Gray Bearded Green Beret Blog

Topographic map with a resection plotted — reverse azimuths from two known features crossing to fix an unknown position

Locating Unknown Points: Intersection, Resectio...

The three triangulation techniques every navigator should own — how to locate an unknown point, how to locate yourself, and how to fix your position fast when you are on...

Locating Unknown Points: Intersection, Resectio...

The three triangulation techniques every navigator should own — how to locate an unknown point, how to locate yourself, and how to fix your position fast when you are on...

Gray Bearded Green Beret Map Reading and Land Navigation course — topographic map laid out for route planning

Route Planning: Dead Reckoning, Terrain Associa...

How Green Berets plan and execute a route with Baselines, Handrails, and Backstops — plus deliberate offsets, attack points, panic azimuths, and the Route Planning Log that holds it all...

Route Planning: Dead Reckoning, Terrain Associa...

How Green Berets plan and execute a route with Baselines, Handrails, and Backstops — plus deliberate offsets, attack points, panic azimuths, and the Route Planning Log that holds it all...

Gray Bearded Green Beret pace beads (Ranger Beads) with nine lower beads and four upper beads on 550 paracord

Determining Distance on Foot: Pace Count, Range...

The difference between a step and a pace, how to set a personal pace count under realistic field conditions, and how to use Ranger Beads to track distance across long...

Determining Distance on Foot: Pace Count, Range...

The difference between a step and a pace, how to set a personal pace count under realistic field conditions, and how to use Ranger Beads to track distance across long...

Suunto MC-2 mirror compass resting on a topographic map, bezel indexed to a magnetic azimuth

Determining Direction: How to Shoot an Azimuth ...

Indexing and following an azimuth on all three compass types (baseplate, lensatic, mirror), shooting an azimuth to a landmark, and the field discipline that keeps every bearing accurate.

Determining Direction: How to Shoot an Azimuth ...

Indexing and following an azimuth on all three compass types (baseplate, lensatic, mirror), shooting an azimuth to a landmark, and the field discipline that keeps every bearing accurate.

Joshua Enyart stands in front of a wall-mounted topographic map, pointing at a plotted navigation corridor — cross-country bug out routing demonstration.

Bug Out Navigation: How to Move Fast Cross-Coun...

Moving fast cross-country is a skill, not a gadget. Map, compass, and dead reckoning — the Green Beret navigation system for when GPS isn't an option.

Bug Out Navigation: How to Move Fast Cross-Coun...

Moving fast cross-country is a skill, not a gadget. Map, compass, and dead reckoning — the Green Beret navigation system for when GPS isn't an option.

Joshua Enyart stands at the edge of a grassy creek at dusk, approaching a water source for bug out resupply.

How to Find Water While Bugging Out: Approach D...

You don't find water by luck. Approach doctrine and on-route resupply techniques for pulling clean water from the landscape while you move.

How to Find Water While Bugging Out: Approach D...

You don't find water by luck. Approach doctrine and on-route resupply techniques for pulling clean water from the landscape while you move.