For drill this weekend I got to go to Florence, AZ (AKA Middle of absolute no where! with a National Guard land nav course..) We got put into groups of 18 and they gave us compasses and told us to find the way... yep! 18 chiefs and no Indians we got all kinds of lost and it was like 90 something degrees and there were loose rocks everywhere, made me feel like I forgot how to walk and there were little hills and creeks! With no water of course. But they had good potential. We had to find 6 points and the 6th point was where we started so we would know if we messed up. We ended up sitting around for a couple hours.. then we set out on our course at 11... till 1430! Yep 4 hours. to find 6 points that were at a max of 600 meters apart... I got a real nice ACU tan:) which is my hands and my neck and face, except my forehead, thanks to my PC (that hat we wear Patrol Cap) and I learned that I never ever want to get lost out in the Arizona desert and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.
For drill this weekend I got to go to Florence, AZ (AKA Middle of absolute no where! with a National Guard land nav course..) We got put into groups of 18 and they gave us compasses and told us to find the way... yep! 18 chiefs and no Indians we got all kinds of lost and it was like 90 something degrees and there were loose rocks everywhere, made me feel like I forgot how to walk and there were little hills and creeks! With no water of course. But they had good potential. We had to find 6 points and the 6th point was where we started so we would know if we messed up. We ended up sitting around for a couple hours.. then we set out on our course at 11... till 1430! Yep 4 hours. to find 6 points that were at a max of 600 meters apart... I got a real nice ACU tan:) which is my hands and my neck and face, except my forehead, thanks to my PC (that hat we wear Patrol Cap) and I learned that I never ever want to get lost out in the Arizona desert and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.
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