Land navigation is making a comeback as part of the Army's Basic Leader Course, or BLC, with a pilot program starting in the coming months and full return to active-duty schools planned for next year.

FORT POLK, La. -- Infantrymen from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, in Utah to train for an upcoming deployment, began off-post training with land navigation at Camp W.G. Williams, ...

Celestial Navigation (CELNAV) is one skill that has not been formally taught to Navy officers, depending on one's commissioning source, for more than 15 years. Based on direction from the Chief of ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. -- Parents, spouses, children and siblings who have been awarded the Gold Star pin by the Department of Defense of the loss of a loved one in the line of duty met for a land ...

The Basic School for Marine Officers is reeling from a cheating scandal that involved six second lieutenants accused of wrongfully obtaining and sharing key grid points for the night land navigation ...

A photo of the Fort Jackson water tower aboard Fort Jackson S.C., on Sept. 4, 2014. (Sgt. Mark E. Morrow/Marine Corps) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 40-year-old Army staff sergeant training to be a drill ...

"Raise your hand if you have ever determined your location on the planet using the stars," Lt. Daniel Stayton tells his class at the U.S. Naval Academy. A young officer halfheartedly puts up her hand.