Thread: Would you come along to...

Originally Posted by R93

Nav with map and compass only but.
It could be safely run with a time limit and done in pairs. Just needs planning. Hooning along a track would be pointless.
Nav to firing point.
Bearing to a hard mid range target. No rangefinders would sort out the men from the boys.



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Yea open flat country nav or tight bush nav no gps.Got to have times limits however because it ads that all important competitive pressure!.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Yea open flat country nav or tight bush nav no gps.Got to have times limits however because it ads that all important competitive pressure!.

+1 something very similar is used to test military personnel that have high quality training.
Even with the training and excellent background in navigation it's amazing how so few manage to pass.
Gillies old man will know all about it and I believe is still the only pogue for lack of a better word, to have passed.


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Originally Posted by R93

+1 something very similar is used to test military personnel that have high quality training.
Even with the training and excellent background in navigation it's amazing how so few manage to pass.
Gillies old man will know all about it and I believe is still the only pogue for lack of a better word, to have passed.


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I dont hesitate to beleive that about Malcolm.Brings back memories about PT jennings at west melton night nav..................We naved while he slept in the barracks.........I remember what he ran the next day two!.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

I dont hesitate to beleive that about Malcolm.Brings back memories about PT jennings at west melton night nav..................We naved while he slept in the barracks.........I remember what he ran the next day two!.

Shit I can't remember. If I took any of you's for nav you all would now have a fucked sense of direction lol.
Unless I used the baggies bar or the mess as a checkpoint.


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Originally Posted by R93

Shit I can't remember. If I took any of you's for nav you all would now have a fucked sense of direction lol.


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Dont worry Sgt Hata re alinged our bearings for us...................he ran the sec gauntlet more than a few times he redeamed himself by standing up at the end of the third one with a smile......all was forgiven and became a very good navigator after that still in contact today.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Dont worry Sgt Hata re alinged our bearings for us...................he ran the sec gauntlet more than a few times he redeamed himself by standing up at the end of the third one with a smile......all was forgiven and became a very good navigator after that still in contact today.

Sgt who?


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Originally Posted by R93

Sgt who?


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Hata .......aka leftie! 1st batt sgt v coy 6 PL 97-01.Awsome tracker. Learnt alot about the S's and so on