TACTICAL TOOLS CORPORALS LATEST EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔CENTER-HOLD TECHNIQUE
The center-hold technique is effective because it is quick and adaptable. - ✔✔1. open
the compass
2. set the lens (rear site)
3. position your thumb
4. position your fingers
5. position your elbows
Advantages:
It is fast and easy to use.
It can be used under all conditions of visibility.
It can be used when navigating over any type of terrain.
It can be used without putting down the rifle; however, the rifle must be slung back over
either shoulder.
✔✔COMPASS-TO-CHEEK TECHNIQUE
The compass-to-cheek technique is more accurate than the center-hold technique, and
it is ideal when employing intersection and resection, or when an accurate azimuth is
required. - ✔✔1. position the cover
2. fold the rear site
,3. align the front site hairline
4. read the azimuth
dvantages:
More accurate when getting an azimuth or steering marker
Ideal when employing intersection and resection techniques
✔✔DETERMINE AN AZIMUTH - ✔✔Use your compass to determine or follow an
azimuth. The arrow on the compass points toward magnetic north
1. raise the compass to eye level
2. align the center of the sighting slot
3. align the front site hairline
The azimuth, in degrees, is the red number on the dial lying directly under the black
index line of the compass crystal. The azimuth, in mils, is the black number on the outer
perimeter of the dial.
✔✔SELECTION AND USE OF STEERING MARKS - ✔✔A steering mark is a well-
defined guiding object on an azimuth. These can be natural or man-made (e.g., hill,
tree, building, etc.), a celestial body (sun, stars, moon), or another person. Whether you
are navigating during daylight or periods of reduced visibility, through densely wooded
areas or open terrain, or over short or great distances, every step you take should be
toward a selected steering mark.
✔✔SETTING A COURSE - ✔✔It is impractical for you to keep your compass out at all
times when following a desired course. These steps will allow you to preset your
compass to your course.
1. Set the azimuth directly under the black index line
2. rotate the bezel to north arrow
✔✔Which of the following are advantages of the center-hold technique? - ✔✔It is faster
and easier to use.
It can be used under all conditions of visibility.
It can be used when navigating over any type of terrain.
✔✔MILITARY GRID REFERENCE SYSTEM - ✔✔The Military Grid Reference System
(MGRS) is the geographic standard used by the United States armed forces and NATO
for locating any point on the Earth. The number of digits represents the degree of
precision to which a point has been located and measured on a map—the more digits
the more precise the measurement.
A 4-digit grid is accurate to within 1000-meters.
A 6-digit grid is accurate to within 100-meters.
, An 8-digit grid is accurate to within 10-meters.
✔✔MILITARY PROTRACTOR - ✔✔Although we have a 6-digit coordinate to help us
pinpoint a location, military maps do not have 100-meter squares that help you to do
this.
To help us determine a 6-digit coordinate, we use a protractor.
Identify the correct triangle on the protractor based on the map scale. The correct
triangle will have a horizontal and vertical axis that matches the grid squares on your
map.
✔✔FOUR-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔Grid lines are a series of straight lines intersected to form a
series of squares. Two digits are printed in large type at each end of the grid lines.
These numbers will be the main reference for finding your grid or location.
Vertical grid lines run from top to bottom of the map sheet: grid north/south.
Horizontal grid lines run left to right of the map sheet: grid west/east.
✔✔SIX-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔Like the 4-digit grid, the 6-digit grid uses the right-and-up rule.
Break the grid square down into 10 sections. The 3rd digit, the number three, will be
read right and the 6th digit, the number seven, will be read up.
Navigating within 1,000 meters using a grid coordinate is generally too broad an area to
find a location. To improve navigation, we break down the 1,000-meter square into 100
smaller squares that are 100-meters by 100-meters on the ground. This will allow you to
get 10 times closer to the objective.
To navigate within a range of 100 meters, we add numbers to our 4-digit coordinate
3050.
The additional numbers are added to both the horizontal and vertical measurements,
creating the 6-digit coordinate 303507.
✔✔EIGHT-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔The 8-digit grid begins the same as both 4- and 6-digit
grids. Using the grid square divided in ten parts, you then divide it even further. The
fourth digit will be read right and estimated. The eighth digit will be read up and
estimated.
To navigate within a range of 10 meters, we add numbers to our 6-digit coordinate
303507. The additional numbers are added to both the horizontal and vertical
measurements creating an 8-digit coordinate 3034 5074.
Remember, slide the protractor to the right until vertical grid line 30 intersects the
horizontal scale at the 100-meter reading "3" and the 10-meter reading "4."
This point, 3034, is your "right" reading.
Next, slide the protractor up, stopping at the horizontal grid line 50.
Use the vertical scale to measure to the 100-meter reading "7," and then the 10-meter
reading "4."
