Land Navigation for Ground Team Members

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Land Navigation for Ground Team Members

• Developed as part of the National Emergency
  Services Curriculum Project

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Orienteering Compass
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Lensatic Compass
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Centerhold Technique
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Compass-to-Cheek Technique
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Pace Count

• The number of paces it takes you to cover 100
  meters
• Varies depending on a variety of things
• Slopes
• Weather Conditions or Elements, including
  visibility
• Surfaces
• Clothing and Equipment

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Pace Count Continued

• Determining Pace Count
• Walk a MEASURED 100 meter course and record your
  pace count
• Walk the Return of that 100 meter course and
  record your pace count
• Add the two together, and divide the sum by two
  to get your average pace count on that terrain

Work the Math 1st Leg 121 Return
Leg 119 Sum 240 / 2 Average Pace 100 Meters
120
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Pace Count Continued

• Calculating a distance to travel is simply a
  matter of basic math
• For example, to walk 250 meters using the
  previous pace count of 120 paces takes 300 paces
• 120 paces (100 meters)
• 120 paces (100 meters)
• 60 paces (50 meters is 1/2 of 100 meters)
• 300 paces (250 meters)

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Pace Count Continued

• Keep track of the paces you have walked in the
  field. It is too easy to forget and be off
  course. Try using some of the following. For
  every 100 meters try
• Move a bead on your pace counter
• Place a mark in a notebook
• Tie a knot in a string
• Put a pebble in your pocket

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Navigating Past An Obstacle

• Basically makes a box around the obstacle
• Accuracy counts, especially around larger
  obstacles
• A graphical presentation is made of this on the
  next slide

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Land Navigation Tasks for Ground Team Members

• O-0201 Use a Compass
• O-0202 Measure Distance with Pace Count
• O-0203 Navigate Past an Obstacle