I've been out of the Army for over 20 years and haven't done land nav since. I'm so grateful you put this on here. Pat Mac you are a great teacher ..keep it up man

No matter how good you are or were at land nav getting a refresher is always good!

I've been in the army national guard for 6 years and the army reserves for a little over a year, I can confirm that we still do fundamental old school land nav. Its still a thing!

What most civilians don't understand is that GPS can be spoofed (false signals or interference caused by a land based transmitter). Military grade GPS equipment can't be spoofed but if you don't have access to that gear, map and compass is your only other option.

I loved being my platoon's navigator. Semper Fi

Passing on knowledge. Basic dude stuff. 🤘🏻

FYSA, Land Nav is now being added back into the Army's NCO Basic Leader Course. It's a much needed reintroduction.

I’m on a hotshot crew with the USFS, awesome refresher. Going to teach my wife once I’m back home from this fire!

Pat you are an awesome teacher. Thanks for this video! "Polaris!"

I could have used this skill when I got lost on a nature hike in brown county Indiana way back in 98 😂 actually learned something and I’m waiting for the 2nd part…

Good stuff. It’s actually scary how devolved land navigation instincts are in everyone.

I retired in 2017 from the military and the one thing I remember is that even in the military, it was always hard to find a good Land Nav Instructor. Land Nav is a very difficult subject to teach. Thanks for making this easy to understand Pat Mac!

Thanks for the refresher Pat Mac!!

man i feel dumb. i have watched this 2 times now. another dozen or so and i may catch on.

This is awesome. Thanks Mac.

From South Africa, Thank you Pat Mac.

Always wanted to learn land nav skills. Great teaching skills, Mac! Made it easy for me to understand! I'm always hungry for more knowledge! I love this channel!

Straight forward, not over complicated and spoken in lamens terms for a novice to understand immediately. Awesome work boss!

Absolutely great video. I love this foundational knowledge. So close to magic

My unit used to do land nav regularly especially on UDP’s. I prided myself on finishing first or at the top every time. The team that finished first would get a day off and it was nice to get it! Thank you Mac for the refresher.

Loved this video! Great lesson can’t wait for part 2.

Man I love when you do navigation videos. I'm a land surveyor and you're correct, map navigation is dying, also in my trade. Keep'em coming bro!

Great job once again Pat

Great info/refresher that all patriots should know. I am a firm believer in being able to accomplish things w/o tech. I hv started teaching this and a host of others to my 4yr old granddaughter. Jump Tough Pat Mac!

This is so exciting to watch! Can't wait for the next part!

Great job. My last land nav was at Camp Shelby in 1987 with the Seabees. The only thing I had forgotten was the LARS rule. Can't wait to see the next video.

Thanks for the awesome video Pat.

One of my favorite videos! Looking forward to the rest of this series.

Awesome as always You did a excellent job of making it simple for beginners You didn’t overload with to much at once

Excellent foundational skill set!

Excellent information. I definitely needed this refresher (and much more still!) so I can start teaching my son. I had forgotten that Grid North is something different in the mix.

Never miss the opportunity to be your own batman.

Thank you!!! I’ve got 8 or more books on it and watched courses and videos and each time you explained something those fragments accumulated from all the info ingested started to connect and now I understand!

thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! i know enough bout this to be dangerous!!! LOL but learning all i can on how to do it while the electronics are still up & running!!!

Thank you Pat

Refresher course always needed thank you Pat keep it up.

Thank you Pat.

Thanks for the video PM!

Brings back map reading days thanks for the very needs refresher coarse PAT signed lost in the woods!!!!

Thank you for teaching us! ❤🤟

You instruct excellence, Pat. Appreciated 🥃 🥃

🇺🇸Awsome information 🇺🇸 people will definitely need to know this in the near future

Dude this was amazing

Omg Pat Mac is such a Wicked Awesome teacher , I have to buy him some beers when he comes to Boston! CHEERS PAT , THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE BAD ASS VIDEOS 🤘 ROCK AND ROLL

Apparently, you are completely unaware of the Volunteer Search and Rescue Community in North American, where this is standard basic training. Well at least you mentioned declination (but you did not address that in relation to the declination settings on a compass). In Canada, we are trained to do this without the protractor. Thank you for showing the pacing. It stumps a lot of people. We call the'Ranger beads' Pacing beads.

