now training you don't get that in basic b******* schools in the army or any of the services you are a special selected person to be in a career field that requires that, I am Air Force I am a boom operator Air Force guy so we did this and it was awesome thanks Pat and crew you guys are a tight crew and I appreciate what you do
Always wanted to learn land nav skills. Great teaching skills, Mac! Made it easy for me to understand! I'm always hungry for more knowledge! I love this channel!
My unit used to do land nav regularly especially on UDP’s. I prided myself on finishing first or at the top every time. The team that finished first would get a day off and it was nice to get it! Thank you Mac for the refresher.
thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i know enough bout this to be dangerous!!! LOL but learning all i can on how to do it while the electronics are still up & running!!!
Great job. My last land nav was at Camp Shelby in 1987 with the Seabees. The only thing I had forgotten was the LARS rule. Can't wait to see the next video.
Excellent information. I definitely needed this refresher (and much more still!) so I can start teaching my son. I had forgotten that Grid North is something different in the mix.
Well explained and delivered! You done a great job of combining everything together making it usable. I like the bead on the leather cord to count a 100m distance! Impressive delivery! Thanks for the video!
With technology l saw people using their phones to try to navigate through the woods. When SHTF just my opinion is that it could be also used to track you. My phone will be ditched. This is a good video and l agree it is a dying art. 👍🏻
Land Nav was my favorite Military/Infantry SKill I learned it in High school J.R.O.T.C. it gives us the warrior the confidence to be able to think through problems in any Lost in the woods scenario. it's good stuff basic Land Nav is awesome it needs to always be an essential skill in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Regardless of technology.
Definitely a primitive skill which increases our self-sufficiency. Not having to rely on G00gle maps and other digital media/devices to travel is a good thing, I'm working on teaching my kiddos.
I use vegetative growth - in the northern hemisphere most of the branches on the trees are leaning toward South. Photosynthesis keeps me from getting “lost”.
Maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I definitely feel that if you're going out into the backcountry or off trail with just a GPS (or even just your phone!), you're asking for trouble. Batteries die, signal gets lost or refracts giving an inaccurate fix, devices get lost or broken, and most important of all you don't actually have full awareness of your environment (especially as it relates to navigating), because you've just been blindly following a GPS. It's definitely nice to have a GPS so you can double-check things, be very accurate and quick when you need to know exactly where you are, etc., but in my mind it definitely shouldn't be relied upon.
A much needed refresher course for me. I believe knowing at least some basic navigation skills is just as important as learning how to swim...ya never know when!
I've been out of the Army for over 20 years and haven't done land nav since. I'm so grateful you put this on here. Pat Mac you are a great teacher ..keep it up man
Only been 5 for me and I still needed this.
Technology will prove to be our downfall...
What most civilians don't understand is that GPS can be spoofed (false signals or interference caused by a land based transmitter). Military grade GPS equipment can't be spoofed but if you don't have access to that gear, map and compass is your only other option.
I loved being my platoon's navigator. Semper Fi
No matter how good you are or were at land nav getting a refresher is always good!
I’m on a hotshot crew with the USFS, awesome refresher. Going to teach my wife once I’m back home from this fire!
Passing on knowledge. Basic dude stuff. 🤘🏻
Never miss the opportunity to be your own batman.
I've been in the army national guard for 6 years and the army reserves for a little over a year, I can confirm that we still do fundamental old school land nav. Its still a thing!
😂 national guard reserves 😂😂😂😂😂 you’re not fooling no one. All you need to know is where the armory is and what time is lunch and the time you get off .
@@joseh9021 Never thought when I Was 16 and CZcams and Facebook started popping off I would see older vets gatekeeping and dogging each other LOL
@@joseh9021lmao like active duty is any different. Just add BS duties like KP, cleaning shitters etc
@@joseh9021I know more guard dudes that do more then active lmfao
Active dudes just stay in dorms and have a bed time … national guard usually gets the same amount of training as active in the 2-5 days a month (ps most active units can’t deploy … national guard deploys more) the best shooters are National guard inside the army look up the stats
FYSA, Land Nav is now being added back into the Army's NCO Basic Leader Course. It's a much needed reintroduction.
