Operational medicine short courses

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

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Not really a "short course" but if you're Navy, get yourself some TAD orders and come out to Quantico every spring to spend the Atlantic Fleet and All-Navy East rifle and pistol matches with us. No experience necessary, we'll loan you gear, give you ammo, and instruct/help as much or as little as you want. Free billeting, or you can pay for base lodging or a hotel if you want. If you're any good then come for interservice and nationals.

Worst case you just spent a week of paid vacation outside making noise.

The Medical Corps is a tad underrepresented so come on out. 🙂

Oh man, that looks so fun. The closest thing I’ve gotten to do an actual shooting competition has been the surface line week stuff, and I only did it one year because they made us use the simulator. Lame.

 

[DeadCactus]

jungle survival in Guyana

Well, that's something new to add to my "want-to-do" list...

 

[Perrotfish]

Does anyone know if there is a stand alone land nav course out there? As in not attached to some other kind of basic training? I am doing more wilderness medicine stuff, and map reading is not a strong point of mine.

I will probably have to suck it up and pay for a nols short course, but I'm holding out hope there is something free.

 

[deleted480308]

Does anyone know if there is a stand alone land nav course out there? As in not attached to some other kind of basic training? I am doing more wilderness medicine stuff, and map reading is not a strong point of mine.

I will probably have to suck it up and pay for a nols short course, but I'm holding out hope there is something free.

Goruck teaches one, not free though

 

[deuist]

Does anyone know if there is a stand alone land nav course out there? As in not attached to some other kind of basic training? I am doing more wilderness medicine stuff, and map reading is not a strong point of mine.

I will probably have to suck it up and pay for a nols short course, but I'm holding out hope there is something free.

If you are near an AF base, a SERE can do it as an informal course. You will learn the material, but won't get a certificate if you need that. Every base should have a SERE specialist; look for the operations group.

 

[DeadCactus]

I've been meaning to check this out when I have some time:
Learn to Navigate With Backpacker Magazine

That and some practice near where you live might be an economic way to go...

 

[Cooperd0g]

Does anyone know if there is a stand alone land nav course out there? As in not attached to some other kind of basic training? I am doing more wilderness medicine stuff, and map reading is not a strong point of mine.

I will probably have to suck it up and pay for a nols short course, but I'm holding out hope there is something free.

REI

 

[TheTruckGuy]

If you are close to a university with an ROTC program, and you have some time during the day probably once or twice a week, you could probably find out when they do their classroom land nav lectures and then when they do their field land nav exercises. I believe Army ROTC does this in their 2nd year. I know NROTC does more Navygation than land based stuff. Don't know what AFROTC does. Of course you're have to be the O3/O4(?) in a classroom full of cadets/mids, probably being taught by an O3/O4.

But you'll learn how to use standard issue protractor and compass and learn how to read military maps with grids and whatnot.

 

[USArmyHPSP]

@Perrotfish, in 2013 the Army had tested a distance learning piece to the our version of ODS. I believe that there was a chapter in the study guide that covered the basics of land nav (map reading, protractor, compass, etc.). I can't be sure and even though I still have the disks, the Army in it's infinite wisdom, has issued computers without a CD drive so I can't be sure. I'm willing to send you a hard CD if you want, just PM me with a snail mail address to send it to.

 

[deleted480308]

@Perrotfish, in 2013 the Army had tested a distance learning piece to the our version of ODS. I believe that there was a chapter in the study guide that covered the basics of land nav (map reading, protractor, compass, etc.). I can't be sure and even though I still have the disks, the Army in it's infinite wisdom, has issued computers without a CD drive so I can't be sure. I'm willing to send you a hard CD if you want, just PM me with a snail mail address to send it to.

Bolc phase 1 for reserve comp in alms