EGG HUNTING with LAND NAV

by Major Joe Ely Carrales, CAP

KINGSVILLE, TEXAS— Cadets of the Brahma Cadet Flight had an opportunity to learn and apply a new skill last week.

C/CMSgt Bryce Nix, who attended the Texas Wing Ground School at Brownsville this past winter, applied the skill he learned in Land Navigation using the compass, both lensatic and SILVA. This was on Tuesday, 10 March 2009.
On the subsequent Wednesday, Major Joe Ely Carrales and Cadet Nix spent the afternoon pacing and developing compass bearings in the immediate area of Memorial Middle School. That day was hot and dry, unlike Thursday which (thanks to a cold front) was rainy, wet and (for South Texas) cold.
Two flights pursued two “routes,” using the compass bearings to find Easter eggs that contained clues and more headings for the teams to follow. Cadets Rose and Silguero made up on team and Cadets Mixon and Johnson made up the other. It was a good day.