Yes, and if you're doing dismounted land nav (through bush, not hardball), in the dark, with no NOD's, and only a red lens flashlight ("to be used sparingly"), it gets even better! <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I was in the field one time in Germany, doing a night land nav training exercise. Basically you are given azimuths and distances and have to move from point A to B to C, etc. . . under the cover of darkness. No map, no night vision, only your compass, a red lens flashlight, and pace count.

While we were out beating bush, I heard a blood curdling scream for about a minute, and then it was abruptly cut off. WTF!

The next day, I see a female soldier with a black eye, her hand bandaged, and her arm in a sling and swath. I asked her what happened.

Well, as part of the safety briefing the night before, we were told that there are wild boars in the area. She had never done dismounted land nav at night before, so she was kinda nervous. When she heard something moving in the bush (could have been a field mouse) she thought it was a either a snake (in Germany in October?) or wild boar. She panicked, started running, ran straight into a tree, and got knocked out. <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />