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'You're going the wrong way Asshole,' land Nav course says

FORT LEE, Va. — A land navigation course became considerably irate and began berating and leading students astray after multiple soldiers attending the Logistics Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Lee failed to find their assigned points, Duffel Blog has learned.

"I first became a little peeved after one of the stupid lieutenants failed to heed of the portion within FM 3-25.26 (Map Reading and Land Navigation), Chapter 11 that states, 'A map is oriented when it is in a horizontal position with its north and south corresponding to the north and south on the ground,'" the course told reporters. "I knew he was doomed from the get-go when he abandoned his compass and declared confidently, 'The sun rises in the north!'"

The course went on to describe other occasions in which students would utilize the compass to cheek method backwards, plot azimuths that include walking 400 meters down the middle of a road not even on the course, and "some of the 'high speeds'" would incorrectly use Ranger Beads as a means to "make a Hansel and Gretel-esque bread trail," the course said.

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