How to do land nav in the Army

In this video im demonstrating how to do land navigation in the Army. In this video ill show you what you need, how to plot a point. find where you are, how to navigate to a location and a few other tips as well.
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[@christopherchaos]

Keep in mind. This video is 23 minutes long and soldiers go through hours of training to learn land navigation. So are you going to be able to watch this video and be a pro at land nav..... no. This is geared to give you an idea of how its done or even refresh your memory on how to do land nav. So keep that in mind when watching this video. This would really need to be like a hour or two long video to really train someone effectively.

[@jasonkuy7100]

This is a valuable lesson that also works in life skills so thank you Sir

[@maverick9288]

Thank you very much for this valuable information. I'm definitely going to need it for basic training soon. 👍

[@Inkedspeed]

Gettin ready to re enlist so I’m getting a refresher

[@joshuaoya3]

My dude trying to land nav his way to the area 51 raid today

[@christopherchaos]

I plotted wrong though and ended up at Area 15 instead. dam it.

[@shacacruzlemerocya8167]

Hey you did pretty awesome. I use this during the COVID-19 months so that my soldiers could freshen up on Land Navigation. I did notice before the three minute mark that you marked your longitude at 7025 instead of 35.

[@ARCHIEzzle]

Looking professional by the way the video is presented 👍🏽 editing/shots etc.

[@christopherchaos]

Thanks man.

[@jthavorn]

Archie!!! My two favorite military youtubers!

[@Zohdiak]

You need to mention that it depends on the location of the map. You need to follow the declination diagram not all maps have the same grid and magnetic north formulas. For example, a map located in California vs New England will have completely different declination diagram formulas. That's super important and will clear up a lot of confusion. Other than that awesome freakin work man! You actually took the time and spoke clearly!

[@justanotherone685]

I agree, and in the map he is using you’d subtract from magnetic to grid, not add btw. Think about it logically, the declination diagram is telling you on this map whatever you shoot is going to be 13degrees higher than it will be on the map-so you’d subtract in this case, not add.

[@BETTERWORLDSGT]

I became quite good at it at a time. I flunked PLDC the first time because of Land Nav. I was really unprepared at that time. I then coordinated with the Scout Platoon, and went out with them as often as possible. When I went back to School, I maxed it out. It just takes some practice and understanding of the things Christopher is talking about here, which is explained well by Him. There used to be an FM 21-26, I don't know if it is still used now but it had all of the Land Navigation Info.

[@comcastjohn]

Ahhhh……memories….. I still have my issued compass from 1984 😎 Thanks for the memories! 👍

[@BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy]

Even with the errors, this was a kick ass training vid! It actually clarified a few things I mistakenly have done utilizing maps… (we all make errors so that’s no biggie, and you noted it on the vid so thank you) … thanks again for this vid… incredibly informative! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@nataliemagnuson6853]

This video was a perfect refresher for me right before I start WOCS. youve lifted a weight off my shoulders!

[@dereklucero5785]

I was a tanker in the 90’s for 7 years. I made e6 and land nav as a tanker with gps was kind of an afterthought. I just picked up 2 Mil-Spec made in the USA usgi compasses, so talk to me like I’m 5 years old….. I’m all ears, and I need new skills 😁👍

[@mattm8749]

This video is very educational but one thing that you can do to make your point even more accurate is to cut the excess plastic away on your protractor, you could be 50-100m off of point. I really enjoyed this video.

[@jthavorn]

Basic sucked but I’ll admit land nav was one of my favorite things we learned. Even when we did it at our duty station it was always fun.

[@sabrinamartin7394]

Chris I’ve seen the Land Nav before but never knew how it was being used. Pretty cool and thank you for explaining the process 😊❤️

[@Hyperion031]

Finally, a vid for all the Butterbars

[@reijiminato8762]

Warrant Officers, too!

[@jasonrussell1570]

Hahaha

[@zobekguerrero1366]

Sergean's too!

[@MrRandyh59]

Was a FO in the Army. Did this as my main job. And yes you must be able to tell what is saddle , a valley a hilltop etc.

