Report Date: 15 Jan 2021

071-COM-1006
Navigate from One Point on the Ground to another Point while Dismounted
Status: Approved

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Conditions: You are a member of a squad or team in a field environment and have been directed to conduct movement to a designated point. You
have a 1:50,000 scale topographic map of the area, a coordinate scale, a protractor, and a magnetic compass. Some iterations of this task should be
performed in MOPP 4.

Standards: Navigate to the designated point using terrain association, dead reckoning, and a combination of both.

Special Conditions: None

Safety Risk: Low

MOPP 4: Sometimes

Task Statements

Cue: None

DANGER
None

WARNING
None

CAUTION
None

Remarks: None

Notes: None

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 Performance Steps
1. Navigate using terrain association.

a. Identify the start point and destination point on the map.

b. Analyze the terrain between these two points for both movement and tactical purposes.

c. Identify terrain features that can be recognized during movement, such as hilltops, roads, rivers, etc.

d. Plan the best route, including checkpoints, if needed.

e. Determine the map distances between identified checkpoints and the total distance to be traveled.

f. Determine map distance to ground distance by using a pace count.

Note: When using a pace count, convert from map distance to ground distance by adding the conversion factors of 20 percent for cross-country
movement.

g. Move to the designated end point (or intermediate point) using identified terrain features as aiming points or handrails.
Note: Handrails are linear features like roads or highways, railroads, power transmission lines, ridgelines, or streams that run roughly parallel to
your direction of travel.

2. Navigate using dead reckoning.

Note: The use of steering marks is recommended when navigating by dead reckoning. A steering mark is a distant feature visible along one's route
that is used as distant aiming point that one moves towards. Once reached another steering point is identified until a change of direction or the final
destination is reached.

a. Identify the start point and destination point on the map.

b. Analyze the terrain between these two points for both movement and tactical purposes.

c. Plan the best route, including checkpoints, if needed.

d. Determine the grid azimuths between identified checkpoints (if any) and the final point.

e. Convert the grid azimuth(s) taken from the map to a magnetic azimuth(s).

f. Determine the map distances between identified checkpoints and the total distance to be traveled.

g. Convert map distance to ground distance by adding 20 percent.

h. Determine the direction of movement using the compass.

i. Move in the identified direction of travel or towards the identified steering mark.

j. Determine a new steering mark or confirm direction of travel as needed.

Note: The direction of movement, when not using a steering mark, must be periodically confirmed.

3. Navigate using a combination of dead reckoning and terrain association.

a. Follow the procedures outlined for both techniques.

b. Use each technique to reinforce the accuracy of the other technique.

(Asterisks indicates a leader performance step.)

Evaluation Guidance: None

Evaluation Preparation: None

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 PERFORMANCE MEASURES GO NO-GO N/A
1. Navigated using terrain association.
2. Navigated using dead reckoning.
3. Navigated using a combination of dead reckoning and terrain association.

Supporting Reference(s):

Step Reference ID Reference Name Required Primary Source Information

Number
TC 3-25.26 MAP READING AND LAND NAVIGATION Yes No
(https://armypubs.us.army.mil/doctrine/DR_
pubs/dr_c/pdf/tc3_25x26.pdf)

TADSS : None

Equipment Items (LIN):

LIN Name
FG0500 Compass Magnetic Unmounted

Materiel Items (NSN) :

Step ID NSN LIN Title Qty

7643-01-404-4393 Topo, MC&G Products 1

Environment: Environmental protection is not just the law but the right thing to do. It is a continual process and starts with deliberate planning.
Always be alert to ways to protect our environment during training and missions. In doing so, you will contribute to the sustainment of our training
resources while protecting people and the environment from harmful effects. Refer to the current Environmental Considerations manual and the current
GTA Environmental-related Risk Assessment card.

Safety: In a training environment, leaders must perform a risk assessment in accordance with current Risk Management Doctrine. Leaders will
complete the current Deliberate Risk Assessment Worksheet in accordance with the TRADOC Safety Officer during the planning and completion of each
task and sub-task by assessing mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available and civil considerations, (METT-TC).
Note: During MOPP training, leaders must ensure personnel are monitored for potential heat injury. Local policies and procedures must be followed
during times of increased heat category in order to avoid heat related injury. Consider the MOPP work/rest cycles and water replacement guidelines IAW
current CBRN doctrine.

Prerequisite Individual Tasks : None

Supporting Individual Tasks :

Task Number Title Proponent Status
071-COM-1002 Determine the Grid Coordinates of a Point on a 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
Military Map
071-COM-1008 Measure Distance on a Map 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
071-COM-1003 Determine a Magnetic Azimuth using a Lensatic 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
Compass
071-COM-1012 Orient a Map to the Ground by Map-Terrain 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
Association
071-COM-1011 Orient a Map Using a Lensatic Compass 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
071-520-0001 Orient a Map Using an M2 Compass 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved
071-COM-1017 Compute Back Azimuths 071 - Infantry (Individual) Approved

Supported Individual Tasks : None

Supported Collective Tasks : None

Knowledges :
Knowledge ID Knowledge Name
071-NAV-0028 Contour Lines

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071-NAV-0027 Military Grid Reference System
071-NAV-0026 Terrain Features
071-NAV-0032 Azimuths
071-OPN-0015 Safety Procedures
071-NAV-0021 Compass Operations
071-OPN-0021 Implied Missions
071-NAV-0023 Cardinal Directions
071-OPN-0019 Tactical Doctrine
071-OPN-0018 Route Selection
071-NAV-0025 Terrain Association

Skills :
Skill ID Skill Name
071-900-0003 Read a Protractor
071-NAV-0011 Identify Terrain Features on a Map
071-RCN-0007 Conduct a Route Reconnaissance
071-OPN-0002 Conduct Troop Movement
071-NAV-0006 Determine a Location on the Ground by Terrain Association
071-CMD-0002 Analyze Mission
071-NAV-0003 Ability to Read a Map

ICTL Data : None

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