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A 22-year-old Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet died Thursday during a land navigation exercise at Fort Knox, ...
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.
U.S. Army Cadet Command reported that 22-year-old Cadet Neil Edara from New Jersey died during training camp on the Land ...
A 22-year-old U.S. Army ROTC cadet died during training in Kentucky last week, officials said. Neil Edara of Ridgewood, New ...
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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Neil Edara, a 22-year-old Ridgewood native who joined Rutgers University's ROTC in 2021, was in the middle of the land ...