[@comeoutside2881]

Is it hard to be top in class at ait? Going in as a 13f

[@dakotawarren1303]

Just a tip, i would shave all the excess plastic inside of the triangle you are using. Each point you plot you want it to be as close to the black surrounding line inside of the triangle. If you plot it away from the line you could be hundreds of yards off.

[@Adam-lc6mk]

Awesome video. The effort that goes into you making these videos is greatly appreciated

[@jivetalk1045]

Very helpful, I forgot a lot about land nav.

[@Hootyhoo-jq9vq]

An easy way to remember the declination rule is LARS. Left add / right subtract.

[@cespinosa53]

When I ETS out of the army I wished you using a map. When I was working for the Forester. I still knew how to read a map. I'm not on the road no more.

[@ezOqekuRitusohI]

The number of errors in this video is epic! An accurate reflection of the quality of land nav training at Basic.

[@menhtaco6994]

This dude is my AP Calculus teacher, the way he speaks just gets me lost lol

[@C0RIUS23]

Am I wrong or does it look like at about 4:57 minutes in, you lined up with the 25 and not the 35? Could be the angle of the camera.

[@C0RIUS23]

Touché

[@kenharmon6740]

I saw 25 as well. I was looking in the comments to see if anyone else caught that.

[@GUNSLINGER471]

Okay, not just me

[@williamdecatur4340]

It seems I remember being taught that if the declination angle is RIGHT of grid North, you add it, whatever it is. If the declination angle is LEFT of grid North, you subtract it. So right add, left subtract. Does anyone else remember this?

[@Ponderosa303]

This was a great video! I’m going to share it with my group. Thanks for the clarifications and the General to Major subtract, etc. Helped a lot!

[@blackyoshi6531]

wow girl u is cute are u in the army? cuz ima sign me up

[@thebkirk1997]

I agree that was helpful

[@Phycofeeds]

That actually helped a lot! Especially because I’m going SF 😅

[@Daisho289]

I noticed one flaw..the protractor has extra plastic inside the triangle..I was told that can throw you off 50m-40m so people cut it out or use one without the extra plastic

[@HidexHoldings]

Shipping out in 2 days, perfect timing.

[@Wileye86]

Awesome video chris! I've been doing land nav for a bit with future soldier and on my own. I enjoy it! I'll be using it a lot as a scout in the near future, very appreciated like always man!

[@randykroells8049]

In Germany we did it at night in the woods.

[@clapzy2943]

Combat jobs do im pretty sure

[@museme6309]

Doing my future soldier classes I’m lost just a bit i definitely catch up fast.

[@kylebroadwater890]

Adding or subtracting when going from compass to map/grid/true north depends on which side of the agonic line you are on. If you are on the west coast you will be subtracting because magnetic north is east of true north. If you are on the east coast you will be adding because true north is east of magnetic north. So it isn't always true that if you go from magnetic to grid it's add and going from grid to magnetic you subtract. Should clarify that.

[@FaKeNooDle]

When you get to your first point, or what you believe is the first point, could you do the back azimuth triangulation method to possibly double check yourself? Just a thought I had, I'm curious

[@Twinjeremy]

@5:17.... your point is not really right? The black line is set back from the edge of the clear section?

[@equalgaming171]

Thank you very much for the information. Really detailed explanation, and I appreciate that🤙🏼

[@Barca280]

From what I've been reading in regards to declination it would seem that adding or subtracting is dependent on if your magnetic north is east or west of your grid north. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I am new to learning land navigation but this is the understanding that I have come to: When the magnetic north is east of the grid north you add the G-M angle to the magnetic azimuth to convert it to the grid azimuth; then, when converting from grid to magnetic you subtract the G-M angle from the grid azimuth. However, if your magnetic north is west of your grid north then the opposite is true. With a westerly declination, when converting from magnetic north to grid north you would subtract the G-M angle from the magnetic azimuth; then, when converting from grid north to magnetic north you would add the G-M angle to the grid azimuth. That's my understanding of declination. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@2adamast]

Just cross check it: 0° on the map is what angle magnetic?

