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A 22-year-old U.S. Army ROTC cadet died during training in Kentucky last week, officials said. Neil Edara of Ridgewood, New ...
A member of the Army's Reserve Officers Training Corps died while training in Kentucky last week, authorities said: Neil ...
Funeral services have been set for the Ridgewood Army ROTC cadet who died in a training exercise July 24 at Fort Knox.
Neil Edara, a 22-year-old Ridgewood native who joined Rutgers University's ROTC in 2021, was in the middle of the land ...
U.S. Army Airborne Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians paid tribute to the original airborne pioneers from the 506th ...
Land navigation training involves using maps, compasses and other tools to find certain locations in a 2.3-square mile grid.
Land navigation skills extend beyond going from point A to point B. Soldiers, especially leaders, need to be able to communicate their own coordinates and understand distances, skills that could ...
"Land navigation training is important for Soldiers because you never know where or when you might need it," said Spc. Dennise Coney, a supply specialist with Troop D.
In addition to the APFT and land navigation, the ESB also tests soldiers on their knowledge of 30 warrior tasks and battle drills out of the "Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks." ...
The same goes for land navigation. “Just because we took it off as a requirement when they graduate does not mean that we won’t be conducting hand grenade and land navigation training ...
A land navigation course isn’t required for any Incident Command System (ICS) positions or taskbooks, and most people really don’t care about learning how to read a map, use a compass or ...
Officials are not releasing the name of a Fort Carson, Colo., soldier who went missing during a land navigation exercise on Monday, but you can bet the “lost lieutenant” jokes will fly anyway ...