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔CENTER-HOLD TECHNIQUE
The center-hold technique is effective because it is quick and adaptable. - ✔✔1. open
the compass
2. set the lens (rear site)
3. position your thumb
4. position your fingers
5. position your elbows
Advantages:
It is fast and easy to use.
It can be used under all conditions of visibility.
It can be used when navigating over any type of terrain.
It can be used without putting down the rifle; however, the rifle must be slung back over
either shoulder.
✔✔COMPASS-TO-CHEEK TECHNIQUE
The compass-to-cheek technique is more accurate than the center-hold technique, and
it is ideal when employing intersection and resection, or when an accurate azimuth is
required. - ✔✔1. position the cover
2. fold the rear site
,3. align the front site hairline
4. read the azimuth
dvantages:
More accurate when getting an azimuth or steering marker
Ideal when employing intersection and resection techniques
✔✔DETERMINE AN AZIMUTH - ✔✔Use your compass to determine or follow an
azimuth. The arrow on the compass points toward magnetic north
1. raise the compass to eye level
2. align the center of the sighting slot
3. align the front site hairline
The azimuth, in degrees, is the red number on the dial lying directly under the black
index line of the compass crystal. The azimuth, in mils, is the black number on the outer
perimeter of the dial.
✔✔SELECTION AND USE OF STEERING MARKS - ✔✔A steering mark is a well-
defined guiding object on an azimuth. These can be natural or man-made (e.g., hill,
tree, building, etc.), a celestial body (sun, stars, moon), or another person. Whether you
are navigating during daylight or periods of reduced visibility, through densely wooded
areas or open terrain, or over short or great distances, every step you take should be
toward a selected steering mark.
✔✔SETTING A COURSE - ✔✔It is impractical for you to keep your compass out at all
times when following a desired course. These steps will allow you to preset your
compass to your course.
1. Set the azimuth directly under the black index line
2. rotate the bezel to north arrow
✔✔Which of the following are advantages of the center-hold technique? - ✔✔It is faster
and easier to use.
It can be used under all conditions of visibility.
It can be used when navigating over any type of terrain.
✔✔MILITARY GRID REFERENCE SYSTEM - ✔✔The Military Grid Reference System
(MGRS) is the geographic standard used by the United States armed forces and NATO
for locating any point on the Earth. The number of digits represents the degree of
precision to which a point has been located and measured on a map—the more digits
the more precise the measurement.
A 4-digit grid is accurate to within 1000-meters.
A 6-digit grid is accurate to within 100-meters.
, An 8-digit grid is accurate to within 10-meters.
✔✔MILITARY PROTRACTOR - ✔✔Although we have a 6-digit coordinate to help us
pinpoint a location, military maps do not have 100-meter squares that help you to do
this.
To help us determine a 6-digit coordinate, we use a protractor.
Identify the correct triangle on the protractor based on the map scale. The correct
triangle will have a horizontal and vertical axis that matches the grid squares on your
map.
✔✔FOUR-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔Grid lines are a series of straight lines intersected to form a
series of squares. Two digits are printed in large type at each end of the grid lines.
These numbers will be the main reference for finding your grid or location.
Vertical grid lines run from top to bottom of the map sheet: grid north/south.
Horizontal grid lines run left to right of the map sheet: grid west/east.
✔✔SIX-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔Like the 4-digit grid, the 6-digit grid uses the right-and-up rule.
Break the grid square down into 10 sections. The 3rd digit, the number three, will be
read right and the 6th digit, the number seven, will be read up.
Navigating within 1,000 meters using a grid coordinate is generally too broad an area to
find a location. To improve navigation, we break down the 1,000-meter square into 100
smaller squares that are 100-meters by 100-meters on the ground. This will allow you to
get 10 times closer to the objective.
To navigate within a range of 100 meters, we add numbers to our 4-digit coordinate
3050.
The additional numbers are added to both the horizontal and vertical measurements,
creating the 6-digit coordinate 303507.
✔✔EIGHT-DIGIT GRID - ✔✔The 8-digit grid begins the same as both 4- and 6-digit
grids. Using the grid square divided in ten parts, you then divide it even further. The
fourth digit will be read right and estimated. The eighth digit will be read up and
estimated.
To navigate within a range of 10 meters, we add numbers to our 6-digit coordinate
303507. The additional numbers are added to both the horizontal and vertical
measurements creating an 8-digit coordinate 3034 5074.
Remember, slide the protractor to the right until vertical grid line 30 intersects the
horizontal scale at the 100-meter reading "3" and the 10-meter reading "4."
This point, 3034, is your "right" reading.
Next, slide the protractor up, stopping at the horizontal grid line 50.
Use the vertical scale to measure to the 100-meter reading "7," and then the 10-meter
reading "4."
