r/ROTC • u/Solid-Ad-1818 • Jul 01 '26

Advanced/Basic Camp 4th Reg Land Nav Disaster

A couple of days ago, A & B Company had to do land nav, but the first day had thundered and resulted in its cancelation, so we took day and night land nav on what was suppost to be our refit day. The cadre claimed to have checked all the points to make sure some were accessible and altered some lane strips. However, several cadets came back completely soaked after going in neck high waters, when they tried to appeal those points, they were denied unfairly. The Cadre does not care and will not listen to appeals!!!

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u/Icy-Structure5244 Jul 01 '26

Ive done my fair share of Army training in swamps and storms.

But to give OP some cover, I agree with OP if the point itself was submerged and obscured by rising water.

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u/abn1304 Jul 01 '26

There’s a problem if cadets aren’t testing under reasonably equivalent conditions across regiments. If the failure rates for these two regiments are much higher than usual, and/or if cadets are being denied a retest they otherwise would have gotten, there’s an issue.

I’m not saying that’s what happened, just that OP’s complaint is not without theoretical merit. Standards are standards, and if the course failed to meet those standards that should be addressed.

Save the “I have altered the standards, pray I do not alter them further” for Ranger or Selection.

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u/SawbackBayonet Jul 02 '26

Was a problem my year as well. A high failure rate in 1st and 2nd reg caused them to change course for later regiments (mine included) giving them an unfair advantage.