This is amazing I had no idea just how much in complicated it is. Ty sir

It's important for boaters as well. I learned how to use a sextant many years ago, but a skill I try to refresh myself with on an annual basis. Bowditch is a great reference for all boaters.

I try and stay ontop of these basic skill i learned in the military over 20 some yrs ago. PAT you make it simple to focus and execute. Great instruction. Keep up the basic dude stuff! 🙏🤙

Very cool. Thank you.

I love land nab! The video reminds me of my first experience with it at Ft. Bennington. Something peaceful about wondering around in the pines.

I needed this refresher. Haven't done real land nav in 10 years

Excellent brother!!! Vital stuff, metal up!!!

Awesome video for a novice who wants to learn these things. It's like learning how to fight, the more you learn, the more confidence grows.

Well explained and delivered! You done a great job of combining everything together making it usable. I like the bead on the leather cord to count a 100m distance! Impressive delivery! Thanks for the video!

Valuable information. Thanks Pat.

Awesome video, great stuff.

This is valuable knowledge to keep stowed in back of your noodle. Better to have it and not need it. Then to need it and not have it. Thank you Mr. Mac

Awesome to see this. Ft. Drum was terrible for land-nav; little terrain features and lots of swap. Nothing more fun than rucking a full LLVI loadout and having a "smart" leader shooting a straight line through the swamp to "save time" lol.

Great video.

I couldn’t effectively do land nav until I went to selection! Made it to all my points. Nice refresher.

Great stuff!

Pat really is absolute mastery of the basics. No bullshit just unadulterated skill.

Pat, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS SHIT FOR FREE!

Thanks for this!

The best class I’ve seen so far!

Great video, can’t wait for more

Thanks Mac.

Great vid Mac!!!

Hahaha love the Megadeth impersonation!

I needed this video so bad. Thanks, Pat!

So well explained. ❤

One of the more important videos you have ever done 👍.

The best part is that declination changes year-to-year as the magnetic North Pole of the earth shifts

Nice job. I was able to understand an put in to practice with your video. Explained real well. Thx

Another great video

I think all this "Sergeant's time" training is great. Keep it up please👍👍

This is what I’ve been hoping you’d do. Great video and as always great way of putting the info out to us common folk lol

So much knowledge to share!

That was pretty neat. Thanks!

Great refresher thank you Pat I always look to my granbury buddies too iron that s*** out when we're on the ground back then, LOL but I look forward to furthering my training on the ground with some of your organization and or references appreciate it dude 🤘🇺🇸air force boom operator⚡

This video brought back many memories from my younger days. To many people just don’t get it. I will admit that I have gotten used to using electronic but if needed I can still read and use a map (road and Topo)!

First day lunch. Scrap Yard Been unloading construction bins, separating cast iron/aluminum/copper spun motors/steel, tangled inn chain and clothes hangers, standing inn 6 inches of water. Each piece from the rear differential, to the tiny bolt must be isolated to produce the finest American metals, and tank armor, aircraft wing.

Ahhh.... the fun stuff revisited!! How about some night land nav??

What a great video. Thanks a lot 🔥

I’ve been retired for over 6 years…great refresher!!!

That was awesome. I learned a lot. That’s Mac.

thanks Pat

Great video!!!

Authentic passion.

Idk if i'll ever handle a gun... but this... this i can learn and apply! Genuinely enjoyed this! I miss my tween years geography and earth science classes. Pat's an awesome teacher!

This dude is a badass. I'll bet he chews snuff while he drinks his coffee. Badass!!!

Great lesson

Dude! I remember navigating LA county with a Thomas guide! It worked 100% of the time.

Lol CJ got me with that Count impression.. SESAME STREET BABY!

Y’all should put an affiliate link for the map and other special gear.

@patmac great bit. batteries die. protractors don't!

With technology l saw people using their phones to try to navigate through the woods. When SHTF just my opinion is that it could be also used to track you. My phone will be ditched. This is a good video and l agree it is a dying art. 👍🏻

Good stuff brother 🇺🇸

It’s a dying art .. for sure thanks Pat

Really want to practice this and EVERYONE SHOULD these days.