I could have used this skill when I got lost on a nature hike in brown county Indiana way back in 98 😂 actually learned something and I’m waiting for the 2nd part…
IU grad. I know this place.
Pat you are an awesome teacher. Thanks for this video! "Polaris!"
man i feel dumb. i have watched this 2 times now. another dozen or so and i may catch on.
I retired in 2017 from the military and the one thing I remember is that even in the military, it was always hard to find a good Land Nav Instructor. Land Nav is a very difficult subject to teach. Thanks for making this easy to understand Pat Mac!
Straight forward, not over complicated and spoken in lamens terms for a novice to understand immediately. Awesome work boss!
Good stuff. It’s actually scary how devolved land navigation instincts are in everyone.
The best part is that declination changes year-to-year as the magnetic North Pole of the earth shifts
Thanks for the refresher Pat Mac!!
Apparently, you are completely unaware of the Volunteer Search and Rescue Community in North American, where this is standard basic training.
Well at least you mentioned declination (but you did not address that in relation to the declination settings on a compass).
In Canada, we are trained to do this without the protractor.
Thank you for showing the pacing. It stumps a lot of people. We call the'Ranger beads' Pacing beads.
Great info/refresher that all patriots should know. I am a firm believer in being able to accomplish things w/o tech. I hv started teaching this and a host of others to my 4yr old granddaughter. Jump Tough Pat Mac!
It's important for boaters as well. I learned how to use a sextant many years ago, but a skill I try to refresh myself with on an annual basis. Bowditch is a great reference for all boaters.
🇺🇸Awsome information 🇺🇸 people will definitely need to know this in the near future
That was pretty neat. Thanks!
Awesome video for a novice who wants to learn these things. It's like learning how to fight, the more you learn, the more confidence grows.
Pat really is absolute mastery of the basics. No bullshit just unadulterated skill.
Omg Pat Mac is such a Wicked Awesome teacher , I have to buy him some beers when he comes to Boston! CHEERS PAT , THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE BAD ASS VIDEOS 🤘 ROCK AND ROLL
This dude is a badass. I'll bet he chews snuff while he drinks his coffee. Badass!!!
Y’all should put an affiliate link for the map and other special gear.
Man I love when you do navigation videos. I'm a land surveyor and you're correct, map navigation is dying, also in my trade. Keep'em coming bro!
Pat, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS SHIT FOR FREE!
Awesome to see this. Ft. Drum was terrible for land-nav; little terrain features and lots of swap. Nothing more fun than rucking a full LLVI loadout and having a "smart" leader shooting a straight line through the swamp to "save time" lol.
First day lunch. Scrap Yard
Been unloading construction bins, separating cast iron/aluminum/copper spun motors/steel, tangled inn chain and clothes hangers, standing inn 6 inches of water.
Each piece from the rear differential, to the tiny bolt must be isolated to produce the finest American metals, and tank armor, aircraft wing.
This is so exciting to watch! Can't wait for the next part!
I try and stay ontop of these basic skill i learned in the military over 20 some yrs ago. PAT you make it simple to focus and execute. Great instruction.
Keep up the basic dude stuff! 🙏🤙
Nice job. I was able to understand an put in to practice with your video. Explained real well. Thx
This is awesome. Thanks Mac.
This is valuable knowledge to keep stowed in back of your noodle. Better to have it and not need it. Then to need it and not have it. Thank you Mr. Mac
One of my favorite videos! Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Loved this video! Great lesson can’t wait for part 2.
Great job once again Pat
You instruct excellence, Pat. Appreciated 🥃 🥃
Thank you!!! I’ve got 8 or more books on it and watched courses and videos and each time you explained something those fragments accumulated from all the info ingested started to connect and now I understand!
Brings back map reading days thanks for the very needs refresher coarse PAT signed lost in the woods!!!!
Really want to practice this and EVERYONE SHOULD these days.
Thank you Pat
Thank you for teaching us! ❤🤟
Thanks for the awesome video Pat.
I needed this video so bad. Thanks, Pat!
Thank you Pat.
