[Sacajaweau]

Wonder what happens when one sees: "Detour" "Road closed".

How do men and women cope...or do they both say "sh**"? Do fathers apologize to the kids in the backseat for using a bad word or do just mother's do that?

I need a GRANT. We may be nearing a breakthrough on several differences.

[MajorTom56]

My familiarity with maps goes back before childhood. At 18 yo
I had the pleasure of acquainting myself with the swamps of
southeast Georgia. We were an infantry platoon sent on a
"movement to contact". The objective was a "command post"
located about 20 km from our Assembly area. Our Plt. Sgt. at the time was a slumming Green Beret who was recovering from a broken leg injured during airborne unit training. He lead
our platoon through some of the thickest, muddiest, muggiest
swamp I had ever experienced. I was on point most of the night, taking verbal commands on direction and headings. This guy was amazing. We crossed that swamp in total darkness with only the glow of his compass and the stars to guide us. We came within 50 meters of our objective from the
"swamp-ward". They never expected us from that direction. Our Green Beret leader had taken us around the obvious avenue of approach and ending up capturing the command post intact with our company commander and his boss, the battalion commander. We got cussed out for about 10 minutes
by the captain until he saw the Col. take the platoon sargent off to the side. They were shaking hands and laughing. Apparently Sargent Leonard had trained and deployed with our battalion CO. A very impressive exercise and it impressed me enough to study my maps. 2 years later I was navigating near Ft. Carson, Colorado. Difference of night and day, geographically. Same principle. I was able to accomplish nearly the identical mission myself. I was
actually promoted in part for my ability to navigate. I always carry a map in my car and on the motorcycle.