[backwoods-engineer]

So rather than look as confused as them the next Jamboree I spent the night before studying my map and compass - every Jamboree. On the Jamborees from then on I always looked like a Map and Compass genius.

Exactly right. Ask any serious soldier, or any civilian whose life depends on good navigation, and you will find this in common: MAP STUDY before the mission/event is everything.

[2CAVTrooper]

Part of the problem is the military’s over reliance on GPS.