[@the_derpofswag7027]

Thanks! Great video! Keep it up Christopher❤️👍

[@tylergolightly6725]

I honestly really like the ftx style

[@157dixon]

Good video. Land nav is complicated and you offer good tools

[@blake39399]

how would you find the exact location on the map of the "known locations" (the cross roads)??

[@losttribe1993]

Love the refresher!!

[@jamesmadison7551]

got this for BLC tomorrow but, haven't done this for like 5 years lol.

[@DragonActual]

A great outdoors video on the day of the "raid"

[@oldreliable40]

when i had to set up my g.p. medium mess tent i was told to set up " over there"! and git chow going!!! lol! asap!

[@joeydiamond1504]

Keep up the great vids

[@claudiopereira8427]

💯💯💯👏 great help

[@lynnecarlton8968]

My son is doing this- Army training. Wanted to understand what he is doing/how he's doing it. Thanks for demonstrating this.

[@Firemission-qw3lj]

Great work brother

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Just bought a box of grid squares.

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

@Lazy Jay Deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robertmansfield7793]

@@dougtheeliminator1077 Make sure you fill out that ID10T form for that transaction

[@MrRandyh59]

If you can read the terrain you can double check your count.

[@DR-mk2in]

Chris if I remember correctly you said you were colorblind red/green. How does that affect you when doing land navigation at night with a red light? Coming from a colorblind individual

[@christopherchaos]

I dont have a problem. My colorblindness does not really effect me that much.

[@ChickentNug]

Makes sense. Thanks

[@JuanDurandt]

You missed out something very important with your calculated directions. The thing you left out is when you took magnetic declination in consideration, you left out that is not a constant. On the map it should show the the date and the amount of degrees it changes annually up to a certain angle before it moves back again and so on meaning you have to either add or subtract depending on the date on the map and the date at the present time and then only do you have your heading. Anyway, that is not too important as you condensed a lot of info into a short video. So the info you gave is sufficient to get people stared :-) A long time ago when I was in the Army in my country I was our platoon "navigator". Oh, and we used Mils, not degrees so that was an additional pain in the ass thing to keep in mind when plotting and doing conversions and calculations. Mils is more accurate and if I recall correctly 1 degree and a few seconds (45-ish) is equivalent 18 mills. Basically 360 degrees is 6400 mils. Anyway, very informative vid.

[@raymondsellitto6838]

am i blind or did i see 25 not 35 just after 5:00

[@jamesx8188]

this will help me going into my training while in JROTC

[@fire-mz2mb]

what are the rules of tobacco products like dip and cigarettes in basic training? i go to basic in a couple weeks

[@bigeric8334]

My bunkmate was getting it sent to him in the mail but its really risky lol

[@willie_mccoy]

Here's how my platoon did it in basic: Got sent to another platoon's class, stayed about 15 minutes, then my entire platoon got sent to KP for the rest of the day. That was ALL of our land nav training. Had to learn everything post-basic. I really hope it's better nowadays. But then again, we did about 10 hours of first aid training (because some just couldn't 'get' it, so we repeated it til they did). Been almost 33 years since, and I still remember that first aid training. Gotta brush up on land nav though.

[@devinhartlaub8221]

I haven’t used land nav since basic, and I don’t plan on it the future

[@devinhartlaub8221]

mac burger DD214 can’t come soon enough

[@devinhartlaub8221]

mac burger been in 9 months, a little under 3 left

[@LSp8]

I haven't done land nav since 2011 found out I gotta teach a class on it for AT. Fucking screwed!!!! I would reach anything BUT land nav, I sucked at it then and 15 years later I still suck at it.

[@devinhartlaub8221]

@@LSp8 Congrats on being in that long pal, not me I got 10 months left!!!!! Army is not getting me again

[@Awzn123]

Sweet this came out in time shipping to fort Jackson this Monday 😀 btw wish me luck!

