TC 3-25.26 Land Navigation

Question 1

What covers Land Navigation?

Answer 1

Training Circular (TC) 3-25.26

Question 2

What is the definition of a map?

Answer 2

a graphic representation of a portion of the earth’s surface drawn to scale, as seen from above

Question 3

Who is responsible for securing maps for the unit?

Answer 3

S2

Question 4

What are the Colors of a Military Map and What do they Represent?

Answer 4

1. Black. Indicates cultural (man-made) features such as buildings and roads, surveyed spot elevations, and all labels.
2. Red-Brown. The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, nonsurveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red-light readable maps
3. Blue. Identifies hydrography or water features such as lakes, swamps, rivers, and drainage
4. Green. Identifies vegetation with military significance, such as woods, orchards, and vineyards
5. Brown. Identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contours on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red-light readable maps
6. Red. Classifies cultural features, such as populated areas, main roads, and boundaries, on older maps

Question 5

What does UTM Stand for?

Answer 5

Universal Transverse Mercator Grid

Question 6

What are the three types of north?

Answer 6

True (north pole), magnetic (compass), and grid (map)

Question 7

What is the rule of thumb for reading maps?

Answer 7

Right and Up

Question 8

How many grid zones is the world divided into?

Answer 8

60

Question 9

How close will an eight digit grid get you?

Answer 9

within 10 meters

Question 10

What is an Azimuth?

Answer 10

An azimuth is defined as a horizontal angle measured clockwise from a north base line; the azimuth is the most common military method to express direction

Question 11

What is the Grid-Magnetic Angle?

Answer 11

The G-M angle value is the angular size that exists between grid north and magnetic north

Question 12

What are the ways to determine your location on a map?

Answer 12

Resection, Modified Resection, and Intersection

HINT Remember the acronym RIM

Question 13

What does GPS stand for?

Answer 13

Global Positioning System

Question 14

What are the different types of contour lines?

Answer 14

Index, Intermediate, and Supplementary

Question 15

What are the Five Major Terrain Features?

Answer 15

Hill, Saddle, Valley, Ridge, Depression

HINT Remember Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing

Question 16

What are the Three Minor Terrain Features?

Answer 16

Draw, Cliff, Spur

HINT Remember DSC (Disk)

Question 17

What are the two supplementary terrain features?

Answer 17

Cut and fill

Question 18

How many mils are in a compass?

Answer 18

6400

Question 19

How many mils are in one degree?

Answer 19

17.7