I think all this "Sergeant's time" training is great. Keep it up please👍👍
This is epic real land now training you don't get that in basic b******* schools in the army or any of the services you are a special selected person to be in a career field that requires that, I am Air Force I am a boom operator Air Force guy so we did this and it was awesome thanks Pat and crew you guys are a tight crew and I appreciate what you do
Always wanted to learn land nav skills. Great teaching skills, Mac! Made it easy for me to understand! I'm always hungry for more knowledge! I love this channel!
Excellent brother!!! Vital stuff, metal up!!!
Ahhh.... the fun stuff revisited!! How about some night land nav??
The best class I’ve seen so far!
I needed this refresher. Haven't done real land nav in 10 years
This is amazing I had no idea just how much in complicated it is. Ty sir
Great video, can’t wait for more
My unit used to do land nav regularly especially on UDP’s. I prided myself on finishing first or at the top every time. The team that finished first would get a day off and it was nice to get it! Thank you Mac for the refresher.
From South Africa,
Thank you Pat Mac.
Authentic passion.
Just my opinion. Grid Map/Compass land navigation is just as important as the ability to use iron sights.
thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i know enough bout this to be dangerous!!! LOL but learning all i can on how to do it while the electronics are still up & running!!!
Thanks Mac.
Great job. My last land nav was at Camp Shelby in 1987 with the Seabees. The only thing I had forgotten was the LARS rule.
Can't wait to see the next video.
Dude this was amazing
Absolutely great video. I love this foundational knowledge. So close to magic
Valuable information. Thanks Pat.
Refresher course always needed thank you Pat keep it up.
Excellent information. I definitely needed this refresher (and much more still!) so I can start teaching my son. I had forgotten that Grid North is something different in the mix.
Good to know i'm not the only analog man in a digital world.
Well explained and delivered! You done a great job of combining everything together making it usable. I like the bead on the leather cord to count a 100m distance! Impressive delivery! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the video PM!
With technology l saw people using their phones to try to navigate through the woods. When SHTF just my opinion is that it could be also used to track you. My phone will be ditched. This is a good video and l agree it is a dying art. 👍🏻
Awesome as always
You did a excellent job of making it simple for beginners
You didn’t overload with to much at once
Excellent foundational skill set!
Land Nav was my favorite Military/Infantry SKill I learned it in High school J.R.O.T.C.
it gives us the warrior the confidence to be able to think through problems in any Lost in the woods scenario.
it's good stuff basic Land Nav is awesome
it needs to always be an essential skill in the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Regardless of technology.
Definitely a primitive skill which increases our self-sufficiency. Not having to rely on G00gle maps and other digital media/devices to travel is a good thing, I'm working on teaching my kiddos.
@patmac great bit. batteries die. protractors don't!
Thanks for this!
Great stuff!
So well explained. ❤
Awesome video, great stuff.
So much knowledge to share!
This is what I’ve been hoping you’d do. Great video and as always great way of putting the info out to us common folk lol
I use vegetative growth - in the northern hemisphere most of the branches on the trees are leaning toward South.
Photosynthesis keeps me from getting “lost”.
Hahaha love the Megadeth impersonation!
Lol CJ got me with that Count impression.. SESAME STREET BABY!
I couldn’t effectively do land nav until I went to selection! Made it to all my points. Nice refresher.
Another great video
What a great video. Thanks a lot 🔥
That was awesome. I learned a lot. That’s Mac.
Great vid Mac!!!
One of the more important videos you have ever done 👍.
Maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I definitely feel that if you're going out into the backcountry or off trail with just a GPS (or even just your phone!), you're asking for trouble. Batteries die, signal gets lost or refracts giving an inaccurate fix, devices get lost or broken, and most important of all you don't actually have full awareness of your environment (especially as it relates to navigating), because you've just been blindly following a GPS. It's definitely nice to have a GPS so you can double-check things, be very accurate and quick when you need to know exactly where you are, etc., but in my mind it definitely shouldn't be relied upon.
Very cool. Thank you.
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Great video.
thanks Pat
A much needed refresher course for me. I believe knowing at least some basic navigation skills is just as important as learning how to swim...ya never know when!
I love land nab! The video reminds me of my first experience with it at Ft. Bennington. Something peaceful about wondering around in the pines.
I’ve been retired for over 6 years…great refresher!!!