Blake:

Why do your students say they like their lensatics? Are you training military folks? I've often wondered why the military stays with lensatic compasses, other than the angular mils thing (handy for measuring distance, used in artillery plotting, etc.), which is also available on baseplate compasses. I've also wondered about the basic map and compass proficiency of the average platoon leader in the era of GPS. Please forgive my curiosity, as I confess to being a bit of a compass geek.

Jeff