Sept. 4, 2024
Traditional Land Navigation Returns to the Basic Leader Course
Fort Bliss, TX —
On August 26-27, the Fort Bliss, Texas Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) conducted map reading training in a classroom environment that concluded with a hands-on practical night and day land navigation course at training site, Forward Operating Base Freedom. Since the Basic Leader Course (BLC) reintroduced land navigation back into the program of instruction (POI), BLC class 009-24 was the first to complete the traditional course without the use of electronic Global Positioning System (GPS) devices.