Navy dusts off its sextants

[AlliFlowers]

Land nav? Good stuff, but you haven't lived until you've laid a battery using Polaris and Kochab!

Redlegs + astronomy = steel on target!

I was a paper pusher. But I always loved field exercises.

 

[aaronvan]

I was a paper pusher. But I always loved field exercises.

Correction: you were a Soldier.

Hoah!!!

 

[righteye]

In open waters not so much of a problem but with a best scenario accuracy of ± 1 Nautical mile lets hope that GPS is never switched off.

 

[jpine]

I learned land nav and map reading 35 years ago, courtesy of the US Army. As much as I like my GPS, I always have a good compass and a waterproof topographical map with me when I hike the southern CA mountains.