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EDC compass
26 September 2017, 22:11,
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RE: EDC compass
We also should consider the fact that all this land nav and compass work is part of the military mindset. We put way too much emphasis on compass work and navigation. It is used to get from point A to point B, to plan patrols and to call in artillery, mortar fire and air support. We don't do that.

I have a lensatic compass that has not been out of its case in 2 dozen years, and a couple of plate compasses that are covered in dust. 99% of my navigation is now done using that inefficient, fouled up and prone to EMP damage GPS system. Smart phones are the greatest things since sliced bread.

I had two boys in the Marines during the Iraq war and they both experienced GPS problems, in the form of dead batteries, not failure of the systems. It was always dead batteries. Fresh batteries are now as important to a patrol leader as water and ammo.

I do not have and do not need contoured lines on topographical sheets and have not since I left the military. Even hiking the AT I used the trail guide and not M&C for the hikes.

What if the GPS system shuts down??? What if it does. I live in a world where navigation is done by landmark and road grid, not by azimuth and compass points. After a disaster, even a major disaster, the navigation grid will remain.

In real life, on an EDC basis I am not concerned about my location +- 10 meters. I am not calling in 105mm fire, I am going to the house or seeking immediate shelter hopefully in the home of someone I know who is between me and my house.

I am probably using a computer generated local highway map and a wrist compass. I want to know I have the map oriented in the proper general direction and that I am exactly at the junction of Hwy 25 and Wildlife Lane.

Even if I go across country, if I can, I am still going from point A on the map in a general direction until I hit road B, which I will recognize, and turn east. I can do that with the compass that lives on my watch band or key chain.

I do not need to meet the requirement I had in the military of navigating in the dark across 1K of dense woodland and landing within 10 meters of a set point or going through the rotation again. Even then I was actually navigating from road A to road B so a truck could pick me up and I could get a grade.

Neither do I need to call mortar fire in to set coordinates making sure me and my unit are safe from the fire. Nor will I have to ever plot predetermined fire points along my patrol path.

I just have to get home, and that can be done with a wrist compass and accuracy to within 1/4 mile of the house.
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EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 28 July 2015, 19:02
RE: EDC compass - by Devonian - 28 July 2015, 19:12
RE: EDC compass - by Barneyboy - 28 July 2015, 19:33
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 28 July 2015, 20:44
RE: EDC compass - by Sunna - 28 July 2015, 21:52
RE: EDC compass - by Steve - 28 July 2015, 22:10
RE: EDC compass - by Scythe13 - 28 July 2015, 22:23
RE: EDC compass - by Sunna - 28 July 2015, 22:34
RE: EDC compass - by Scythe13 - 28 July 2015, 22:59
RE: EDC compass - by bigpaul - 29 July 2015, 08:37
RE: EDC compass - by Tarrel - 29 July 2015, 11:02
RE: EDC compass - by BeardyMan - 29 July 2015, 11:42
RE: EDC compass - by WHB - 29 July 2015, 17:20
RE: EDC compass - by Sunna - 29 July 2015, 17:37
RE: EDC compass - by harrypalmer - 7 June 2016, 14:40
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 7 June 2016, 16:55
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 19 June 2016, 21:05
RE: EDC compass - by PSYOP Soldier - 17 December 2016, 05:25
RE: EDC compass - by Skean Dhude - 17 December 2016, 19:47
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 17 December 2016, 20:55
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 17 December 2016, 21:28
RE: EDC compass - by chede11 - 30 December 2016, 08:55
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 31 December 2016, 17:22
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 31 December 2016, 20:06
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 31 December 2016, 20:59
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 26 September 2017, 17:31
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 26 September 2017, 22:11
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 2 December 2017, 22:05
RE: EDC compass - by Skean Dhude - 3 December 2017, 11:18
RE: EDC compass - by Lightspeed - 3 December 2017, 12:29
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 3 December 2017, 16:23
RE: EDC compass - by Thoughtful - 3 December 2017, 23:01
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 4 December 2017, 15:49
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 4 December 2017, 17:34
RE: EDC compass - by Lightspeed - 5 December 2017, 05:59
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 5 December 2017, 19:33
RE: EDC compass - by Straight Shooter - 5 December 2017, 19:49
RE: EDC compass - by Lightspeed - 6 December 2017, 11:01
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 6 December 2017, 15:19
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 6 December 2017, 20:44
RE: EDC compass - by Straight Shooter - 7 December 2017, 00:15
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 7 December 2017, 01:11
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 7 December 2017, 17:44
RE: EDC compass - by Lightspeed - 7 December 2017, 20:38
RE: EDC compass - by Straight Shooter - 7 December 2017, 13:06
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 8 December 2017, 01:23
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 9 December 2017, 18:54
RE: EDC compass - by Straight Shooter - 9 December 2017, 20:40
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 9 December 2017, 21:19
RE: EDC compass - by Pete Grey - 9 December 2017, 22:49
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 10 December 2017, 00:29
RE: EDC compass - by jolen - 11 October 2018, 09:23
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 11 October 2018, 14:42
RE: EDC compass - by CharlesHarris - 11 October 2018, 21:17
RE: EDC compass - by Mortblanc - 12 October 2018, 18:13

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