The US military has never been known for precision navigation, that's why GPS was invented!
I take issue with that comment! Of all of the foreign military units I have worked with (including the best of the UK), there are few who teach land navigation the way the US military did.
You need to go easy on him, Montanero. Keep in mind that the Brits still haven't quite gotten over Yorktown.

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