[@fengmaodid9113]

Good luck!!

[@christopherchaos]

Good luck. kick some ass.

[@eseblanco]

I have to go to the board tomorrow morning and needed a refresher never been good a technical terms and all that. You made it very easy to remember everything I learned and made it exciting can't wait till tomorrow gonna kill it Thanks CC!

[@christopherchaos]

Good luck!!!

[@joshuavalentin7353]

awesome

[@dorseyspencer2510]

Nice video

[@Ponderosa303]

I was literally saying this morning that I need to brush up on my land nav skills. Are you the FBI agent that listens to my phone? Sorry I’ve been calling you Jerry this entire time 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@christopherchaos]

no problem. oh and dont forget about that appointment you have next week. ;)

[@Ponderosa303]

Christopher Chaos that’s funny because I literally had an appointment I almost forgot about. Lol. Look Jerry, imma need you to hack my bank and send some money to my account 😂

[@thedammninja2433]

Thank you

[@loadthevideo]

NOTIFICATION PLATOON

[@kingc8531]

Anyone know a good GPS watch that uses mils instead of degrees? I want to be able to check my coordinates in mils and I can't find one watch able to do this simple task lol

[@PiercedHeartProductions]

If it ain't rainin', we ain't trainin'!

[@albertvaldez7750]

Do a video on call for fire

[@gunplaytv]

Where can we get MGRS Maps of our local area / state?

[@christopherchaos]

I found a web site by Google searching MGRS maps for sale. Don't remember the site now.

[@bigeric8334]

I was just typing that you never use it after basic but then i heard you say it lol

[@christopherchaos]

That really depends though. Some units will do training on it just for training and then if you go to BLC to become an NCO you will be tested on it as well as SFAS and other schools. But there are times when someone will only do it in basic.

[@bigeric8334]

@@christopherchaos yea good point if you are an nco its probably good to know it, i got out as an e4 so i was good to go👍

[@garmontharvey1623]

what are those gloves?

[@semnomesemednrrefo]

Have you ever thought that you might be helping people kidnap people?

[@vincentmanibusan2460]

Im just saying you left out the bit of shaving the excess off in the beginning

[@danielwoolley2938]

It would be a great video if you were not screwing up every other step

[@lollyjollyflapjacks6078]

Im going to be honest. I’m hesitant to believe this is the army way. Only because this isn’t how we were taught. Maybe it’s just a different way? But I’m not familiar with it.

[@bradenbagby4431]

Did you know any landnav before going in the army?

[@gUm_bY745]

Doesn't the US Army use mils? AUS Army use mils as it is more accurate.

[@christopherchaos]

I think the US marines do. In the US Army we used degrees.

[@gUm_bY745]

@@christopherchaos good to know, thanks Chris!

[@campagnollo]

If you're really, really anal, you can try land nav using mils on your compass instead of degrees. LOL!!! Note: mils are used either in Field Artillery, Mortars (11C) or Air Defense Artillery (personal experience) and the mil readings are hyper-precise compared to degrees.

[@irvingr7538]

Platoon

[@DefiantR6]

Map to grid, get rid.

[@cartagena_11]

Why is this video so long

[@rhynellivrut7834]

Poor instruction. He repeats phrases a lot. He skips basic information. He assumed you are familiar with other info. He questions the technical terms. “This is called resection I GUESS?” Do you know what it is or not? Review your subject. Know your subject. Present your subject. This video is crap.

[@darnellpearson1399]

Terrible vid

[@geektarded]

“How to do land nav in the army”...”I’m not going to go over what is a hill, what is a saddle” 🤦‍♂️ Do yourselves a favor and find another video if you are wanting to learn land nav. Knowing how to identify topographic features on a map is a fundamental skill of land nav that will keep you from taking a route that will get you stuck in a draw (aka re-entrance) or staring at the side of a cliff that is impassable.

[@jailanrayvon434]

This is BS

[@FernandoGarcia-tc2vq]

Hey bro had trouble with land nav with drill sergeant doing to fast to teach