Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Widemond | Sgts. 1st Class Scott Oliver and Coey Jones put up an OE-254 radio antenna for use in...... read more read more
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FORT STEWART, Ga. – Sgt. 1st Class Mario Contreras, an instructor for 2-306th Field Artillery Regiment, gave a brief class on the mission for the day, and then handed out maps, protractors, and lensatic compasses. There was no room for the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver, Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver or other electronic global repositioning system on this advanced land navigation course.
“GPS fails, maps don’t,” he said. “If you are out in the woods and your phone dies and all you have is an old-school map, then you can still get to where you need to go.”
For two days, the Red Dragons conducted mounted and dismounted land navigation training. The goal was re-acquaintance with basic Soldiering skills, the same skills and collective tasks they reference to assess National Guard and Reserve units.
The 2-306th re-familiarized themselves with resection, intersection, triangulation and other advanced methods of navigating from one point to another.
“When we go to support reserve component training units, we have to know where we are going and how to get around unfamiliar terrain,” said Sgt. 1st Class Brian Worstell, a radio operator during the course.
The observer-coach/trainers are called to train, advise and assist National Guard and Reserve units in collective tasks at platoon level or higher, as a part of the Army Force Generation cycle. Knowing and understanding the correct way to perform a task better enables the O-C/Ts to provide professional feedback to the training unit.
The Soldiers took advantage of the overnight training by setting up a tactical operating system and emplacing an OE-254, 88 MHz antenna, to communicate with vehicles that were navigating the mounted portion of the training.
“The antenna helps transmit over long distances, and helps with communications with vehicles out on the land navigation course,” Worstell said.
The methods for land navigation do not change whether mounted or dismounted and are an important part of soldiering. Navigating from one point to another, and communication are two of 40 individual skills necessary to Soldier survival. As Soldiers are the strength of the Army, maintaining proficiency in these skills keeps the Army prepared for whatever contingency may arise.
| Date Taken: | 10.21.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.23.2014 18:00 |
| Story ID: | 145910 |
| Location: | FORT STEWART, GA, US |
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