Posted on Mar 16, 2018
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I’m good at measuring distance, four digit grid coordinates, and six digit grid coordinates. I am having trouble with 8 digit grid coordinates and want to get better. I have been trying to practice on the U.S Army Future Soldier site, but I’m still having trouble grasping it. If anyone could give me some advice and nudge me in the right direction, that would be great! Thank you. I am using a 1:50,000 scale military map as provided by the Future Soldier site with a coordinate scale and protractor.
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You might be able to find a copy at a surplus store. The PX or clothing sales might have it too. The most recent edition is from 2013. The internet might have it too. I just looked on Amazon has some older copies which will still help. I don't know how much really changes in the way of land nav.
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Are you good at math? If so, you can easily use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate distance.
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SGT (Join to see) - If it were in Chinese I wouldn't be using it. I can't count the number of students in my English classes who pick up the protractor and are going to slap it down on some lines trying to read basic grid coordinates. I teach my students as I was taught: You know you have the protractor right when you can read the name. I didn't learn SF rules of thumb...
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You should tag pathfinders, they can probably help you out more than anyone. When I went out for EIB I came across a bull pen with bulls in it (god bless texas...) between points. I opted to take the L on that one and tried to eye ball a post directly ahead of me, but it wasn't perfect and messed up my pace count and of course mistakes grow exponentially once you make one.
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